I’m very excited to announce that my new novel, Love’s Knife, is on pre-order on Amazon now and will be published on 2 September. This is my first new fiction book since the pandemic lock-downs and a serious bout of writer’s block, so I’m delighted to be writing, publishing and meeting readers again. The ebook pre-order…
Category: Historical Fiction
Chapter 7: The Red Dress
‘The sky was beginning to darken, and the fortified tower houses of the Toulouse nobility were stark, crenellated silhouettes all around the basilica close as Beatriz emerged from the sculpture workshop. Moving toward the path, she noticed a woman wearing a brilliant red dress, standing framed in the tall ground-floor window of one of the…
Serialising a new novel
Today, I started serialising my new novel, Love’s Knife, on Substack. It’s the first book in my Trobairitz Sleuth Series and is a medieval murder mystery set in Toulouse in 1093. You can subscribe to my Substack for £5 a month and receive one chapter a week on Saturdays (that’s £1.20 a chapter). There are 30…
New Novel
You can read the prologue to my new novel, Love’s Knife, as a free subscriber to my Substack. Starting this month, I will be posting a chapter a week for paying subscribers (who also receive their choice of a free paperback or ebook when it is completed). The novel is the first book in the Trobairitz Sleuth series….
January Discounted Books
Signed copies of my Conquest trilogy (first edition) are on offer at £1 per book plus postage and packing. A perfect birthday present for a historical fiction lover (or for you!). They can be posted to anywhere in the world. meandabooks.com/home-2/free-book-offer/
Medieval Christmas
I’ve recently posted a series of three Medieval Christmas extracts from my novels, each accompanied by a medieval recipe. The Christmas medieval recipes to have a look at are dariole, wassail bowl, and Cawl. You can subscribe to my Substack free for occasional posts on medieval history and fiction. In the new year, I will…
Christmas Book Sale
Thanks to friends Bob and Joyce for this photo of my Conquest trilogy on sale in the Carew Castle bookshop in Wales. The heroine of the novels, Nest ferch Rhys, lived at Carew Castle. I have presented a couple of talking walks around Carew telling her story in the spaces where she lived. 1st edition copies of the…
The Viking Hostage – Publication Day
Very excited to announce the publication today of the new edition of The Viking Hostage. The novel is based on the true story of a French viscountess who was kidnapped by Vikings from a monastery on the French coast in the late 10th century. She was held for ransom for three years. Vikings are endlessly…
Gwenllian – Welsh Warrior Queen
A guest post on my novel, The Anarchy, and the story of Gwenllian, the 12th-century Welsh woman who led an army against the Normans at Kidwelly Castle is posted today on Tony Riches’ The Writing Desk. Gwenllian was the daughter of the king of the northern kingdom of Wales, Gwynedd. She married the disinherited king…
Quicksand
The spectacular Romanesque abbey on Mont-Saint-Michel island off the coast of Normandy is marking its 1,000-year birthday this year, with President Emmanuel Macron among those visiting for the celebrations. Nine hundred years ago, Henry de Normandy (a major character in my Conquest trilogy of novels) played a significant role in Mont-Saint-Michel’s history. Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey was…
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