A new review of Love’s Knife just published on Amazon emphasises the focus on women in history in my novel: ‘Warr skillfully immerses readers in the vibrant yet unforgiving world of a female troubadour, shedding light on a chapter of history where women’s stories are often overlooked. Through rich detail and keen historical awareness, she…
Tag: medieval Toulouse
Publication Day! – Love’s Knife
It is publication day for my new novel, Love’s Knife, a medieval murder mystery set in Toulouse at the turn of the 12th century. Tony Riches has a guest post from me on his blog on writing the novel: https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2024/09/book-launch-guest-post-by-tracey-warr.html The book is available now as an ebook and paperback. Love’s Knife is on Kindle…
Love’s Knife
I have been serialising my new novel, Love’s Knife, on Substack for £5 a month for paying subscribers, with a chapter published every Saturday. It’s not too late to join in reading. You can review the chapters and cast of characters on the Hub post. Subscribers receive a free paperback or ebook (which can be gifted)…
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…
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….
Medieval floating mills
The novel I’m working on is set at the end of the 11th century in Toulouse (and moves into the Pyrenees and the Iberian kingdoms in the second part). Medieval Toulouse had floating water mills for milling flour, which I was curious to find out about. The title image shows the Floating Mill Museum in…
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