We are past Halloween and Bonfire Night, and thoughts and the season are turning towards Christmas. Christmas was the longest holiday of the year in the medieval period described in my novels and the winter is a great time to cosy up with a book. If you have a historical fiction fan on your Christmas…
Tag: middle ages
Viking Hostage
My latest France’s Splendid Centuries post focuses on Emma of Limoges who was kidnapped by Vikings. https://www.facebook.com/FrancesSplendidCenturies/posts/pfbid022ARv2yicRUwt3SJQMQRqTyPR6GAywLjVKMxoqLaQLQokjBcoU2DmLwBTtuBPbHg9l
The History of La Guepia
I’ve been posting a series on Facebook on the history of my home village in southwest France. La Guepia Part 1: An Overview La Guepia Part 2: The Albigensian Crusades and the Cathars La Guepia Part 3: The Hundred Years War La Guepia Part 4: The 16th-Century War of Religions
Curling up with a book at Christmas
It’s December! Deck the halls with boughs of holly. Tra la la la la, la la la la. Curling up with a book in the winter holidays, perhaps in front of a logfire and the glinting Christmas tree, and/or in your Christmas jumper and socks, or with a glass of port – whatever appeals to…
A busy week: New book, historical fiction conference
Rebekah Simmers interviewed me about organising the HNS UK 2024 conference, which is taking place this weekend in Devon, UK (online tickets are available) and about the publication (yesterday) of my latest medieval novel – my sixth. http://hns2024.com/2024/09/02/conference-interview-tracey-warr/ What next? After the conference, I’m looking forward to a short period of being a slacker! Doing…
Book Launch Interview with the HNS
The cover image shows salt mounds at Aigues-Mortes. The medieval salt trade features in the novel.
Becoming Trobairitz
This week, The Occitan University was in my home village of Laguepie in southern France for its annual visit. The university consists of a packed week of Occitan language classes and workshops and events on Occitan culture, including cooking, dancing, music, history, literature, and radio. The week culminated in a magical street party of impromptu…
French Historical Fiction Summer Reading
Set in France that is, rather than written in French. My novels in the House of La Marche series are part of this promotion, which runs until the end of July https://books.bookfunnel.com/FrenchHistoricalFictionSummerReading/fpa4u298b9
Tea and Female Lords
I was invited to talk about medieval Occitan female lords at a delightful tea party this week with 12 women who all live near me in southwest France. The sun dappled the table shaded by vines and wisteria, the teacups chinked delicately, the apple and rosemary cake melted on the tongue, wild flowers burgeoned and…
Treading the Ground: Researching for a Medieval Novel
I’ve just returned from a research trip to Narbonne, Carcassonne, Aigues-Mortes, and Conques. There’s nothing like treading the ground to inspire writing. I thought a photo-journal of the trip might be of interest for some of you. NARBONNE I am giving a couple of talks on medieval Occitan female lords over the next few months….
Tracey Warr Writing 