I am very excited to reveal the new cover for The Viking Hostage, which has been designed by Jessica Bell. The Viking Hostage was an Amazon bestseller in Australia on its first publication, back in 2014, and has been out of print for two years. I am especially excited, therefore, to welcome it back to…
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Going Underground
Extensive medieval tunnels have just been found near Tintern Abbey. Many medieval castles had escape tunnels for when the castle was under siege. Manorbier Castle in Wales has an escape tunnel entered through the well. I used this detail from Manorbier and my experience of spending 12 hours in an old lead mine in Cumbria…
The Viking Hostage – new review
Very nice review of The Viking Hostage just published on The Cosy Reader
Between historical fiction and historical research
In my historical novels I’m always imagining in the gaps and with the mysteries: what happened to the 10th century Viscountess Emma of Limoges during the three years she was held for ransom by Vikings before her husband paid up? (The Viking Hostage) why did the 11th century Count Ramon Berenger of Barcelona kidnap…
New reviews of The Viking Hostage
https://www.instagram.com/dreambyday_bookreviews/ http://dreambydaybookreviews.com/ New reviews of The Viking Hostage just published. Thanks ‘Dream by Day’ for the reviews and the photos of reading in progress. One of the best things about writing novels is then having people reading the books and imagining their own ways into the stories, so I particularly liked these images. Several reviewers…
The Displaced Nation
An interview with me has just been published on The Displaced Nation site: https://thedisplacednation.com/2016/03/11/location-locution-writer-tracey-warr-is-a-troubadour-of-medieval-life-telling-stories-she-collects-from-roaming-far-and-wide/ I will be editing the column from next month, interviewing other fiction writers.
The Viking Hostage top ranking in Australia
My novel The Viking Hostage, published by Impress Books, is currently featuring on three bestsellers lists on the Amazon Australia Kindle Store (European History, Medieval History, Genealogy).
navigating islands
Just spent a few days on Uto, the outermost island amongst 50,000 in the Finnish Turku Archipelago. I was there with a group of artists from the Frontiers in Retreat network and students and professors from Aalto University and Helsinki University of the Arts. On the long ferry journey I ran a workshop on ‘Viking…
On a Viking trouser-snake
I’ve a crick in my neck, And tend to fall on my head, My trouser-snake is soft, And my hearing’s gone away. Thinking about a talk I will be giving to the Tenby Historical Society on 23 June about Vikings in Pembrokeshire, I was reminded of Judith Jesch’s translation of this lament…
Fiction Event in London
The End of Time: 10th Century Vikings in France and Wales Guildhall Library Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH Wednesday 1 April 2015 2pm – 3pm Tracey Warr will talk about the history behind her new novel, The Viking Hostage, set in late 10th century France and Wales, weaving together the stories of three women living through…
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