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    Queen of the North Celebratory Giveaway

    Posted on 23rd July 2018

    Celebration time. This Giveaway is now closed.  Thank you to all who visited the page and took part.  and particularly many thanks for all the kind words and best wishes….

    Tags: GiveawayHistorical FictionHistorical NovelsHistorymedieval historymedieval womenQueen of the North
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    Competition Time

    Posted on 27th May 2018

    Exciting News from my publishers HQ. With less than a week to go before the publication of Queen of the North in hardback on 31st of May 2018, I have…

    Tags: Elizabeth MortimerHistorical NovelsHistoryHouse of LancasterKing Henry IVmedieval historymedieval womenPlantagenetsQueen of the NorthSir Henry Percy (Hotspur)
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    The Shadow Queen: Celebratory Giveaway

    Posted on 12th April 2018

    This Giveaway is now closed.  Thank you to all who left a comment to celebrate the publication of The Shadow Queen. For All My Readers To mark the publication of…

    Tags: Edward of WoodstockHistorical NovelsJoan of KentKing Edward IIImedieval historymedieval womenPlantagenetsRichard IIThe Shadow QueenThomas Holland Earl of Kent
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    Some thoughts: was Joan, Fair Maid of Kent, a beautiful woman?

    Posted on 20th October 2017

    I frequently receive comments on my posts and blogs that Joan of Kent must indeed have been an outstandingly beautiful woman.  Do not the images of her, that can be…

    Tags: Edward of WoodstockHistorical NovelsJoan of Kentmedieval historymedieval womenPlantagenetsThe Shadow Queen
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    Rumours and Portents: the Prophecy of The Six Kings

    Posted on 19th February 2016

    I had come across this Prophecy of the Six Kings before in my readings surrounding the Plantagenet kings, but when writing ‘The Queen’s Choice’, it suddenly became very pertinent because…

    Tags: House of LancasterKing Edward IIIKing Henry IVmedieval historyPlantagenetsRichard II
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