Scandal Hits the House of York!
The piety of Cecily Neville was much praised during her lifetime, particularly in her later years. Her pride was also widely acknowledged. Proud Cis has become a recognisable epithet. Yet…
Category: Plantagenets
The Queen’s Rival and the Wheel of Fortune
A Short but Colourful Post! In The Queen’s Rival I make frequent use of the idea of the Wheel of Fortune in the history of Cecily Neville and the House…
Writing about Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, King’s Mother
Welcome to my new blog. Some of my thoughts on my writing about Cecily Neville in The Queen’s Rival, and my answers to some questions that I am sure…
Celebrating a New Paperback Publication: A Tapestry of Treason
This giveaway is now closed. Thank you to all who took part. Today is Paperback Publication Day A Tapestry of Treason: 6th February 2020 The Gripping and…
Seasonal Giveaway!
A Seasonal Giveaway! Two signed copies of A Tapestry of Treason 1399: Constance of York, Lady Despenser, proves herself more than a mere observer in the devious intrigues of her…
A Tapestry of Treason is Published! Celebratory Giveaway!
This Giveaway is now closed. Thank you to all who took part. Hurrah! Publication Day for A Tapestry of Treason: 22nd August To Celebrate: A Giveaway. 2 Signed Hardback…
Why was I inspired to write about Elizabeth Mortimer?
Queen of the North Sumptuous and Evocative Historical Fiction from the Sunday Times Bestselling Author Queen of the North tells the passionate but ultimately tragic tale of Elizabeth Mortimer, daughter…
Family Connections: Percy, Mortimer, – and Tudor?
Queen of the North released in paperback on 18th April 2019 The two main protagonists in my novel Queen of the North are Sir Henry Percy and Elizabeth Mortimer. For those…
Stop Press for a new book for August 2019
STOP PRESS To be published on 22nd August 2019 in hardback: A Tapestry of Treason The dramatic but troubled story of Constance of York, Lady Despenser, and her Yorkist family….
Queen of the North Celebratory Giveaway
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….
Twelve Facts you should know about Elizabeth Mortimer, Lady Percy
(And much that we do not know) Elizabeth was born in 1371 in one of the Mortimer castles in the Welsh Marches, probably in Usk where Roger her eldest brother…
Competition Time
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…