I first posted this in The History Girls blog, but I thought I would like to share it again here. “It is June 1349. In the Hampshire village of Meonbridge, the worst plague in England’s history has wiped out half its population…” So goes the blurb for my historical novel Fortune’s Wheel. “Meonbridge” is broadly …

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My blog today is a bit of a diversion from the usual topic of historical fiction, if not entirely without reference to it… But it’s mostly an excuse to share a few photographs of some of the wonderful birds of prey we’ve seen, in this country and elsewhere… Can you imagine how thrilled and excited I …

Continue reading Nature red in tooth and claw