Last year, in April, I shared the celebration of the 1oth publication anniversary of ALISON MORTON's Inceptio, the first book in her alternative history thriller series, Roma Nova. Today, I am delighted to tell you about the eleventh book in the Roma Nova series, Exsilium, which was published last month. Exsilium is the sequel to Julia …
Month: March 2024
M.J. Porter: The Royal Women Who Made England
Today I am delighted to be able to tell you about the fascinating new history book from M J PORTER, The Royal Women Who Made England: The Tenth Century in Saxon England, which was published in January this year. Using contemporary sources, the author plucks these royal women from obscurity and shows how far they …
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Michael Dunn: Anywhere But Schuylkill
On my blog today I am hosting MICHAEL DUNN, with a stop on his Coffee Pot Book Club blog tour to promote the recent publication of Anywhere But Schuylkill. This is the first book in Michael's Great Upheaval trilogy set in 19th century America. Here you can find out more about the book and read an intriguing excerpt …
Judith Arnopp: A Matter of Time
Last April, I shared publication news of the second book in JUDITH ARNOPP's historical fiction series, The Henrician Chronicle, and today I am delighted to be able to tell you about the third and final book in the series, A Matter of Time: Henry VIII, the Dying of the Light. It was published on February 2nd …
The Lot of Medieval Women
I first wrote this post to accompany the launch of Squire’s Hazard, the fifth Meonbridge Chronicle. It looks at some aspects of the lives of women in the fourteenth century and how I portray them through some of my female characters. The Meonbridge Chronicles series is set in the second half of the fourteenth century, in the fictional …