Author of The Meonbridge Chronicles
This post was first written for The History Girls blog. I have really been enjoying finding out about the villages of Hampshire’s Meon Valley, in order to share something of their history, introduce a few of the people associated with them, and reveal some of the treasures held within their buildings. Even though I know …
Continue reading One fisherman, two saints, and three politicians…
You know how much I love talking about writing historical fiction? Well, I’m doing it again this weekend, over on the kickassheroines.com website, where members discuss all manner of bookish things. As part of kickassheroines, Kim Wright runs Ponder the Page, a particular “place for all things Historical Fiction", and, a while back, she asked …
Today, I’m “staying in” with the lovely Linda Hill on Linda’s Book Bag, her wonderful blog all about books... We are chatting about my recently released second Meonbridge Chronicle, A WOMAN'S LOT, and other things… I love the "chat" format and, of course, I always love having the opportunity to talk about my favourite topic, my …
In this second part of my story of the manorial structure of Soberton parish, in the Meon Valley, I continue my discussion of the various manors distributed across the parish. If you would like to read part 1, which includes an introduction to the purpose of my investigation into Soberton’s medieval past, click here. Last …
Helen Hollick is a much-published and much-loved author of historical fiction and pirate-based adventure fantasy, and is a good friend to all new authors – like me! Today, I am delighted that Helen is ‘dropping anchor’ on my blog with a guest post. To explain... Helen has written a series of nautical Voyages based around …
Continue reading Pirates of the Middle Ages by Helen Hollick
When, several years ago, I embarked upon writing the first of the Meonbridge Chronicles, I read a lot of books in preparation. Most of the books were filling in the gaps in my knowledge of how ordinary people lived in the 14th century: their homes and clothes, their food and tools, what they did and …
I am delighted that A Woman’s Lot, Book 2 of my MEONBRIDGE CHRONICLES series, has been published, again by SilverWood Books! I do hope you will consider reading it. A Woman's Lot has already received some wonderful reviews, which might encourage you to give it a try… “It’s a great tribute to Carolyn’s wonderful writing …
