I did not set out to write a trilogy although I have always believed in the power of three. Three…
Blurb Raised in genteel poverty after the First World War, Maria Magdalena Dietrich dreams of a life on the stage.…
by Mary Anne Yarde “I’ve come to help avenge Banquo’s death.” Malcolm smiled sadly. “Then you shall not leave my…
Carving in the church in Lusignan Isabella married twice and both her husbands belonged to families that believed they were…
As a historical novelist, I’m fascinated by the gaps in history, the silenced stories, the holes that riddle our past.…
Although Henry VIII is famous for abandoning, beheading and divorcing his wives it seems he didn’t enjoy ‘goodbyes.’ Each of…
Mark Antony, or Marcus Antonius as he was more correctly named, was known for many things: friend of Julius Caesar,…
by Erica Lainé Isabella had a gold matrix, or seal-die, which was used to make her seal as Queen of…
I’ve found that it’s easy to misjudge history, to confuse timelines from the relative luxury of the twenty-first century because…
Blurb In the 11th Century, when barren wives are customarily cast aside, how does Edith of Wessex not only manage…