Category Archives: Historical Fiction

Christmas Books Special Offer

Thanks to friends Bob and Joyce for this photo of my Conquest trilogy on sale in the Carew Castle bookshop in Wales. The heroine of the novels, Nest ferch Rhys, lived at Carew Castle. I have presented a couple of talking walks around Carew telling her story in the spaces where she lived. 1st edition copiesContinue reading “Christmas Books Special Offer”

Gwenllian – Welsh Warrior Queen

A guest post on my novel, The Anarchy, and the story of Gwenllian, the 12th-century Welsh woman who led an army against the Normans at Kidwelly Castle is posted today on Tony Riches’ The Writing Desk. Gwenllian was the daughter of the king of the northern kingdom of Wales, Gwynedd. She married the disinherited king … Continue reading