For readers in the United States and Canada A Goodreads Giveaway opens today. There are 10 paperback copies of the first edition of Daughter of the Last King, set in 12th century Wales and Normandy, up for grabs. The Giveaway closes on 17 February. The Giveaway has only been open for a few hours so far and […]

Goodreads Giveaway and other Book Offers — Tracey Warr Writing

January 25th is Welsh Lover’s Day, celebrating Saint Dwynwen, a 5th century princess who was thwarted in love. Dwynwen had 23 sisters. She fell in love with Maelon Dafodrill but her father, King Brychan, would not allow her to marry him. Dwynwen fled to the woods, and Maelon was turned into a block of ice. […]

Happy Welsh Lover’s Day — Tracey Warr Writing

Shortly after Christmas, 1106,* the Norman steward of Pembroke Castle in Wales, Gerald FitzWalter, and his wife, the Welsh noblewoman Nest ferch Rhys, were invited to feast with Gerald’s bitter enemies King Cadwagn and his son Prince Owain. Cadwagn gave lip service to the Norman king but Owain was one of the lead rebels harrassing […]

Helen of Wales — Tracey Warr Writing

On this day, 887 years ago, King Henry I died after eating too many lampreys. Henry was the youngest son of William the Conqueror. He took the throne of England and Wales in 1100 after his older brother King William II (Rufus) was killed in a hunting accident in the New Forest. Henry was a […]

King and Lover — Tracey Warr Writing

On this November evening, around midnight, 902 years ago,  The White Ship set sail from Barfleur carrying the heir of King Henry I of England, Wales and Normandy. The Anglo-Norman empire created by William the Conqueror necessitated frequent, often annual, travel across the English sea by the ruler and many of his entourage. That night, King […]

Tonight’s History Mystery — Tracey Warr Writing

Misty morning, writing in the medieval clifftop village of Saint Cirq Lapopie, France, with a view over the house of surrealist writer Andre Breton and down to the meandering River Lot Almodis de La Marche, countess of Toulouse and Barcelona, was, according to the monk chronicler William of Malmesbury, ‘afflicted with a godless female itch’.…

Voicing the Voiceless – medieval female protagonists — Tracey Warr Writing

Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire I am talking about the turbulent life of the Welsh noblewoman, Nest ferch Rhys at Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales, including a tour of the castle, on… 72 more words

Talking on Nest ferch Rhys at Carew Castle this weekend — Tracey Warr Writing