The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
Anne O’Brien is renowned for uncovering the voices of forgotten women in medieval history. A Marriage of Fortune is no exception, offering insight into female experiences of life in England during the War of the Roses and the early Tudor period. This novel follows the...
Survival of the Fittest: The Pastons & the Wars of the Roses What did the middling sort of people do, those who had an eye to climbing the social ladder, when faced with the tragedy of civil war? For many it was a matter of keeping their heads down, to emerge at...
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Elizabeth of Lancaster, the subject of The King's Sister, was a fascinating woman, daughter of John of Gaunt and sister to Henry IV. Why did you choose to write about her? My decision to write about Elizabeth of Lancaster, younger daughter of John of Gaunt and...
Iron & Gold is a distinctive collection of six short stories which span the Middle Ages. There is an overwhelming narrative of honour, integrity, love and timelessness which unite these tales. Additionally, there are interviews with each of the authors after each...
It has to be said that the Paston family was forced to into a permanent struggle against adversity in their ambition to rise from peasant to gentry. Faced with the great magnates in Norfolk, the claims on their estates by men more powerful than themselves, it drove...
The Queen's Rival is a stunning look at the 'later' life of Cecily Neville from 1459 until 1483. This is not a 'quiet' period of history and to cover the tumultuous events, the author adopts the technique of recording the letters of the main protagonists, either from...
What prompted you to choose the period that you wrote your first book in? In a previous existence I taught history and so have always had an interest in the motivations that stirred men and women in the past. Why would I choose to write about medieval England? It...
The piety of Cecily Neville was much praised during her lifetime, particularly in her later years. Her pride was also widely acknowledged. Proud Cis has become a recognisable epithet. Yet scandal raised its ugly head. When her husband was commanding the English...
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