Five Tudor Remedies I Would Least Like To Try
I mentioned in a previous post how the thought of the food served in the past severely limits the appeal of time travel for me. If anything, the medical care during the Elizabethan period is even […]
I mentioned in a previous post how the thought of the food served in the past severely limits the appeal of time travel for me. If anything, the medical care during the Elizabethan period is even […]
Today, pleasure boats line the King’s Staith in summer time, but in the 16th this was the main landing place for cargo vessels. The keelboats that plied up and down the Ouse to Hull tied […]
I’m often asked whether I would like to travel back in time as my characters do, and the answer is always no. Of course it would be fascinating to see what life was really like […]
Tucked just to the side of Monk Bar is the Monk Bar Model Shop. I have to admit I have only been in a couple of times to buy presents for young nephews, but it’s clearly […]
If you’re in or around York on THURSDAY 12th MARCH, do come along to Waterstone’s in Coney Street, York, between 7.00pm and 9.00pm to help launch the paperback edition of The Edge of Dark. […]
Although Jane is plain, her father is rich enough to buy her a fine husband, and she is married to Robert Holmwood. Robert is young and handsome and wealthy; Jane can hardly believe her luck. […]
King’s Square has been repaved and refurbished since I wrote this scene, but you can still see the raised platform with the grave slabs. Where jugglers, fire-eaters and other pavement artists now entertain the crowds at […]
When we first meet Jane, she is just twelve and living in her father’s house in St Andrewgate. Her mother is dead, and although Jane is nominally in charge of the household, she relies on […]
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