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Bringing in the new year…
Nothing like taking a break from cold Kansas. I am listening to the wind and the surf and working on final edits to For King and Country, Book II of Battle Scars. I’d love to stay here another month, but the day job is calling me back to the Plains in a few days. When…
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Come September – a Celebration at Greyton Manor, Lincolnshire, 1193
An update on For King and Country, Book II of Battle Scars I have spent the last few weeks working on the opening chapters of For King and Country. Rearranging one event at the opening required a lot more fine-tuning of subsequent chapters than I had imagined. But I am making progress, closing in on the…
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Taking a break from the 12th century
For King and Country is in editors’ hands, and I am making a stop in late 18th/early 19th century Virginia to visit family before I head to Washington, D.C. for a conference. I’ll see Monticello for the umpteenth time – one of my favorite places on the planet. I must keep in mind that Mr.…
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Research gems: not everyone liked Richard the Lionheart
We know Richard the Lionheart had any number of detractors and outright enemies. In this case, I’m not talking about King Philip of France, Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, John, Count of Mortain (Richard’s brother, the future King John of Magna Carta fame), or other contemporaries of Richard. As I work through through final checks of…
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The manor house in 12th century England
A few months ago I posted about the non-fiction I was reading, including works on housing in the 12th century. The locations in For King and Country vary from the small village of Greyton with its manor house to Castle l’Aigle, Sir Stephan’s boyhood home, from the town of Nottingham and its impressive castle, to…