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Chancellor, justiciar, and papal legate William Longchamp – my guest post on #EHFA
To his contemporaries, William Longchamp became “a man with three titles and three heads,” exercising power as justiciar, chancellor, and papal legate. His critics claim he was greedy, ambitious, and unscrupulous. Learn more about the man Richard the Lionheart left to attend to the business of his kingdom in my guest post on English Historical […]
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Historical Nottingham, York, and more – blog trotting adventures
“A breathtaking gallop through Richard the Lionheart’s England.”–Sharon Bennett Connolly on The Review blog The knights have returned from the crusade to the Holy Land in For King and Country and face enemies at home that will take them from Lincolnshire to York to Nottingham, climaxing with the siege of Nottingham in 1194. Writing about these […]
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For King and Country official launch day!
Traitors to the crown pit Henry de Grey and his friends against dangerous enemies. For King and Country is now available on Amazon in print and for Kindle Read Chapter OneRead The Review. Comment there for a chanceto win an e-copy of For King and Country. Let me take you away to life in 12th […]
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For King and Country – Giveaway on English Historical Fiction Authors
Comment on the Giveaway post on English Historical Fiction Authors blog for a chance to win a Kindle or epub version of my upcoming release For King and Country. The giveaway will be open April 18 – 24. Double your chances by commenting on my earlier announcement! England 1193Civil war threatens as battle-scarred knight Henry de […]
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Giveaway – Coming May 2 – For King and Country
Print proofs have arrived!There are only a few events in life that are more awesome than seeing your book in print. I could rattle off a number and let you add a dozen of your own. But holding a copy of the book you have spent hours researching, writing, revising, editing, editing, editing, and proofing & […]
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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 […]
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12th century research gems
“…there is none of the above stock [i.e., livestock] there now except for the 2 plough-teams. John, the clerk, who was at that time Thomas fitz Bernard’s steward, transferred 40 hoggets [i.e., 2-year-old male sheep] to the vill of Whitfield at the feast of Saint Martin (11 November) and unjustly took as many good ewes […]