Charlene Newcomb

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  • Historical Novel Society Reviews Swords of the King

    Check out the full review on the HNS website. And then pick up your copy: Available in print and ebook on Amazon.

  • Novel Conversations – Sir Stephan’s visit to Helen Hollick’s blog

    I hope you aren’t missing the series of character interviews on Helen’s blog every Friday. Authors are always getting interviewed, but Helen, with the folks at IndieBRAG, had the brilliant idea to interview characters from novels. I was lucky enough to be invited – rather, Sir Stephan l’Aigle from my medieval novels was invited to Helen’s…

  • 99c/99p sale – Men of the Cross

    November 26 – December 3 Get  Men of the Cross (ebook) for 99c/99pon US and UK Amazon ><><><><><><>< Charlene Newcomb recently published Book III of Battle Scars, 12th century historical fiction filled with war, political intrigue, and a knightly romance of forbidden love set during the reign of Richard the Lionheart. There will be more to come, so…

  • Research snippets: “In the year of grace 1194, being the second year of the captivity of Richard, king of England…”

    King Philip of France and John, brother of King Richard I (the Lionheart), colluded to keep Richard a prisoner of Henry VI, the Holy Roman Emperor. Sounds like fiction, doesn’t it? Something out of Hollywood? Hard to believe, but it’s true. Roger de Hoveden, a contemporary chronicler, wrote about the evil conspirators’ offer to the…

  • A Knight’s Tale – cover reveal

    If you’re a subscriber to my Newsletter, or follow my author page on Facebook, you’ll have heard me mention a forthcoming Sir Stephan l’Aigle short story.  It’s cover reveal time!  A Knight’s Tale (Passages) will be exclusive to my Newsletter subscribers and won’t be available for purchase elsewhere until summer 2019.  Subscribe to the Newsletter if you’d like…

  • Swords of the King – now available for pre-order

    Pre-order now for Amazon (ebook)  Sign up for my (infrequent) Newsletter and get a sneak peek at Chapter 1. Later this year subscribers will get an exclusive short story – A Knight’s Tale (Passages) – featuring a young Sir Stephan l’Aigle. SWORDS OF THE KING (Battle Scars III) Normandy, March 1196King Richard has their loyalty.The French…

  • MM Historical Fiction Sale – 14 Authors, 13 Great Buys

    Get swept away to times long past. Fourteen authors share their love of history through fiction. Follow the website links after my post to read the authors’  articlesabout their books and then go pick up a great read for half-price or less from December 12 – 24! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~…

  • Interview with Award-Winning Author Helena P. Schrader

    Helena P. Schrader’s recent works have been awarded Readers’ Favorite Gold, a Feathered Quill, a Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Chaucer Awards, and indieBRAG Medallions. Helena’s newest novel is The Last Crusader Kingdom: Dawn of a Dynasty in Twelfth-Century Cyprus, and I invited her to talk to me today. Readers, you are in for a treat – Helena…

  • Joanna Plantagenet

    Joanna Plantagenet was Queen of Sicily, and the Countess of Toulouse. She was the daughter of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, born in October 1165. She died on 4 September 1199. At age eleven, Joanna (or Joan) wed William II, King of Sicily. Widowed at 24, she was held under house arrest for…