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Blog postI am pleased to say that I am more than 60% on with the second book in the Walking Among Lions series, and I expect to see it finished and out there by December 2022 at the latest. The working title is Hanley Castle but there is a chance that might change. Anyway, keep looking out for it.
This will pretty well complete Constance's story when coupled with Within the Fetterlock. However, that novel is now 'hard to find' and also I have found out some new facts; I am conscious -
Blog postThe Adventures of Alianore Audley now has a new cover and the text has been somewhat upgraded.
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Blog postMy long neglected website can be found here.
It is now relatively updated!
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Blog postHere we are.
Walking Among Lions is the first of a trilogy about Constance of York. It was first conceived as a prequel to Within the Fetterlock. (A draft title was This New Spring of Time but my friends changed my mind.)
As Within the Fetterlock is now 'hard to find' and my understanding of the politics and certain facts have changed, I have now decided to go the whole hog, so the trilogy will cover her whole life.
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Blog postI just wanted to mention that a new paperback version of The Adventures of Alianore Audley is now available from Amazon, with a prettier cover and some improvements to the text.A revised kindle version is to be had too, at a slightly lower price, and a hardback version should soon appear too! (For those who like their books to be reassuringly expensive.)In case anyone is unfamiliar with Alianore I should stress this is a light-hearted book, not meant to be taken too seriously.
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Blog postI am currently trying to unravel the arrangements for the Despenser lands in the late 14th Century. It is quite complex.
When Edward, Lord Despenser died in November 1375, the wardship of his lands was given to his widow, Elisabeth. This was an unusual mark of favour and may reflect the fact that Sir Edward had been one of England's premier knights and was very well-regarded. Elisabeth also had a third of the lands in dower plus her inherited Burghersh lands which belonged to her -
Blog postApparently, there is to be yet another TV series around Anne Boleyn.
I get the distinct impression that the people who commission TV dramas are under the impression that England/Britain went straight from the Creation to the Tudors, and then directly to Jane Austen.
There were other eras in our rich and colourful history. There are literally hundreds of interesting tales that could be told.
To put it another way - I really like steak and chips. But I don't want it f -
Blog postThis book is now available in paperback format. It can also be had in Kindle format if you prefer.
It is raising money for the Scoliosis Association UK (SAUK) and contains several short stories set in the era of the Wars of the Roses. What's different is they are all Alternative History.
The stories are written by a team of excellent authors. Oh, and there's one in there by me too! It's about George Clarence.
Enjoy!
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Blog postThis is a bit of an off-the-wall post but I had to write it somewhere.
When I was a lad I had the misfortune to attend one of Manchester's less pleasant schools. It was not 'approved' but judging from the attitudes and behaviour of certain pupils and staff it might as well have been.
Anyway, our playing fields were not attached to the school. That would have been far too convenient. No, they were a good country mile away at Nell Lane. Sometimes we actually played football or cri -
Blog postThis Link will take you to my Amazon Author Page.
You will find details there of all my books and the books to which I have contributed.
I have no idea why UK Amazon is not showing new copies of Within the Fetterlock. To the best of my knowledge, they are still available, but you will have to import them via Amazon.com. Of course, if you live in America this will not be an issue.
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Blog postI am now well on with this. I had a bit of a mental block with the events of 1387/88. It was almost as if Constance didn't want me to write about the traumatic events! But now I am out the other side and working towards the point in the story where Richard II regains power.
I have decided to change the title. What I have not finally decided is what to change it to. Court of Treason is the front-runner, but I am not 100% decided.
UPDATE: The first part is now publis -
Blog postAs some people know, I have a whole host of unfinished projects at the back of my computer. One of them is a third Constance of York novel, taking up the story from the end of Within the Fetterlock. Its working title is What Constance Did Next. (A bit tongue-in-cheek that!)
Anyway, the reality is I may well never complete it. If by some chance I do, a little preview will do no harm. So here it is. Please bear in mind that this is the equivalent of "green beer" - it has not -
Blog postThe coveted and prestigious Brian Wainwright "How I Wish I Had Written That" Award for 2019 goes to the late, great and much lamented Edith Pargeter.In this scene from A Bloody Field By Shrewsbury, Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, is addressing that toad, Bolingbroke..."My lord of Lancaster, there is nothing now your vengeance can do to me, nothing you can take from me that I will not gladly part with. But I tell you this to your face, you do ill to use such words as traitor
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Blog postI am surprised to find the internet has several images of Maria de Padilla.
Her daughters married John of Gaunt and Edmund of Langley and she was the grandmother (among others) of Edward, Duke of York, Constance of York and Richard of Conisbrough. (Richard of Conisbrough is known thus to historians but as Lord Richard of York in his lifetime, later Earl of Cambridge. But that's a detail.)
What is really cool about Maria is that her coat of arms included frying pans -
Blog postI am still pressing on with the novel, which has now reached Chapter 8. I wish I could write more quickly and more fluently, but I can't. I take the view that continuing progress is a Good Thing.
What would speed me up (probably) would be a lucrative publishing contract and a deadline; but I might as well say that a visit from the Blessed Virgin Mary would help. The latter is more probable, after all.
However I am absolutely determined to finish this book. I am wri -
Blog postToday I saw on the internet an extract from a book which suggested Richard II's marriage to Anne of Bohemia was never consummated.
This is utter bull excrement. We know, as a fact, that Anne lost children she had conceived. For details, see Kathryn Warner's book on Richard.
So unless the Holy Ghost was busy in late 14th Century England, it's a certain as anything can be that happened over 600 years ago that the marriage was consummated. -
Blog postIn Kathryn Warner's book on Richard II I found that in 1386 the usual meeting of the Order of the Garter was deferred from St George's Day, although no reason was given in the King's letters. This threw me as the opening scene of This New Spring of Time is that very meeting and I had written it as taking place on St George's Day. Suddenly, this was wrong!
So I searched as one does, and found that the Garter statutes (albeit compiled in Henry V's time) provided that if the feast of S -
Blog postI am finally making some progress with the novel This New Spring of Time which is a prequel to Within the Fetterlock.
Currently I am four chapters in and making (by my standards) good progress. This has been a start from scratch as I am using what is (for me) a new style.
All other writing is currently suspended. I have written about 60,000 words of Alianore II, but I am not satisfied with it, so it is going to have to have a complete rethink. -
Blog postAugust 31st marks the death in 1688 of John Bunyan, author of the very influential book, Pilgrim's Progress, which has been loved by Christians across the world since it was first published.
Interestingly, Bunyan wrote the book while he was in prison, to which he was sent for the terrible crime of preaching without a licence by the tyrannical, bigoted government of Oliver Cromwell.
Oh, sorry! Cromwell died in 1658 and Bunyan was not arrested until 1661. It was actually -
Blog postThis link will take you to an interesting (if complex) article by Professor Hicks about the Despenser Inheritance.
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Blog postCAMRA, the highly successful consumer organisation that has for decades promoted Real Ale has decided that it needs to be 'revitalised'.
The project group looking at this has suggested that CAMRA should no longer focus on Real Ale, but give support to all 'good' beer.
A change so radical is rather like the Richard III Society deciding that Henry VII was actually quite a decent chap, and that his hereditary claim to the throne had some substance.
What i -
Blog postNot many charities still collect old postage stamps as a way of raising funds but one that does is the Retired Greyhound Trust.
So, if you can bundle up all your old stamps (any used postage stamp will do, UK or other) and put them in a suitably stamped envelope or jiffy bag addressed to:-
RGT Stamp Appeal, Park House, Park Terrace, Worcester Park, KT4 7JZ. UK
You can be sure they will be put to a good cause, helping retired former racing greyhounds. -
Blog postTia Rescue, near Doncaster, now has a cafe.
Gets good reviews on Trip Advisor, so please visit when in the area and help the greyhounds, lurchers and shire horses that it supports.
Don't forget the Open Day and Bandana Challenge on Sunday 28th August! -
Blog postToday I made a pilgrimage to Wigan Parish Church. Well, not really. I happened to be in Wigan and noticed that the church was open, as it apparently it is every Saturday.
Some of you will recall that this is the church from which Alianore Audley rescued the Duke of Gloucester's stolen banner, so I couldn't resist a look inside. It is a surprisingly large building, heavily 'restored' by our Victorian friends, who introduced an awful lot of their dark, heavy, gothic fittings. If you l -
Blog postOnce more I find myself mentioning my favourite charity Tia Rescue.
Tia do a brilliant job rescuing unwanted greyhounds and lurchers and also shire horses. They are unfortunately struggling for cash at the moment.
How you can help:
Send a donation.
Sponsor a greyhound (or other rescued animal)
Give a home to a greyhound or lurcher. (These dog make wonderful pets).
Visit the new cafe and visitors' centre.
Read their website for
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