Gemma Morris-Conway
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Gemma Morris-Conway
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Historical Novelist | Tudor & Plantagenet Researcher | Lead Campaigner for DNA Testing of the Princes in the Tower | Public Historian & Speaker
Meet the Characters – The Reflection in the Mirror

Thomas Cromwell was born into a harsh and troubled household in Putney, London. To read more

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Gemma

The past is never silent.

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January 6, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Reader reviews like these are deeply humbling.

The Reflection in the Mirror
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Gemma

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January 6, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Hi
Happy New Year
I am delighted to share that my debut Tudor novel,
The Reflection in the Mirror, has now officially launched.

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January 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Meet the Characters – The Reflection in the Mirror

Eustace Chapuys is the Emperor’s quiet shadow at the Tudor court

The novel is now available on Kindle

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Gemma

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January 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Good morning.

My morning walk, accompanied by two poodles. I walk at least three times a day.
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Author: The Reflection in the Mirror and The Wolf of Whitehall

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January 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Did Sir Thomas More know the truth about the Princes in the Tower?

For more information, visit my website: www.murderinthetower.london

To read my novel: The Reflection in the Mirror.

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Gemma

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The Past is Never Silent
January 4, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Good morning.

Today’s post is a brief

The image I have shared is taken from a page of my novel The Reflection in the Mirror
It serves as a simple dedication to my late parents

Nothing more need be said

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Thank you

Gemma

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January 4, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Meet the Characters – The Reflection in the Mirror

Richard Williams, alias Cromwell – the great-grandfather of Oliver Cromwell

The novel is now available on Kindle, and hardback copies will be on sale shortly.

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Gemma

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January 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Today I am posting extracts from Chapter One of The Reflection in the Mirror.

To order at a reduced price till Feb 1st, 2026. Currently in paperback and Kindle
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Part One Death

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Gemma
January 3, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Meet the Characters – The Reflection in the Mirror
The Reflection in the Mirror is on sale now
The novel is now available on Kindle, and hardback copies will be on sale shortly.

Maddox was a young and gifted musician
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Gemma
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January 2, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Meet the Characters – The Reflection in the Mirror
Catherine Howard (aged about six years old)
I thought you might enjoy getting to know some of the figures who step from the pages into the light.

The novel is now available in paperback, Kindle, & hardback soon.
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January 2, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Happy New Year, and thank you.

I am delighted to begin 2026 by sharing that my novel The Reflection in the Mirror has found readers in the US, France & UK

I have also been very grateful to receive several positive early reviews

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Gemma

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January 2, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Mary Seymour
A shout for help or some historical detective work
I have come up against an unexpected research barrier So, I am turning to you for help
Catherine Parr married Thomas Seymour Catherine died soon after giving birth to her only child, Mary Seymour.

And then… she vanishes.
Gemma
December 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Morgan le Fay The Lady of Avalon
Mist drifts across the lake low clouds folding over the hills as dawn creeps through the veil of Avalon In that shifting halflight stands Morgan le Fay sorceress healer and half sister to King Arthur

By Gemma

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November 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
At my desk this evening the fire burns low, the hour deep and the scent of herbs and wax thickens the air. On the shelf before me lies a small glass phial containing what the ancients once called Mandragora officinarum — the mandrake root. For more read my blog
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October 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The Lady of Shalott – The Mirror Cracked
Mist gathers upon the river as dawn drifts through the reeds. In a tower wrapped in ivy and silence, a lone figure bends over her loom — weaving the world as she sees it only through a mirror’s reflection.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:58 AM
30 October – Samhain Approaches
When the Veil Begins to Thin
At my desk this evening, as the last light drains from the sky and the wind murmurs through the old trees, I can feel the year turning. For full info visit my site
Thanks for reading my post
Gemma
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October 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Words are our oldest tools, and our oldest weapons. To speak is to shape reality — and the medieval spellmaker understood this instinctively.
Spells were the architecture of faith’s shadow: half prayer, half poetry.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Gunpowder Plot The Wider Circle
November storms press close; the candle burns low.

The Gunpowder Plot reached beyond Catesby and Fawkes: Sir Everard Digby with his horsemen, Francis Tresham with his fatal letter, Robert Wintour with safe houses. Each met ruin.

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October 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Gunpowder Plot – Ambrose Rookwood
November winds will howl; the candle trembles.

Ambrose Rookwood — young, loyal, and doomed. He gave the plotters his swift horses, riding north with Catesby and Percy. Captured, he was executed in January 1606.

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October 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The Gunpowder Plot
Robert Keyes was one such figure born into a Catholic family he married into kinship with the recusant Digbys. Described as sombre, secretive, and fiercely loyal, trusted with one of the most critical tasks :read more :

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October 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Gunpowder Plot Jack Wright
As November nears, the wind howls and the candle trembles.

Jack Wright — swordsman, conspirator, loyal to Robert Catesby. His house near the Strand was an early meeting place. He died fighting at Holbeach House in 1605.

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October 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
As November nears, the wind howls and the candle trembles.

The Gunpowder Plot
Jack Wright — swordsman, conspirator, loyal to Robert Catesby. His house near the Strand was an early meeting place. He died fighting at Holbeach House in 1605.

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October 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
As November nears, the wind rattles the shutters; my candle trembles.

Thomas Wintour — soldier, scholar, conspirator. He brought Guido Fawkes into the Gunpowder Plot and arranged the powder. Captured, he was executed at Westminster in 1606.

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October 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Gunpowder Plot : Robert Catesby
As November nears, the wind batters the beams, the candle trembles.

Robert Catesby dreamed of fire — to blow King and Parliament sky-high in 1605. Charismatic, daring, and doomed.

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October 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM