I'm delighted to welcome Ken Tentarelli and his new book, The Blackest Time, to the blog with an excerpt. Excerpt Parishioners rise up in anger when a priest declares the Black Plague a divine punishment fortheir sins .Those attending the morning mass included families living in the parish, lumbermen who had been logging forests in the nearby hills, The lumbermen clustered together near the front of the church, close to the altar.

I'm sharing my review for The Little Black Book Killer by Fiona Walker, the third book in her The Village Detectives series #bookreview #cosycrime #newrelease

Shield of Mercia is now available. Return to the world of young Icel, and listen to me rabbiting on, again #newrelease #histfic #TheEagleofMerciaChronicles #audio

I'm sharing my review for To Win Her Hand by Melissa Addey #regencyromance #blogtour #bookreview #festiveread

It's happy release day to Shield of Mercia. Return to the world of young Icel, and listen to the beginning of the audiobook #newrelease #histfic #TheEagleofMerciaChronicles #audio

It's happy release day to Shield of Mercia. Return to the world of young Icel, and the book of healing #newrelease #histfic #TheEagleofMerciaChronicles

It's happy release day to Shield of Mercia. Return to the world of young Icel. It's going to get cold (and then rather hot). #newrelease #histfic #TheEagleofMerciaChornicles

I'm delighted to welcome Nancy Jardine and her new book, Tailored Truths, Book 2 in the Silver Sampler Series, to the blog with a guest post. Guest Post - Mill Owner Benevolence My character, Margaret, has a variety of jobs in Tailored Truths. Two of them are in different areas of one of the larger mills in Dundee (Scotland). The time period covered in the book is between 1855 and 1868 when Dundee mills were, at times, highly profitable though the situation was also volatile, markets and sales being unpredictable.

It's happy release day to Shield of Mercia. Return to the world of young Icel. It's going to get cold (and then rather hot). #newrelease #histfic #TheEagleofMerciaChornicles

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I'm welcoming Stephanie Cowell to the blog with a fascinating post about research for her new novel, The Man in the Stone Cottage: a novel of the Brontë sisters #Brontë #Yorkshire #Victorian #EnglishLiterature #WomenWriters #HistoricalFiction @cathiedunn @cowell.stephanie @thecoffeepotbookclub

Why did I write about Lady Elfrida? Saxon England's first crowned queen? #nonfiction #authorinspiration

I'm delighted to share my review for Murder in Trafalgar Square by Michelle Salter, the first book in a new historical mystery series #historicalmystery #cosycrime #highlyrecommended #BoldwoodBloggers @BoldwoodBools #MurderInTragalgarSquare @rararesources @bookandtonic

A Conspiracy of Kings – a little bit of history (may contain spoilers for my fictional recreation of Lady Ælfwynn In the sequel to The Lady of Mercia’s Daughter, the story of Lady Ælfwynn continues. She is The Second Lady of Mercia, but everything isn’t as it seems. In the various recensions of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, an attempt can be made to piece together what befalls her.

I'm sharing my review for Murder in the Soho Graveyard, a Victorian mystery #histfic #bookreview (as well as reviews for the 1st two books in the series) #mystery

I'm welcoming Then Came The Summer Snow by Trisha T Pritikin to the blog #HistoricalFiction #Downwinders #AtomicJustice #1950s #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub 

I'm sharing my review for Murder in the Soho Graveyard, a Victorian mystery #histfic #bookreview (as well as reviews for the 1st two books in the series) #mystery

I'm welcoming SR Perricone to the blog with Cobblestones #HistoricalFiction #NewOrleans #TrueEvents #TheCoffeePotBookClub #BlogTour @cathiedunn @thecoffeepotbookclub

Why did I write about Lady Eadgifu, the main character in Kingmaker? #histfic #authorinspiration

Come with me to Great Witcombe #newrelease #MenOfIron #WarriorsOfIron #histfic

Letter writing in the Eleventh Century, how I recreated Lady Estrid's connections with her vast family. #non-fiction #histfic

I'm delighted to welcome Malve Von Hassell and her new book, The Prince of Loyalty: Serving Adela Bois, to the blog with an excerpt. Excerpt Caught In The Snare 1103 Caen “But, my lady, any of your knights could do this.” Cerdic had never yet been so frustrated and angry. Adela wanted him to take her son Theobald to her brother-in-law Hugh of Troyes.

It's time for a new Bradecote and Catchpoll historical mystery. I'm reviewing Feast for the Ravens by Sarah Hawkswood #historicalmystery #bookreview

I'm sharing my review for A Mirror Murder, the first book in a delightful 1970s cozy mystery series by Helen Hollick #bookreview #mystery #blogtour