Monthly Archives: July 2010

I wasn’t sure what to expect but I had a very enjoyable afternoon chatting about The de Lacy Inheritance and my non-fiction books at Waterstone’s in Bolton. The staff were welcoming and enthusiastic and really made me feel at home. … Continue reading →

I wasn’t sure what to expect but I had a very enjoyable afternoon chatting about The de Lacy Inheritance and my non-fiction books at Waterstone’s in Bolton. The staff were welcoming and enthusiastic and really made me feel at home. … Continue reading →

I know that many of you are very interested in William Marshall after reading about him in Elizabeth Chadwick’s excellent books The Greatest Knight and The Scarlet Lion. William was a contemporary of Roger de Lacy so I thought I’d … Continue reading →

Leprosy, or Hansen’s disease (so named because it was G.H. Armauer Hansen who discovered, in Norway in 1873, that the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae was the cause) has been known to man for over 4000 years. The word leprosy comes from … Continue reading →

I was at Whalley Abbey today and the Cloisters Cafe was in temporary accommodation within the main house. The door I went in was almost underneath the main steps to the conference centre and when I glanced up I saw … Continue reading →

Don’t miss the August issue of Lancashire Life. There’s a double page spread about me and my novel The de Lacy Inheritance in it. The photographs were taken at Clitheroe Castle and I’m looking suitable windswept after having been taking … Continue reading →

Here’s a photo I sneakily took on my camera phone. My book was piled high on the table at Waterstone’s in the Trafford Centre (Manchester). It’s part of Waterstone’s 3 for 2 promotion and I’m so glad they managed not … Continue reading →

Stories of the legendary outlaw Robin Hood have been told and retold for hundreds of years. The earliest versions would have been told by travelling minstrels and the earliest written version was an old ballad named A Lytell Geste of … Continue reading →

Stories of the legendary outlaw Robin Hood have been told and retold for hundreds of years. The earliest versions would have been told by travelling minstrels and the earliest written version was an old ballad named A Lytell Geste of … Continue reading →

Today I’ve written a guest post on the blog of my writer friend Sally Zigmund. Sally is the author of Hope Against Hope described as a ‘rich slice of Victoriana’. Her novel follows the lives of two sisters, Carrie and … Continue reading →