The Chateau d’Angers. The site was occupied by the Counts of Anjou in the 9th century and a palace was built there in the 12th century for the powerful Plantagenet dynasty, thus becoming the home of Geoffrey of Anjou and also (when he was not in England) Henry II. It was then turned into a…
Unfortunately I didn’t manage to go to ‘Broceliande’ on this trip but I remember it well from my ‘Arthurian odyssey’ many years ago. Broceliande features in many of the knights’ adventures and heroic deeds in the legend. The Foret de Paimpon (to give it its proper name) has many different sites dedicated to aspects of Arthurian legend,…
As promised, I shall be trying to post every few days now, keeping a record of my research trip through France and England and hoping that you’ll make the journey with me. I’m currently over in the UK on a writer’s residency working on the sequel to I, Morgana. My new book doesn’t have a…
Being away from Sydney (and from blog log-in details) I realise that I’ve missed out on talking about the sixth and final novel in my medieval crime series, The Janna Chronicles – sorry about that! In Day of Judgment it seems that Janna has come close to realising her dream of avenging her mother’s death and bringing…
In response to Henrietta’s request, here are some pix of the water lilies at Giverny. I should point out that it was a grey, spitty sort of day so the lilies weren’t flowering as profusely as they might have done which might also have made a difference; these really don’t do it justice. As requested,…
Guess who managed to come away (for four months) without making a note of her blog log-in address! So I’m finally in touch again and so chuffed to announce that all six of my new-look medieval crime series, The Janna Chronicles, are now out (see covers on the left) and are available as e-books from…
As I’m about to take off for France & the UK on my writer’s residency to research and write the sequel to I, Morgana, this is by way of being a shout out and a reminder that Devil’s Brew, Book 5 of the Janna Chronicles, will be released tomorrow. Janna has now come to Winchester,…
Out on Thursday! Janna’s search for her unknown father has brought her to the heart of the royal court at Winchester, but her purse has been stolen, she has no proof of her identity, she’s had to find work as a drudge in a tavern to support herself, and she has to choose between the two men who…
Devil’s Brew, Book 5 of The Janna Chronicles will be out on May 14th. The photo on the far left shows the beautiful river Itchen that runs through Winchester – where water for ale-making was sourced in the middle ages (photo left) but that also fed and carried the waste from the drains of the…
Will King Arthur come again one day to save Britain in her hour of need? Does he lie sleeping with his knights at Glastonbury Tor (pictured left) or does the signpost (pictured left and below at Glastonbury Abbey) mark his last (and final) resting place? These are the questions I’ll be asking when I take…