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My Book Blog Tour
My marketing team at Zaffre have arranged a blog tour for the release of The Station Master's Daughters in Love, the final book in my WWI trilogy inspired by the extraordinary life of a real royal station master, Harry Saward, and his family at Wolferton Station, on...
The Royal Station Master’s Daughters in Love book launch in King’s Lynn, 27 April
Tickets are still available if you are able to join me for the launch of The Royal Station Master's Daughters in Love, the final book in The Royal Station Master's Daughters trilogy, at King's Lynn library on Saturday, 27 April. This is the closest town to where my...
King Charles’ Sandringham Sanctuary
14 February 2024 Living close to the Sandringham estate, and visiting whenever I can, I know only too well how restorative a break in Norfolk can be, and why it is Sandringham House that King Charles has chosen to recuperate in while he is treated for cancer. I find...
The Royal Station Master’s Daughters in Love launch
I am delighted to announce that the final book in The Royal Station Master's Daughters trilogy is to be released on 25th April. It's an honour to officially launch The Royal Station Master's Daughters in Love at King's Lynn library two days later at 2pm. It is only...
King Charles’ Sandringham Sanctuary
Living close to the Sandringham estate, and visiting whenever I can, I know only too well how restorative a break in Norfolk can be, and why it is Sandringham House that King Charles has chosen to recuperate in while he is treated for cancer. I find that spending just...
Traitor Anthony Blunt stayed at Sandringham House
One can imagine the fury and sense of betrayal felt by our wartime Queen Elizabeth when she discovered that Anthony Blunt, a man she invited into her home and was entrusted with their precious art collection, was a spy - one of the infamous Cambridge Five. George VI...
How the story behind the John Shilling stay busk and macabre gibbet carving inspired my book
When I was told the story of a carved wooden stay busk showing a man hanging from a gibbet, I knew I wanted to put my own twist on it and include it in one of my books in The Royal Station Master's Daughters series. I heard about it from antique dealer Graham Peters...
Pledging allegiance, the vow broken by Edward VIII
A new dawn has broken. The coronation of King Charles takes us into the second Coralean age. Long live King Charles III! One of the most moving moments of the service was the homage Prince William made to his father on behalf of the royal family. William knelt before...
My Cambridge 105 interview
It was an honour to be featured on the latest Bookmark programme for Cambridge 105 radio. Presenter Leigh Chambers is a huge supporter and promoter of authors, something which is never taken for granted. She also interviewed me when I spoke at the Cambridge Literary...