It is now four and a half years since I was contracted to write three novels about the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine - THE SUMMER QUEE...

When an author writes about people who actually lived, one of the challenges is finding out about the secondary characters; the people...

  It doesn't seem a minute since I was sitting over lunch with my agent and editor discussing my next project, which we decided wo...

In 1158, Thomas Becket, chancellor to King Henry II set out on a diplomatic mission to France aimed at promoting a marriage alliance bet...

Medieval kings, especially Angevin ones were a busy,  peripatetic bunch.  If they stayed in the same place more than a week it was a mirac...