Whilst I was not consciously aware of it as I was working on his character, I realise a posteriori that my version of Heinrich IV owes...

This is my first post in a while. I have spent the summer dreaming of holidays I could not take, and sharing visuals of the settings of...

A few people have asked how I have come up with the title and what Lotharingia means. Matilde, my heroine, is known as Matilda of...

I have had a few questions about the cover of Lotharingia, and what it is meant to represent. Lotharingia is a tale of love, relics, and...

In many ways, Countess Matilde of Tuscany was the most remarkable woman of the XI century. She must have made quite an impression on...

Medieval Europe did not really have historians in the modern (or ancient Greek) sense of the word. It had chroniclers and propagandists....

I'll be honest, back in August when I received the news that my historical novel Lotharingia had been selected as a Page Turner Awards...

I just received some amazing news. My debut historical fiction novel Lotharingia made it to the final round of the 2020 Page Turner...

Sadly, a lot of medieval castles today are very different from the way they looked in their hey day. Re-modelling and change of use, as...