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Sextus Pompey – Angry Youth and Vengeful Pirate, by Alistair Forrest

Pompey the Great’s youngest son, Sextus, is featured throughout three of my books thus far. Betrayal and murder are not uncommon throughout ancient Roman history, but young Sextus was dealt a particularly cruel hand in every respect. The teenage chancer who fought Julius Caesar in Libertas did his utmost to keep the… Read More »Sextus Pompey – Angry Youth and Vengeful Pirate, by Alistair Forrest

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Medieval Pets by Sarah Woodbury

A key feature in my new book, The Prince’s Man, the 13th Gareth & Gwen Medieval Mystery is the prevalence of pets in the medieval period. Medieval pets were not something I spent a great deal of time researching before I began writing the book and even in retrospect, it’s… Read More »Medieval Pets by Sarah Woodbury

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Crouchback by Sarah Woodbury

Crouchback is set in the medieval world of 1284, and is based on true events surrounding the death of the last native Welsh Prince of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, who was ambushed at a place called Cilmeri in eastern Wales, late in the afternoon on December 11th, 1282. From a… Read More »Crouchback by Sarah Woodbury

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