Today, I’m pleased to be presenting Wendy J Dunn and her newly released book, Falling Pomegranate Seeds: All Manner of Things, as part of a book tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. This is the second book in Wendy’s series about Catalina of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIII.

Blurb

Winter, 1539

María de Salinas is dying.

Too ill to travel, she writes a letter to her daughter Katherine, the young duchess of Suffolk. A letter telling of her life: a life intertwined with her friend and cousin Catalina of Aragon, the youngest child of Isabel of Castile. It is a letter to help her daughter understand the choices she has made in her life, beginning from the time she keeps her vow to Catalina to share her life of exile in England.

Friendship, betrayal, hatred, forgiveness
All Manner of Things tells a story of how love wins out in the end. 

Praise for All Manner of Things

‘A timeless story of friendship and love, which will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned, All Manner of Things is Wendy J. Dunn’s best novel yet…’ — Lauren Chater, author of The Lace Weavers and Gulliver’s Wife.

‘To read this book is like tasting a succulent pomegranate that swells and ripens and reveals the luscious fruit…’ — Glenice Whitting, author of Pickle to a Pie and What Time is it There?

‘A sensitive and inspiring portrait of faith and friendship, framed around the devotion inspired by a remarkable queen. Wendy J. Dunn has written another gem of a novel for Tudor enthusiasts!’ — Gareth Russell, author of Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII and The Darksome Bounds of a Failing World: The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era

‘This is a story ripe with passion and rich in historical detail. All Manner of Things draws the reader deep into the heart of Henry’s Tudor court, with its machinations, betrayals and very human stories of love and loss…’ — Rachel Nightingale, author of The Tales of Tarya

‘A finely wrought tale that resurrects the indomitable spirit of Katherine of Aragon, breathing new life into her oft-told story… Yet another spellbinding novel from Wendy J Dunn!’ — Adrienne Dillard, author of Cor Rotto and The Raven’s Widow

‘I’m so fussy about historical fiction, but Wendy J Dunn never fails to please. Dunn breathes life into Catalina and Maria in this celebration of true friendship. Their story seemed to reach through the ages to truly touch me. Beautiful, just beautiful.’ — Claire Ridgway, author of The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown

‘…this book made me fascinate over times long ago, times when ancient buildings were brand new, faded portraits were still sharp and striking and faith and loyalty were absolute; times when women had so little autonomy it was never an option for them to venture out on their own and just ditch this damn place.’ — Angela Wauchop, Backstory Literary Journal

Falling Pomegranate Seeds: All Manner of Things is available at
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Wendy J. Dunn

Wendy J. Dunn is an Australian author, playwright and poet who has been obsessed by Anne Boleyn and Tudor History since she was ten-years-old. She is the author of three Tudor novels:Dear Heart, How Like You This?, the winner of the 2003 Glyph Fiction Award and 2004 runner up in the Eric Hoffer Award for Commercial Fiction, The Light in the Labyrinth, her first young adult novel, and Falling Pomegranate Seeds: The Duty of Daughters.

While she continues to have a very close and spooky relationship with Sir Thomas Wyatt, the elder, serendipity of life now leaves her no longer wondering if she has been channelling Anne Boleyn and Sir Tom for years in her writing, but considering the possibility of ancestral memory. Her own family tree reveals the intriguing fact that her ancestors – possibly over three generations – had purchased land from both the Boleyn and Wyatt families to build up their own holdings. It seems very likely Wendy’s ancestors knew the Wyatts and Boleyns personally.

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Publication Date: January 15^th 2021
Genre: Historical Fiction
Publisher: Poesy Quill Publishing
Print Length: 449 Pages