Blurb Since childhood, Ethnobotanist Hannah Heronstone has had a passion for healing plants and their use through the centuries. Orphaned at birth, she’s unaware of her connection to an ancient lineage of cunning women, healers, and yes, even witches. But they have not forgotten about her. A surprise invitation to an archaeological dig lures Hannah … Continue reading Book Review – The Midsummer Women by Jean M Roberts
My Reading – July to September 2024
The Middle Parts of Fortune by Frederic Manning The darkness was increasing rapidly, as the whole sky had clouded, and threatened thunder. There was still some desultory shelling. Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War by Joan Beaumont Clarence Joe Russell, known to his family as Joe, volunteered to serve in the Australian Infantry Force … Continue reading My Reading – July to September 2024
Apollo’s Raven by Linnea Tanner
Today I’m delighted to be sharing Linnea Tanner’s novel, Apollo’s Raven, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Apollo’s Raven is the first book in the Curse of Clansmen and Kings series set in first century Rome and Britannia. Blurb A Celtic warrior princess is torn between her forbidden … Continue reading Apollo’s Raven by Linnea Tanner
Excerpt – Bandy by Craig R. Hipkins
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Craig R. Hipkins’ novel Bandy as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Bandy is a Young Adult adventure set in the months before the start of the American Civil War. Blurb Isaac’s only friend is a passenger pigeon named Bandy. … Continue reading Excerpt – Bandy by Craig R. Hipkins
Book Review – No Ordinary Convict: a Welshman called Rebecca by Janine Marshall Wood
Blurb There he was – John Hughes – a handsome young man with face blackened, clad in a white nightdress and bonnet adorned with feathers. Leading hundreds of other young farmers similarly disguised, he was on a mission. After midnight under moonlight, amid a cacophony of drums, horns, gunfire and general caterwauling, they announced their … Continue reading Book Review – No Ordinary Convict: a Welshman called Rebecca by Janine Marshall Wood
Venator by A M Swink
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from A. M. Swink’s newly released novel Venator as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Venator is the first book in the Roman Equestrian series. Blurb Britannia, AD 59. Decimus is a long-serving senior centurion who dreams of retirement in Rome. … Continue reading Venator by A M Swink
Audiobook Excerpt – Fortune’s Wheel by Carolyn Hughes
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Carolyn Hughes’s recently released audiobook of her novel Fortune’s Wheel as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. Fortune’s Wheel is the first book in The Meonbridge Chronicles series which follows a year in the life of the Hampshire village of … Continue reading Audiobook Excerpt – Fortune’s Wheel by Carolyn Hughes
Excerpt – The Agincourt King by Mercedes Rochelle
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Mercedes Rochelle’s recent novel The Agincourt King as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. The Agincourt King is the latest book in her series, The Plantagenet Legacy. Blurb From the day he was crowned, Henry V was determined to prove … Continue reading Excerpt – The Agincourt King by Mercedes Rochelle
Military Music – Western Australia, September 1914
Recently, while attempting to find examples of songs and music from the Word War 1 period that were not military, I stumbled across this delightful photo (definitely a search fail but a wonderful find). Taken in September 1914 at Blackboy Hill camp, Western Australia, it shows Privates Leonard Darcy and John Pratley of the 3rd … Continue reading Military Music – Western Australia, September 1914
Excerpt – The Curse of Maiden Scars by Nicolette Croft
Today I’m delighted to be sharing an excerpt from Nicolette Croft’s newly released novel, The Curse of Maiden Scars, as part of a blog tour hosted by The Coffee Pot Book Club. The Curse of Maiden Scars is set against the backdrop of Venice’s tumultuous Napoleonic invasion of 1797. Blurb Sixteen-year-old Renna Covert toils away … Continue reading Excerpt – The Curse of Maiden Scars by Nicolette Croft
Catherine Meyrick 