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A MARRIAGE OF LIONS – Choosing a title

I have to confess that A MARRIAGE OF LIONS did not have a title for a long time, and the first title it acquired is not the one you see on the jacket cover. The novel’s  working title for most of its first draft life in private was ‘Joanna de Valence’  because that was the […]

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A MARRIAGE OF LIONS: A novel is conceived

Before I began to write A MARRIAGE OF LIONS  I had no idea that this was going to be the title – although it suits the subject matter perfectly.  I also had no idea that Joanna de Munchensey and William de Valence were going to be the subjects of the novel but I am so […]

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NAMING NAMES – a 13th century Primary source

I have in my possession the Feet of Fines for Norfolk 1201-1215 and for Suffolk 1199-1214. It’s a list of cases brought before judges on the travelling circuit at this time and much of it is concerned with property law and small business that gives us the names of the local populace. East Anglia was […]

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