The Stars Over Rome is set against the twilight of the Belle Époque era and the ensuing chaos of World War I. The story explores themes of love, ambition and upheaval in one of the world’s most timeless cities. When the story begins in 1913, Rome was a city caught between its historic past and …
It’s Publication Day for the paperback of Letting in the Light. A standalone story, this is the third book in the Spindrift trilogy, set in an artist’s community during WWI.
I first became interested in how the postal service operated during the Great War when I came into possession of a handful of letters written by my grandfather to my grandmother in 1918, soon after they were married.
Letting in the Light is set during WWI and these were my most-used research books.
Knitting warm clothing for ‘our boys on the frontline and at sea’ became a moral duty soon after the outbreak of the Great War. The movement was spearheaded by Queen Mary through the Queen’s Guild and the Red Cross.