by Nia Beynon | Mar 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every Saxon-era series needs a book where the primary location is a ship and Storm of Mercia sees Icel and some of his allies on board a Viking ship. And it’s not willingly done. ‘If these bastards think they’ve found strong men to row their ship for them, they might...
by Nia Beynon | Mar 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
Harald Hardrada is a towering figure in European history, but as is often the case, the significance of the women in his life is often overlooked, and in no major figure is this more apparent and varied than the way history, both contemporary to Harald, and the...
by Nia Beynon | Dec 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
After her divorce from her first husband Archie Christie, Agatha took her first trip on the Orient Express to the middle east in 1928 at the invitation of Leonard and Katharine Woolley. In 1930, they invited her back to visit their dig at Ur. Again, Agatha boarded the...
by Nia Beynon | Dec 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Book number 14 in the Armstrong and Oscar cozy mystery series is set in Florence’s famous Duomo. This amazing medieval masterpiece (real name: the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore) with its unmistakable dome has been rightly designated a UNESCO World Heritage...
by Nia Beynon | Dec 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
As an eager fan of war and spy films and books, I drew on my memories of all the spies I have watched and read about over the years, while using my imagination for this book. Most spies worked in enemy territory like those brave men and women who were recruited during...
