Good morning everyone I have a special Two For Tuesday today as I was lucky enough to go to a fantastic double author event last night.
The event was brilliant! It was great learning more about the books, the authors inspiration for the stories and how they did their research. I can’t wait to read these books now as they sound fantastic! Both books have links to Leominster which made the event extra special as it was great to be in one of the settings of the books as we were learning more about them!
Huge thanks to Rossiter Books for hosting and the lovely @somethingbyjane for coming with me.
Do you like author events? What was the last one you went to?
A Little Trickerie by Rosanna Pike
Listen. My one-time friend Maria did tell me once: “Make your own paradise, Tibb, since this world is no sweet place for people like us.”
Born a vagabond, Tibb Ingleby has never had a roof of her own. But her mother has taught her that if you’re not too bound by the Big Man’s rules, there are many ways a woman can find shelter in this world. Now her ma is dead in a trick gone wrong and young Tibb is orphaned and alone.
As she wends her way across the fields and forests of medieval England, Tibb will discover there are people who will care for her, as well as those who mean her harm. And there are a great many others who are prepared to believe just about anything.
And so, when the opportunity presents itself to escape the shackles society has placed on them, Tibb and her new friends conjure an audacious plan: her greatest trickerie yet. But before they know it, their hoax takes on a life of its own, drawing crowds – and vengeful enemies – to their door…
A Little TrickerieĀ is blazingly original, disarmingly funny and deeply moving. Portraying a side of Tudor England rarely seen, it’s a tale of belief and superstition, kinship and courage, with a ragtag cast of characters and an unforgettable and distinctly unangelic heroine.
The King’s Mother by Annie Garthwaite
1461.Ā Through blood and battle Edward has gained Englandās throne ā king by right and conquest ā eighteen years old and unstoppable. Cecily has piloted his rise to power and stands at his shoulder now, first to claim the title Kingās Mother.
But to win a throne is not to keep it and war is come again. As brother betrays brother, and trusted cousins turn treacherous, other mothers rise up to fight for other sons. Cecily must focus her will to defeat every challenge. Wherever they come from. Whatever the cost.
For there can be only one King, and only one Kingās Mother.
From the Wars of the Roses to the dawn of the Tudor age, this is a story of mothers and sons; of maternal ferocity and female ambition – of all they can build and all they can destroy.
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