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Lindsay's Book Chat: A Dreadful Punishment – looking into the crime of “Petty Treason” and the medieval beliefs surrounding it.
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Tuesday, 31 March 2015. A Dreadful Punishment – looking into the crime of “Petty Treason” and the medieval beliefs surrounding it. Why were such crimes considered treason? The message was clear: wives must obey. To murder one’s husband (whom a medieval wife had promised to obey in the marriage ceremony) was seen as the ultimate betrayal, a deadly, intimate act. Servants, too, were encouraged to be servile, especially since they lived with the family, inside the family. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Lindsay's Book Chat: Two historical mysteries for under $6
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Thursday, 2 July 2015. Two historical mysteries for under $6. Two historical mysteries in the Widow of Bath series are half-price at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, UK Nook, Kobo and Apple. For details just go to the links on the sidebar to the right. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to my main blog, where you can find out all about my books. I also run Lindsay's Romantics. The pink blog', where my friends and I post on all kinds of romance topics. You can also email me direct at.
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Lindsay's Book Chat: Bride for a Champion - New Excerpt
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Wednesday, 4 March 2015. Bride for a Champion - New Excerpt. Here is a new excerpt from my medieval novella, Bride for a Champion. In it, Simon and Alice are. Talking in the garden, wondering how to find and recover Alice's younger sister Henrietta, who is missing. Still kneeling back on her heels, Alice punched the grass. “Exactly! Though her words and gesture were brave, he saw her tremble slightly. “Have you heard any word of your sister since Henrietta’s last letter? After a moment, Alice sighed and ...
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Lindsay's Book Chat: The Virgin, the Knight and the Unicorn
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Friday, 4 April 2008. The Virgin, the Knight and the Unicorn. As they travel on their quest, the hot-tempered couple learn more about themselves and begin to compromise. Respect changes to fondness, perhaps even to love, but what future can there be between knight and bondswoman? When Matilde is taken by outlaws, Gawain realizes, almost too late, what she means to him. Can he rescue her? Can he and Matilde join forces to combat a deeper conspiracy that is ranged against them? Order the ebook now.
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Lindsay's Book Chat: Valens the Fletcher and his Captive
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Friday, 4 April 2008. Valens the Fletcher and his Captive. Katherine has been let down by men before. Can she trust the man who captures her? England, Summer 1132. Valens is an arrow-maker and spy for Lord Sebastian (the hero of. Sebastian the Alchemist and His Captive. Medieval Captives 1). His beloved sister Julia has died, leaving an infant who needs breast-feeding. Valens is still single, so needs to find a wet nurse for the baby. Can she recover Jack’s lost inheritance? Can she trust a spy?
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Lindsay's Book Chat: Midsummer Maid
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Tuesday, 1 April 2008. He is a woodsman, a forester, a good man but cursed with the mark of the devil on his face and shunned by many. She is a dairy-maid, caring and brave, who feared no one. Drawn to each other on a long and fateful Midsummer Day, can Haakon and Clare overcome the superstitions of their village and the brutal, lecherous knights to break out of their bonds of class and custom and to strive for a better life – together? You Gotta Read Reviews:. Only a bit over 20 pages, this little book ...
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Lindsay's Book Chat: NOW ON AMAZON AND OTHER SELLERS - Valens the Fletcher and His Captive
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Wednesday, 3 June 2015. NOW ON AMAZON AND OTHER SELLERS - Valens the Fletcher and His Captive. Valens the Fletcher and His Captive (MF). Word Count: 23,476. Now on Amazon and other sellers! Http:/ www.bookstrand.com/valens-the-fletcher-and-his-captive. Katherine has been let down by men before. Can she trust the man who captures her? England, Summer 1132. He kidnaps young Katherine, and her baby, Jack, from a camp of women. Can Katherine save Edith, Valens’s little niece? Can she trust a spy? Sebastian, ...
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Lindsay's Book Chat: Dark Maiden
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Friday, 4 April 2008. As demons haunt medieval England, Geraint and Yolande rely on their love to survive. The 1300s are a time of pestilence and unease, plagued not just by disease but by demons and the restless dead. Yolande wanders England and Wales, armed with her blessed bow and sacred herbs, laying the spirits to rest and driving the demons away. She’s bound to serve for a time of seven—though she knows not what that means. Ellora's Cave (forthcoming, June 13 2013). I particularly liked the charact...
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Lindsay's Book Chat: Bride for a Champion
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Friday, 4 April 2008. Bride for a Champion. I Command you to marry the bearer of this letter. Lady Alice Martinswood has no choice but to obey her dead father’s final instruction. His choice is his champion, the mercenary Simon Paton. To Alice, the handsome, arrogant Simon is a dangerous, seductive stranger. Meanwhile Simon and Alice trace Henrietta to medieval London, wandering together through the perilous, exciting streets. Will they find Henrietta? Will they find true love with each other?
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Lindsay's Book Chat: Mistress Angel
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Friday, 4 April 2008. To save her son she must risk losing the love of her life. Now read the follow-up, Amice and the Mercenary. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to my main blog, where you can find out all about my books. I also run Lindsay's Romantics. The pink blog', where my friends and I post on all kinds of romance topics. You can also email me direct at. Historical Belles and Beaus. Historical Fiction Excerpts Blog. Long and the Short of It. Red Roses for Authors. Romance Reader at Heart.
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