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Tracey Warr - researching medieval history for the Trobairitz Sleuth series of murder mystery novels.
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An Interview with Jean Gill (opens the original)
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At the recent Historical Novel Society conference in Ireland (HNS 2026), I met author Jean Gill whose life and writing path bear an uncanny resemblance to my own in terms of places she has lived and their influence on her fiction. Jean worked as a teacher in Dyfed in Wales and lives in Provence, France. She has published 27 books. I interviewed Jean to find out more about her writing.<a class="button primary" href="https://traceywarr.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-jean-gill?utm_source=subs
Trobairitz Sleuth Subscriptions (opens the original)
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Subscription to my substack, Trobairitz Sleuth, has been free for a couple of years. I’m changing the subscription structure so that there is still a free option, but paid subscribers receive additional benefits.Free subscription to my research substack, Trobairitz Sleuth, gives you access to current and recent posts (the last 3 months).Paid subscription costs £5 per month or £50 a year and gives you access to the full archive of my posts, exclusive perks (including discount codes and digital do
Wildfire Threatens the Burials of Medieval Kings of Aragon (opens the original)
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It has been a hard year here in the south of France, where I live, with climate change making overt appearances. In February, I had to evacuate from my house during the worst flood in the twenty years I’ve been here.1 From May to August, we suffered relentless heatwave and drought. I threw open my shutters one morning to the unmistakeable smell of burning as the surrounding countryside was devastated by wildfires. Due to the unprecedented heat, algae bloomed in the rivers causing dangerous cyano
Vikings in Ireland (opens the original)
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This is Part 2 of an abridged version of a paper I just presented at the Historical Novel Society 2026 conference in Maynooth, Ireland.1In Part 1 of this paper, I considered the descendants of Nest ferch Rhys, the Welsh-Normans who spearheaded the 1169 invasion of Ireland and became known as ‘The Geraldines’. The links between western Wales and the eastern coast of Ireland were substantial and began long before the Norman invaders arrived. Geographical proximity had resulted in frequent contacts
Normans in Ireland (opens the original)
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This is an abridged version of part of a paper I just presented at the Historical Novel Society 2026 conference in Maynooth, Ireland.The Norman castle in Maynooth1 was built by Maurice FitzGerald, the son of the heroine of my Conquest trilogy, the Welsh noblewoman Nest ferch Rhys. Nest was the daughter of the last independent king in Wales. 2<div class="captioned-i
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