RosemaryMorris.HistoricalNovelist

    I have written three novels set in the reign of Queen Anne Stuart, 1702 – 1714, during which the Duke of Marlborough won the War of Spanish Succession, and the Act of Union with Scotland was signed. I hope you enjoy Part One of my introduction to her.     The Cinderella Princess.     At the birth of the future Queen Anne, Stuart on the 6 th February1665 neither her uncle, the second King Charles, nor her father, James, heir to the throne, imagined she would become the Stuart monarch. The king’s seven illegitimate children proved his virility, so there was every reason to believe he and his queen of three years would have legitimate heirs to the throne. However, in the unlikely event of their not producing one, his brother and sister-in-law, James and Anne, the Duke and Duchess of York, had produced an older brother and sister for the latest addition to their nursery, Baby Anne. Infant mortality was high. The son ‘Cinderella’s’ mother car...

  The book shop I visited yesterday is a treasure trove of first editions, out of print books and new publications. I went there to find non fiction books to research my #classic #historical#romance. I didn't find a useful one, but there were lots of books I wanted to buy, but I kept my cash and credit card firmly in my handbag. However, today, I ordered a boxed set of Anne of Green Gables, on line, for my youngest grandchild who is reading quality children's fiction.

  This morning the postman delivered my copy of History the magazine published by the B B C. claimed to be Britain's Bestselling History Magazine. I am writing a novel set in the 14th century, so the article of particular interest is The Medieval Mills and Boon written by Lydia Zeldenrust, who reports on "our forebears love affair with tales of gallant knights, dragon slaying damsels...and rotting chicken." "The literary genre was wildly popular with everyone from monarchs to merchants." However "critics issued dire warnings of romances' depravity and their corrupting influence on woman."

  Sunday’s Child Heroines born on different days of the week. Book 1 a classic Regency Romance rich with period details. Despite loss and past love, self-sacrifice, brutality and honour, will it be possible for Tarrant, who fought in the Napoleonic wars, and Georgianne, whose father and brothers died in battle, to find happiness? Prologue   Hertfordshire, England 1810   Fourteen-year-old, Georgianne Whitley leaned over the banister to watch her aunt’s butler admit a handsome cavalry officer dressed in uniform. One day, her mamma frequently assured her, she would marry such a military man, a member of her dear father’s regiment. Of course, this officer was probably too old to ever be her husband. However, in future, she was sure she would meet someone equally handsome with whom she would fall in love. She giggled. ‘Love is not the main prerequisite for marriage,’ Mamma always claimed. According to her mother, rank, lands, and wealth were more important wher...

  Bucketing down outside, so my part-time gardener work for me today, and I can't even deadhead tulips and daffodils. I wrote part of a new chapter of my novel Grace, of Cassio a #classic #medieval#romance rich in historical detail. I had a lot of laundry which I put in the washing machine and set it on the wash/dryer cycle. Only the sheet, pillow case and laundry plus some tea towels to put in the washing machine and set the same cycle. I'm now about to make a chocolate chip, pecan, banana tea bread which includes organic brown flower and sugar, and cold pressed cider vinegar and a few other ingredients.

  It's time for me to thank everyone who reads and reviews my #classic #historical#romances rich with period detail. www.rosemarymorris.co.uk http://bewlpublishing.ca/morris-rosemary rosemarymorrisnovelist.blogspot.com Like Comment Share

  Just finished writing a heart-rending scene in my new #classic #medieval#romance, Grace, Lady of Cassio, which I'm not ashamed to admit brought a few tears to my eyes. Do all novelists become this emotionally involved with their characters?