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Medieval novels by Rosemary Morris

  Yvonne, Lady of Cassio   The Lovages of Cassio Book One   What readers are saying about Yvonne   “A splendid tale of wars and wits, of love and deceit in the troubled political arena of King Edward II’s England.”   “The characters are strong, filled with human emotions, some good, some wicked, and all very well drawn.”   Available from your favorite book retailer: https://books2read.com/Yvonne-Lady-of-Cassio   ***********************   Grace, Lady of Cassio   The Lovages Book Two   In Edward III’s England a handsome husband, prestige and wealth are not enough to compensate Grace for the trials, including brutal murders, she must come to terms with to find happiness.   Available from your favourite book retailer: https://books2read.com/Grace-Lady-of-Cassio Note: With firmly-closed bedroom doors, the reader can relish the details of emerging romances.   You can find Rosemary’s novels here: https: bwlpublishing.ca/morris-rosemary To find o

Rudyard Kipling and Ancient Indian Epics.

I  first read part of the famous Indian epic, The Ramayana, in a book of children's stories from around the world, and another epic, The Maharbharat in my twenties. Books that are on my keep forever favourite reads on a bookshelf. I have not read all of Rudyard Kipling's work but I enjoyed Kim, The Jungle Book and Just So Stories. Curious about the author I am reading Kipling's biography by Andrew Lycett. Twenty-year old Kipling was a published poet, author and special correspondent living in India. My respect for him dwindled when I read "Lumping the Mahabharat with other national epic he concluded that the working world of today has no place for these ponderous records of nothingness'. (Learning that William Morris listed the Mahabharat as one of the world's hundred best books, Rudyard was incensed.) Today there is a place for these epic. Compared to my friend who travels the lenght and breadth of India studying philosophy and religion Kipling could have draw

Baroness Ortczy and The Scarlet Pimpernel

Baroness Orczy and The Scarlet Pimpernel By Rosemary Morris   Please visit my publisher’s insider blog to read my brief blog about Baroness Orczy and The Scarlet Pimpernel fact and fiction. I am sharing my research because I am a fan of well written historical novels which recreate past times. https://bwlauthors.blogspot.co.uk    

Grace, Lady of Cassio Chapter One.

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  My classic medieval novel, Grace, Lady of Cassio, set in the reign of Edward II has received excellent reviews. I hope you will enjoy this chapter.                                                            Grace, Lady of Cassio                                             Chapter One Cassio Castle Southeast England.        April 1331     After the herald announced her beloved twin brother, Fulk, Baron de Valcoln would arrive before supper, dread overwhelmed Grace. Without a second’s hesitation, she had raced up the steep, circular stone stairs to the hundred-foot-high battlement. Grace stared up at slate-coloured clouds gathered overhead dark as the imaginary one which threatened to suffocate her. She dragged in a deep breath and fingered her coral rosary beads. No need to be frightened , she reassured herself, while she waited for a fanfare of trumpets to announce Fulk’s imminent arrival at the island fortress. She gazed at their favourite place beneath a willow tree w