RosemaryMorris.HistoricalNovelist

  Please visit my insider blog, to read, Writing a Historical Novel, Part One. Choosing Names for My Characters.   https;//bwlauthors.blogspot.co.uk    

  I am pleased to announce the publication of my novel, Grace, Lady of Cassio, as an e-book by   BooksWeLove.   England 1331. What was it like to live at a time when love was not a reason to marry, and husbands had the right to thrash their wives with a rod no wider than their thumbs? Spirited, compassionate, seventeen-year-old Grace is about to find out if her marriage will be made in heaven or hell? Her mother, Countess of Cassio, arranges for her to wed Jocelyn, Lord Lovat, Baron Montford. Grace knows marriage only founded on romantic notions is unacceptable. She agrees to tie the knot with Jocelyn to increase her family’s prestige and political alliances. Nevertheless, she is terrified of sharing a bed with the stranger she will be wed to on the day after they meet for the first time. Until she arrives at her bridegroom’s manor, Grace has only experienced unconditional love. She is shocked by Jocelyn’s spiteful, widowed sister, and is puzzled by her own inexplicab...

  Smashwords is having a #SALE now until September 19th. Rosemary Morris’s #classic #historical #romance #novels are on SALE for 50% off the regular price.   The novels are set in Edward II’s reign, Queen Anne Stuart’s reign 1702-1714 and the ever-popular Regency era and published by Books We Love, Ltd.   https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/bwlmorris   To read the first three chapters of my novels, please visit my website: www.rosemarymorris.co.uk  

  Rosemary Morris's new novel, Grace, Lady of Cassio a classic, fact fiction, medieval romance, published by BooksWeLove, is available as a paperback from Amazon and other online stores.   “What was it like to live at a time when love was not a reason to marry? Are a handsome husband, prestige and wealth enough to compensate Grace for the severe trials she has witnessed?   The Kindle edition may be ordered prior to and after its release on the 1 st September.    

    BooksWeLove published three of my classic historical romances, with strong themes, set in the reign of Queen Anne Stuart, 1702-1714. Tangled Love, Far Beyond Rubies and The Captain and The Countess. I am now writing a fourth one set in the same era. When Queen Anne Stuart, niece of Charles II, ruled from 1702 to 1714 attitudes towards children and their education began to change. * * * Courtship In 18 th century England some sections of society turned its back on the licentiousness of the previous age and became straitlaced. The art of courtship began to concentrate on marriage instead of seduction. Young ladies read romances and the idea of marriage for love made slow but inevitable progress. Education and Marriage Mary Astell (1666-1731) advocated equal opportunities for women and has been described as the first English feminist. She wrote: If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves? Mary Astell believed education would help women t...

  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 will enjoy Part Two of my introduction to her.       The Future Queen Anne Stuart - Part Three   Princess Anne’s relationship with Sarah Jennings, the future Duchess of Marlborough would last into her middle age. Sarah, a year younger than Anne’s fifteen-year-old stepmother, was the daughter of a landed gentleman and the younger sister of Frances Jennings, a maid of honour, appointed to serve Anne’s mother. Twelve-year-old Sarah, who would play such a crucial role in the princess’s life, was appointed as one of her attendants. Years later Sara wrote: We had used to play together when she was a child and she even then expressed a particular fondness for me. It is not surprising that the motherless princess living in the shadow of her older, cl...

  What are you reading? I am reading Winter's Fire by Giles Kristian. The glorious new Viking adventure by the No 1 best selling author.