Good morning from the #WelshMarches . The camassias vying with the bluebells and looking magnificent.

Turning blue, taking shape
New bookshop in Church Street #Hereford

Opening mid-May

Still available in the US, now for a limited time only.
A Court of Betrayal #kindle offer for only $0.99.
The turbulent world of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, and his heiress wife Joan de Geneville. amazon.com/Court-Betrayal…………

Another view of Wigmore Castle. The easily recognisable arch and walls of the original castle gatehouse, filled in by soil slips over the years.

Good morning from the #WelshMarches . Pink sunrise over the orchard but rain threatening.

All that remains today of the main household structure high on the outcrop at Wigmore Castle. To mark this day when Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl fo March, was born 1287.

#OnThisDay 25th April 1287 was born Roger Mortimer, later to be the notorious 1st Earl of March. Wigmore Castle, the Mortimer stronghold in the Marches in its heyday after much rebuilding by the Earl. Ludlow Castle came to them from his marriage to the heiress Joan de Geneville.

Good morning from the #WelshMarches . Still chilly but the oaks are losing their winter silhouettes. No sign of swallows yet. Or the cuckoo.

Preparations are moving fast for our major exhibition, Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, opening 25 Oct

Learn about their daily lives, achievements and challenges, drawing on their own books and documents

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If you have read and enjoyed A Court of Betrayal Orion Publishing and need to know what happens next to the descendents of Roger Mortimer and Joan de Geneville, look no further. Some interesting #medieval and royal connections.
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#OnThisDay 23rd April 1349 at Windsor King Edward III held the great inaugural tournament to celebrate the formation of the Order of the Garter; 26 knights who would joust and pray together once a year and conduct themselves with chivalrous courage as the knights of King Arthur.

#OnThisDay 23rd April 1564 was born William #Shakespeare . Here the Shakespeare funerary monument in Holy Trinity Church at Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, the church in which Shakespeare was baptised and where he was buried in the chancel two days after his death

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The Dragon Well at Brinsop, Herefordshire, where the stone marks the spot on which St George killed the dragon, in the field just beyond the church wall. Not exactly eye-catching but all part of the tradition.

Celebrating #StGeorgesDay with this fine tympanum of St. George killing the dragon in St George's Church at Brinsop, Herefordshire. One of great works of the 12th century Herefordshire School of sculptors it has been brought inside to preserve it from the weather.

Good morning from the #WelshMarches . It may seem an unkempt verge in the garden, but it’s beautifully wild with honesty, dandelions, bluebells, forget me nots. A bee and butterfly paradise. 😊 no strimming here!

Good morning from the #WelshMarches . Damp and grey here. Yesterday the bees were busy in the garden so here are 2 splendid bee skeps (with very large bees) from the Tacuinum Sanitatis, the marvellous 11th century treatise on horticulture and health.

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Delighted to be a guest today with Mary Anne Yard Yarde Book Reviews & Book Promotion who is promoting A Court of Betrayal.
Enjoy the Prologue and meet Joan de Geneville here, as her future as a Mortimer bride is mapped out by her grandfather ...
Ludlow Castle, owned by Joan.
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Thank you so much Yarde Book Reviews & Book Promotion for this great shout for A Court of Betrayal and the Mortimers.