Tracey Warr

Christmas Presents for History Fiction Fans Got someone on your Christmas list who is into history and historical fiction, medieval murders, medieval ladies in Wales, France, Spain? Look no further. My Christmas Bookshop makes those Christmas presents easy. You can order a beautiful hardback or an unputdownable paperback and get it sent anywhere in the UK or the US direct from the printer (production in UK or the US cuts down postage too).

Christmas Presents for History Fiction Fans

Got someone on your Christmas list who is into history and historical fiction, medieval murders, medieval ladies in Wales, France, Spain? Look no further. My Christmas Bookshop makes those Christmas presents easy. You can order a beautiful hardback or an…

Talking Self-Publishing

If you happen to live anywhere near St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK, I'm giving a talk on my self-publishing on Wednesday 19 November 8pm I reissued my backlist of five historical novels in 2023 and published a new sixth novel in 2024. It's been a steep learning curve and a…

Just Meandering – September issue The latest issue of my newsletter is available with news on author events, audio books, bookshops, writing competitions and work in progress.

Just Meandering – September issue

The latest issue of my newsletter is available with news on author events, audio books, bookshops, writing competitions and work in progress.

Castelloza, Trobairitz I've just posted on Castelloza, the 13th-century trobairitz (female troubadour). It's interesting what different interpretations there are of her work. I've been posting for the last year on the Facebook group, France's Splendid Centuries. Check them out for more posts on French history.

Castelloza, Trobairitz

I've just posted on Castelloza, the 13th-century trobairitz (female troubadour). It's interesting what different interpretations there are of her work. I've been posting for the last year on the Facebook group, France's Splendid Centuries. Check them out for more posts on…

HNS 2026 first chapters competition now open for submissions - unpublished historical fiction. hns2026.com/competition for details⏳📚

Viking Hostage My latest France's Splendid Centuries post focuses on Emma of Limoges who was kidnapped by Vikings.

Viking Hostage

My latest France's Splendid Centuries post focuses on Emma of Limoges who was kidnapped by Vikings.

Imagining medieval combat My latest research post on a visit to medieval reenactors:

Imagining medieval combat

My latest research post on a visit to medieval reenactors:

Stumps of Lances with Silken Streamers Imagining a medieval fight

My latest research post on a visit to medieval reenactors

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Just Meandering – May issue I’ve just posted the latest issue of my newsletter, Just Meandering, which includes: a cover reveal for my new novel, Salt’s Wound, coming out in November articles on my recent research on medieval poisoning and more news on bookshops stocking my novels in Wales an article on writing and gardening and news of an author event in the UK in November. If you aren’t on my newsletter mailing list yet, you can sign up here:

Just Meandering – May issue

I’ve just posted the latest issue of my newsletter, Just Meandering, which includes: a cover reveal for my new novel, Salt’s Wound, coming out in November articles on my recent research on medieval poisoning and more news on bookshops stocking my novels in Wales an…

Thank you! Really appreciate your taking the time to let me know. I am writing away on a new novel at the moment. You can see posts on my research on traceywarr.substack.com

The Elizabethans I talked with historical fiction author Tony Riches about his latest book, Bess – Tudor Gentlewoman. Forced to choose between loyalty and love, duty and desire, this is the story of Bess Raleigh, o…

I'd like to thank author Tracey Warr for talking to me about my new book, the sixth in the Elizabethan Series: traceywarrwriting.com/2025/05/08/t... @traceywarr.bsky.social #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction

The Elizabethans I talked with historical fiction author Tony Riches about his latest book, Bess – Tudor Gentlewoman. Forced to choose between loyalty and love, duty and desire, this is the story of Bess Raleigh, o…

Just posted my interview with author Tony Riches about his latest book in a series on the Elizabethans.

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The Elizabethans I talked with historical fiction author Tony Riches about his latest book, Bess – Tudor Gentlewoman. Forced to choose between loyalty and love, duty and desire, this is the story of Bess Raleigh, one of the last true Elizabethans. Buy the book What attracted you to writing about this period of history, Tony, and why Bess? After the success of my Tudor Trilogy I decided to tell the entire story of the Tudors, from Owen Tudor’s first meeting with Queen Catherine of Valois to the last days of Queen Elizabeth and the end of the dynasty.

The Elizabethans

I talked with historical fiction author Tony Riches about his latest book, Bess – Tudor Gentlewoman. Forced to choose between loyalty and love, duty and desire, this is the story of Bess Raleigh, one of the last true Elizabethans. Buy the book What attracted you to writing about…

Medieval Poisons and Magic I'm deep into writing Book 2 in the Trobairitz Sleuth series of medieval murder mysteries. I've been researching medieval poisonings in the British Library and medieval magic via Medievalists.net. My recent post on the poisons research is on Substack: You can read about Book 1 in the Trobairitz Sleuth series on Tony Riches' Blog: And my latest post on France's Splendid Centuries is about four powerful medieval women: Adela, countess of Blois; Ermengard, viscountess of Narbonne; and the 6th century Merovingian queens, Brunhild of Austrasia and Fredegund of Neustria, who are the subject of Shelley Puhak's wonderful biography, The Dark Queens.

Medieval Poisons and Magic

I'm deep into writing Book 2 in the Trobairitz Sleuth series of medieval murder mysteries. I've been researching medieval poisonings in the British Library and medieval magic via Medievalists.net. My recent post on the poisons research is on Substack: You can read about…

France’s Splendid Centuries Unquiet Women by Tracey Warr https://meandabooks.com For centuries, historians have recounted history with undue emphasis on the story of men. In recent decades, this gender imbalance has begun to.....

I have a series of posts on France's Splendid Centuries. You may be interested to check them out if you are interested in French history. My latest post is on four powerful medieval women.
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Special Guest Post by Tracey Warr, Author of of Love’s Knife (Trobairitz Sleuth series 1) Available from Amazon UK and Amazon US 1093. The music of murder. Beatriz de Farrera is a trobairitz (a female troubadour) at the court of ...

Special Guest Post by Tracey Warr, Author of of Love’s Knife (Trobairitz Sleuth series 1) tonyriches.blogspot.com/2024/09/book... @traceywarr.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction

Check out my latest post on Trobairitz Sleuth traceywarr.substack.com

Great. Hope you enjoy them!

Completed publication of the trilogy in 2020 and reissued all three with new covers last year - 2024

A Medieval Heroine in Cardiff My trilogy of novels on Nest ferch Rhys has just arrived in stock at Book Space bookshop in Cardiff.  Book Space opened last year. The owner, Lily Baron, lived in the Shakespeare and Company Booksh…

My trilogy of novels on the Welsh medieval woman Nest ferch Rhys have just arrived in stock in Cardiff's Book Space. traceywarrwriting.com/2025/04/06/a...

A Medieval Heroine in Cardiff My trilogy of novels on Nest ferch Rhys has just arrived in stock at Book Space bookshop in Cardiff.  Book Space opened last year. The owner, Lily Baron, lived in the Shakespeare and Company Bookshop in Paris for a while (see my post worked in a bookshop in Bristol, and built the Book Space interior herself.  ‘There is nothing like a book.

A Medieval Heroine in Cardiff

My trilogy of novels on Nest ferch Rhys has just arrived in stock at Book Space bookshop in Cardiff.  Book Space opened last year. The owner, Lily Baron, lived in the Shakespeare and Company Bookshop in Paris for a while (see my post worked in a bookshop in Bristol,…

All six of my novels are in the LibGen database used by Meta to train AI without compensation to authors. Not to mention the pillaging of years of work and research and imagination put into the creative work of many people. Today is a day of action against this breach of copyright.

Launch: Samantha Ward-Smith’s Tower of Vengeance - Historical Novel Society INTERVIEW BY TRACEY WARR Samantha Ward-Smith lives in Kent in the UK with her two cats Belle and Rudy. She has a PhD in English and has been a volunteer at the Tower of London for over 12 years. She l...

My interview with Samantha Ward-Smith on her novel set in the Tower of London (where she has worked for many years) is just posted on the Historical Novel Society website:
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Female Lords: Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou I've started posting a new series on medieval Occitan female lords on France's Splendid Centuries. Here's my first one on Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou. She wasn't originally Occitan, coming from Anjou in the north, but she married with a series of Occitan lords and was regent for a couple of sons in the south. She was also (briefly) Queen of Aquitaine and played a part in the death throes of the Carolingian dynasty (the descendants of Charlemagne). She was the mother of Queen Constance of France, wife to Robert II, who was another very interesting medieval woman.

Female Lords: Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou

I've started posting a new series on medieval Occitan female lords on France's Splendid Centuries. Here's my first one on Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou. She wasn't originally Occitan, coming from Anjou in the north, but she married with a series of Occitan lords…

France’s Splendid Centuries Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou By Tracey Warr https://meandabooks.com Last year, I posted on Female Lords in Occitania...

My latest history post on the 10th and 11th century female lord, Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou www.facebook.com/FrancesSplen...

New Book Review – Women in History A new review of Love's Knife just published on Amazon emphasises the focus on women in history in my novel: 'Warr skillfully immerses readers in the vibrant yet unforgiving world of a female troubadour, shedding light on a chapter of history where women’s stories are often overlooked. Through rich detail and keen historical awareness, she reveals a society where a woman without children can be confined to a convent and an heiress’s fate decided by a marriage against her will.

New Book Review – Women in History

A new review of Love's Knife just published on Amazon emphasises the focus on women in history in my novel: 'Warr skillfully immerses readers in the vibrant yet unforgiving world of a female troubadour, shedding light on a chapter of history where women’s stories…

Love's Knife Medieval Murder Mystery. Someone has been stabbed and garrotted in the wine cellar ... Beatriz is in a race against time to uncover the murderer and avert an injustice. Beatriz is a trobairitz (a fema...

If you are interested in providing an honest review of my latest medieval murder mystery, you can find the book here. #books #historicalfiction
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Rings and Revenants I’m 30,000 words into writing my latest medieval murder mystery novel, which is taking me and my characters into the Pyrenees at the end of the 11th century. I'm having fun researching and writing with medieval seals, jewellery, portable altars, the salt trade, and revenants (that one's a touch grim - reanimated corpses). Sign up to my Trobairitz Sleuth substack for some detailed posts on these topics coming up soon.

Rings and Revenants

I’m 30,000 words into writing my latest medieval murder mystery novel, which is taking me and my characters into the Pyrenees at the end of the 11th century. I'm having fun researching and writing with medieval seals, jewellery, portable altars, the salt trade, and revenants…

I’m 30,000 words into writing my latest novel (book 2 in a series - book 1 pictured). Looking forward to some research at the British Library and still appalled at the plonker that hacked them. What kind of an idiot attacks priceless, collective, cultural initiatives? @britishlibrary.bsky.social 💙📚✍️

Full moon over river and village

I love the moon. I get such a brilliant (literally) view of it from my balcony overlooking a river. I’m setting up my grandson’s telescope on the balcony (for when he visits … oh and for me).