What is a Mortsafe?
In Here There Be Dragons, Anne Wentworth rented a mortsafe to protect a grave. So then, what is a mortsafe and what sort of protection did it provide?
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A Regency Era inspiration for ‘Jaws’?
How much did Regency era England know about sharks? That’s a great question, and I’m glad you asked.
Continue reading →Lyme Bay Wrecks
The newest book makes reference to the ‘Lyme Bay Wrecks’ off Chesil beach. Like many elements in the Dragon series, these are based in historical truths.
Continue reading →Montacute House
I often use historical sources to help me develop the locations and setting for my books. Join me on a visit to the real Montacute House, the dragon Estate Anne Wentworth called upon in Here There Be Dragons.
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Meet the inspiration for Thomas Hawkins’s 1840 work, the Book of the Great Sea Dragons
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