A Splendid Medieval Morning in Pembridge with the Mortimers.
What a lovely morning I spent in the Church in Pembridge on Saturday 25th May to talk about medieval women and Joan de Geneville, wife of Roger Mortimer. Some atmospheric…
Category: A Court of Betrayal
A Court of Betrayal: Treason in the Mortimer Household.
An Irresistible Subject. Johane de Geneville was an heiress, inheriting extensive lands in Ireland, in France, as well as in the Welsh Marches, including the magnificent fortress of Ludlow…
The Appeal of Living in Mortimer Country
Living in Pembridge in the Welsh Marches, enjoying the rural pleasures of pastures, gentle hills and woodland, as well as the eye-catchingly beautiful black and white villages, it is impossible…
An Audacious Escape: Roger Mortimer’s Flight from the Tower of London.
Seven hundred years ago, on the first day of August in 1323, Roger Mortimer, the 1st Earl of March, one of the most notorious men in English medieval history,…
Should Anne O’Brien’s medieval novels be read in chronological order?
A Frequently Asked Question. What is the chronological order of your historical novels? In which order is it best for me to read them? Some readers, new to my…
A Court of Betrayal: And Afterwards …
Joan de Geneville, wife of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, died on 19th October 1356, at the age of 70 or 71. All charges against Roger had been reversed…
Joan de Geneville: the Making of an Heiress.
Although not a name widely recognised, Joan de Geneville was a significant heiress in the late 13th century. She was born in 1285 or 1286 at Ludlow Castle, one…
Celebrating Valentine’s Day: Was this a Mortimer Love Token?
A Frivolous Valentine Post! Four years ago in 2020 a ring was found on farmland near Wigmore, below the ruins of the once mighty Wigmore Castle, by a…
