Mary Ann Ashford and the Poison Bottle
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6xh6k-1a9e750 Today we are jumping forward in time to the 19th century and talking about the Mary Ann Ashford Case and how a modern day dog solved a crime by digging in his own back yard. Thank you for listening to Medieval Murder! If you have any listener questions, comments, or topic suggestions please feel…
Táin Bó Cúailnge – Part 7
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-84j9n-1a9387f We are finishing up the Táin Bó Cúailnge, also known as the Cattle Raid of Cooley, with the final installment. As a reminder we are using the translation of the Tain by Ciaran Carson created for Penguin Classics. Today we are picking up after Cu Chulainn sadly killed his foster brother Ferdiad in one…
Táin Bó Cúailnge – Part 6
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-56rc7-1a87675 We are back with the Táin Bó Cúailnge, also known as the Cattle Raid of Cooley, which is an Irish Saga from the Ulster Cycle of Sagas. As a reminder we are using the translation of the Tain by Ciaran Carson created for Penguin Classics. Today we are covering the chapter in which Cu…
Book Review: The Shardlake Series by C.J. Sansom
The Shardlake Series was written by C.J. Sansom over the course of almost twenty years. The first novel, Dissolution, was published in 2003 and the last book in the series, Tombland, came out in 2019. The series follow the main character, Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer practicing in London during the time of King Henry VIII…
Book Review: Burning the Books by Richard Ovenden (2020)
In Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge, Richard Ovenden covers the creation of cuneiform tablets, the loss of the Library of Alexandria, the destruction of knowledge during the English Reformation, book burnings during the Holocaust, cultural site and library destruction during the Bosnian and Iraqi wars and how the digitization of…
Book Review: The Lighthouse Witches by C. J. Cooke (2021)
If you’re looking for a read that will help you end your summer while ushering in the fall, definitely pick up The Lighthouse Witches by C. J. Cooke. The Lighthouse Witches follows a family of four – a single mother, Liv, with her three young daughters – as they move to a remote Scottish cliffside…
Book Review: The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor
If you’re looking for a witchy, thriller, perfect for an October night, definitely pick up The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor. Tudor creates the perfect atmospheric, psychological thriller set in a small English village. While I don’t usually enjoy books with dual perspectives, the mother-daughter dual perspective in this novel works perfectly. The story line…
Book Review: Gallows Hill by Darcy Coates
If you’re looking for the perfect spooky read for the fall season, look no further than Gallows Hill by Darcy Coates. The story follows the heroine, Margot, who was abandoned by her parents at a young age and is now back at her childhood home for her parents funeral. Margot is left the house in…
Book Review: Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May
Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May takes you back to the years after WWI in a novel that is reminiscent of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby but with magic intertwined. Wild and Wicked Things is filled with the glittering parties of the roaring twenties and the danger of not only new love but…
The Execution of Ælfheah of Canterbury
Ælfheah was born in 954 in either Gloucestershire or Somerset, England. It is thought that Ælfheah was born into Anglo-Saxon nobility. Early in his life Ælfheah entered the Benedictine Monastery of Deerhurst in Gloucestershire as a monk, but shortly thereafter he transferred to Bath Abbey where he became an anchorite. As an anchorite, Ælfheah would…
Book Review: THE WITCH OF WILLOW HALL by Hester Fox
The Witch of Willow Hall is a wonderful debut by Hester Fox from 2018. The Witch of Willow Hall follows the Montrose family who has been discarded from Boston due to scandal and have moved to a newly built country house. The family attempt to find normalcy in their newfound setting, but Lydia, the middle…
Book Review: The House Between Tides by Sarah Maine
Sarah Maine’s debut novel The House Between Tides (2014) is a beautiful examination of relationships, grief, and the impact of emotions on those around us. Set on an isolated island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, The House Between Tides is dual point of view novel, from the point of view of Hetty, a woman…
Book Review: The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett
The prequel to Ken Follett’s award winning Knightsbridge Trilogy The Evening and the Morning begins at the end of the 10th century in England, with excursions to the Norman coast. While written thirty years after the first novel in the trilogy, Pillars of the Earth, and set almost 150 years prior, The Evening and the…
The Mystery of the Princes in the Tower
Edward IV became the King of England on March 4th, 1461 and was a member of the House of York. In 1464, he married Elizabeth Widville in a secret ceremony. Six years later, in November of 1470, Edward V was born as heir to the English throne. At the time that Edward was born, his…
Book Review: A Shameful Murder by Cora Harrison
A Shameful Murder was written by Cora Harrison and published by Seven House Publishers in 2015. The first in the Reverend Mother Mystery series, A Shameful Murder takes place in Cork, Ireland in the 1920s. The novel opens with the Reverend Mother finding the body of young girl who has washed into the street by…
Follow My Blog
Get new content delivered directly to your inbox.
Medieval Murder 