May events: photos

Last week I did three talks, at the Highland Archive Centre in Inverness, for Haddo Arts at Haddo House in Aberdeenshire, and at the Aye Write book festival in Glasgow. After 2+ years of limited travel and few in-person events due to covid, it was great to see different places and people. Thank you very … More May events: photos

new book published!

My new book “Daughters of the North: Jean Gordon and Mary, Queen of Scots” is now published and in the shops! “Mary, Queen of Scots’ marriage to the Earl of Bothwell is notorious. Less known is Bothwell’s first wife, Jean Gordon, who extricated herself from their marriage and survived the intrigue of the Queen’s court. … More new book published!

Daughters of the North

A great weekend launching my new book “Daughters of the North: Jean Gordon and Mary, Queen of Scots” – including afternoon tea & my first in-person talk for ages with the Marie Stuart Society at the glamorous Dalmahoy Hotel! And signing books at Toppings and Blackwell’s in Edinburgh, and in Mary, Queen of Scots’ birthplace … More Daughters of the North