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Royal Blood: a Tudor-era HWA short story collection

10 July 2020 By Editor

Buy Royal Blood: A HWA Short Story Collection

Royal Blood is a diverse collection of informed and entertaining short stories set in the Tudor period.

Read about some of your favourite characters from established series, or be introduced to new writers in the genre.

The stories in Royal Blood bring the Tudor era richly to life, presenting suspense, rivalry, espionage and historical drama.

This new collection, brought to you by the Historical Writers’ Association, also includes interviews with each author.

Find out more about their writing processes and what attracts them to the Tudor world.

The nine featured authors are:

Judith Arnopp – ‘No Other Will Than His’ Katherine Howard
David Field – One for the Road
Elizabeth Fremantle – The Sum of Me
Philip Gooden – Exit Ghost
Michael Jecks – The Earl’s Purse
John Pilkington – A False Hawksman
Peter Tonkin – A Palpable Hit
Steven Veerapen – Lantern and Light
Michael Ward – The North-East Passage

Royal Blood: A HWA Short Story Collection is published on 10 July, 2020.

Royal Blood is the third HWA short story collection, following the bestselling Rubicon (Ancient Rome) and the recently-published By the Sword (medieval period).

Historia will be publishing an exclusive extract from Royal Blood in the next few weeks.

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