by Christine Trent | Oct 15, 2016 | Christine Shares
I am often asked how I go about writing my books. The most common three questions are: How do you come up with your ideas? How did you get the idea to write about a Victorian undertaker in the first place? What is your daily writing routine? I use the same general...
by Christine Trent | Oct 1, 2016 | Interesting Places in Great Britain
Mews: a group of stables, typically with rooms above, built around a yard or along an alley. Originally referring to the royal stables on the site of the hawk mews at Charing Cross, London, the Royal Mews has been located at Buckingham Palace since 1820. I must...
by Christine Trent | Sep 15, 2016 | Violet Hates Mrs. Beeton
If you follow me on Facebook, you know that I like to periodically offer tidbits of advice, recipes, and household cleaning solutions from Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management. Who was this Mrs. Beeton? And how did she come to write a 1,000+ page tome on the art...
by Christine Trent | Sep 1, 2016 | Interesting Places in Great Britain
Doing research for the LADY OF ASHES series can often involve visiting some rather, er, unusual places. Several years ago, I went to London, with one of my primary goals being to visit Kensal Green Cemetery. As London churchyards began filling—and overflowing—in the...
by Christine Trent | Aug 15, 2016 | Interesting Places in Great Britain
The Weald & Downland Open Air Museum is a fun way to spend the day in the town of Chichester, West Sussex. I would describe it as essentially a large collection of buildings that have been transplanted from their original sites and put here to show visitors what...
