by Christine Trent | Nov 1, 2016 | Interesting Places in Great Britain
I have visited this location twice. It is officially called the Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret, and you must travel a set of tiny, winding stairs inside St. Thomas Church in London to get to it. It was once part of old St. Thomas Hospital,...
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...
