The group posts a daily article on British history and has a weekly historical fiction giveaway. She has spent more time on the development and running of a multi-author blog, English Historical Fiction Authors.
Emma, a former servant girl, is chosen as companion to The Countess of Holmeshire and dragged along into polite society where she is sure to receive a rude reception.ĭebra's work-in-progress, For the Skylark, is on the back burner but simmering slowly. Her first published novel, The Companion of Lady Holmeshire, is set in early Victorian England. Though life kept her busy, she was eventually able to do so vicariously through the characters of her books. The Forgotten Bride: A Excerpt from "Defender of J.Debra cut her teeth on the Bookhouse Books, which created a nagging longing to live in a land of castles and wear flowing gowns and exquisite headdresses.Return from Hell: An Excerpt from "The Defender of.Beauty and the Beast: A Excerpt from "Defender of.The Leper King's Vision: An Excerpt from "Defender.The Peculiar Custom of Electing Kings - The Kingdo.She had herself crowned with the support of the minority, and then broke her promise to them by not divorcing the unpopular and despised Guy de Lusignan but crowning him as her consort instead. The High Court was divided between a minority that was prepared to crown Sibylla on the condition that she divorce her husband and replace him with someone more suitable, and a majority that inclined to crowning her half-sister Isabella. Unfortunately she was married to a wholly unsuitable man, who had managed to alienate virtually the entire nobility of the kingdom. Since Sibylla was the elder sister, she appeared the most logical candidate for successor. When Baldwin V died still a child, his closest relatives were his mother, a daughter of King Amalric I by his first wife, and his aunt Isabella, the daughter of King Amalric by his second wife. The importance of the High Court and the notion of consent by the subjects (well, the tenants-in-chief) can best be illustrated by the case of Queen Sibylla.
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