Caroline Newark

Caroline is a writer of historical fiction. Her series of books are about the women in her mother's family tree. There will be one book for each generation.

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#OnThisDay in 1306. Robert Bruce was crowned King of Scotland at Scone. A month earlier he had murdered John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, in the Church of the Greyfriars in Dumfies.

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#OnThisDay in 1387 Richard, Earl of Arundel defeated a Franco/Castilian/Flemish fleet at the Battle of Margate. Booty of 8,000 tuns of wine sold in London at a fraction of the normal price. Eat your heart out Rishi!

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Watch out Vlad. They'll be coming for you next. March 23rd 1801 Tsar Paul I was assassinated by disaffected military generals: struck with a sword, strangled and trampled on. Official cause of death - apoplexy!

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@OntheTudorTrail We'd have no vets left if that was still in force

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John of Gaunt: hero or villain? Loyal brother or evil scheming uncle? Great fornicator or constant husband and lover? Colonialist invader or supportive husband? And does your choice say more about him or about you?#johnofgaunt #plantagenet #medieval #heroesandvillains

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@Scheenagh @hrcastor Joan of Arc was brilliant. Beautiful writing.

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Murder most foul. On this day in 1455 Nicholas Radford, well-respected Devonshire lawyer was murdered by the Earl of Devon's men outside his house at Upcott. #killallthelawyers# Devon# murder# CheritonFitzpaine #Upcott #medievalmystery

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Overheard yesterday on the Southampton-bound train - Germany is printing Deutschmarks just in case. Fake news or extreme "no deal Brexit" planning? #NoDealBrexit #FakeNews

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Just seen @NewarkBookFest. Fancy me having one all to myself? Historical Fiction Writer of the year next!#HistoricalFiction #historicalromance

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@Chadwickauthor Hooray! I didn't know I had a book fest named just for me!

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What could possibly go wrong? Elizabeth II. Queen of England and France? Why not? Cousins Edward III and Philip VI of France meet. All smiles. 7 years later? #OnThisDay at Amiens 1331 or for the aftermath "The Fair Maid of Kent" @waterstonesyeo @NewBooksHistFic

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What could possibly go wrong? (Part 2) William Montagu, born in Somerset, married to the most beautiful woman in all England, lived at @BishamAbbeyNSC. "The Fair Maid of Kent" @waterstonesyeo spills the beans. Requiescat William, died 3rd June 1397. #fairmaidofkent

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What could possibly go wrong? Mini-break for married king Edward 2 and Isabella @RoyneAlianore . Where to go? Up North @anne_obrien ? Mortimer country @IanJamesFM? But lovers go to Paris. 2nd June 1313. How will their marriage end? Read "The Queen's Spy".#medievalfiction #matador

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Guess what happened at Windsor Castle 670 years ago?

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May Day? First day of summer?? Who said summer? Two degrees above freezing this morning and this is the balmy south west!#MayDay2018

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St George's Day. Garter Knights. Pageantry. Dubious stories of a woman whose stockings slipped down exposing her naked legs! But one woman had 3 husbands who were all Garter Knights at the same time. Who was she? #thefairmaidofkent

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Happy Birthday to the HM the Queen. 92 today and still going strong. Like most of the population of the UK @Queen_UK is an umptyumpth distant cousin of mine. #thepearoffrance #thefairmaidofkent #2018royalwedding #Genealogy

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What is happiness? Happiness is a comfy chair (with cushions) and a good book. And a royal wedding to look forward to.#RoyalWedding2018 #thepearloffrance

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Another successful book signing at Waterstones Yeovil. And the coffee was good! #thepearloffrance @Waterstones @waterstonesyeo

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Just setting up my Twitter. #myfirstTweet