Author of warm, witty and intimate historical fiction in a wide variety of time periods. Beekeeper. Poultry keeper. Cat and collie dog keeper.
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ALT A black and white historical image shows a group of soldiers walking through a battlefield. Overlaid is a large red poppy with the words "LEST WE FORGET" in the center. Below, "REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 2026" is written. A crest is at the top of the image.
ALT A high-angle shot shows the Grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey. The black marble gravestone lies flat on a gray tiled floor, surrounded by a thick, rectangular border of vibrant red remembrance poppies with black centers. Gilded brass lettering inscribed on the stone reads: “BENEATH THIS STONE RESTS THE BODY OF A BRITISH WARRIOR UNKNOWN BY NAME OR RANK BROUGHT FROM FRANCE TO LIE AMONG THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS OF THE LAND AND BURIED HERE ON ARMISTICE DAY 11 NOV: 1920, IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V HIS MINISTERS OF STATE THE CHIEFS OF HIS FORCES AND A VAST CONCOURSE OF THE NATION THUS ARE COMMEMORATED THE MANY MULTITUDES WHO DURING THE GREAT WAR OF 1914–1918 GAVE THE MOST THAT MAN CAN GIVE LIFE ITSELF FOR GOD FOR KING AND COUNTRY FOR LOVED ONES HOME AND EMPIRE FOR THE SACRED CAUSE OF JUSTICE AND THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD THEY BURIED HIM AMONG THE KINGS BECAUSE HE HAD DONE GOOD TOWARD GOD AND TOWARD HIS HOUSE”
ALT The Yeomen of the Guard beginning their ceremonial search of the cellars.
ALT The Yeomen of the Guard beginning their ceremonial search of the cellars.
ALT The Yeomen of the Guard beginning their ceremonial search of the cellars.
ALT The Yeomen of the Guard beginning their ceremonial search of the cellars.
