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Feel free to scroll down the posts below and discover the intriguing - sometimes shocking - discoveries I've made as I've explored my family history.

I hope you enjoy reading them!

Ask Esme...

Whenever I meet readers of the Esme Quentin mysteries, they often talk about Esme’s character – why she does what she does, what drives...

Wendy Percival

Jul 23, 20182 min read

A few years ago we were staying in Marazion, not far from Penzance where I’d been on a writer’s panel at the Penzance Literary Festival....

Wendy Percival

Jul 6, 20182 min read

When I wrote the second Esme Quentin mystery, The Indelible Stain, I'd already decided where it would be set. The rugged coastline of...

Wendy Percival

Jun 25, 20181 min read

As any family historian will agree, researching your ancestors is rather like being a detective following a trail of evidence to get to...

Wendy Percival

Jun 17, 20182 min read

I've been writing my Family History Secrets blog for well over four years now and have made some fascinating, occasionally poignant,...

Wendy Percival

Mar 19, 20181 min read