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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
Bride equality, 19th century style
I was researching the Percival side of the family the other day and noticed that on the 1850 marriage record of Eliza Willsher and...
Wendy Percival
Jul 10, 20181 min read
Bride equality, 19th century style
I was researching the Percival side of the family the other day and noticed that on the 1850 marriage record of Eliza Willsher and...
Wendy Percival
Jul 10, 20181 min read
A book, a film, a Cornish beach
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
A book, a film, a Cornish beach
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
#WW2 bomb nightmare - my aunt's story
You may recall that on this blog recently I wrote the story of my mum Pat's terrifying experience of having a WW2 incendiary bomb drop at...
Wendy Percival
Jul 4, 20182 min read
#WW2 bomb nightmare - my aunt's story
You may recall that on this blog recently I wrote the story of my mum Pat's terrifying experience of having a WW2 incendiary bomb drop at...
Wendy Percival
Jul 4, 20182 min read
Murder in the Lake District
It's a while since I've visited the Lake District but it remains a favourite location. The photograph on the left is of Blea Tarn looking...
Wendy Percival
Jun 28, 20182 min read
Murder in the Lake District
It's a while since I've visited the Lake District but it remains a favourite location. The photograph on the left is of Blea Tarn looking...
Wendy Percival
Jun 28, 20182 min read
Murder mystery on Hartland's coast
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