V E H Masters
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V E H Masters

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Hello! Would you like two free historical short stories? Visit my website vehmasters and pick up your copies of A Bonny Lass and The Sound of Silence, which build on The Seton Chronicles. The most recent and penultimate book in the Seton Chronicles is out on 5 November 2023. The Familists continues the story of Bethia, Will and Mainard as they navigate their way around the turmoil of Reformation Europe holding close to their respective faiths yet forever connected by the strength of family. I grew up on a farm near St. Andrews on the east coast of Scotland. St Andrews is famous as the home of golf but it also was a great religious centre and place of pilgrimage prior to the Reformation in 1560 – all largely disregarded when we were at school. The first time I was in the castle was aged twelve when our teacher took us on a rare visit to it. There was a famous siege there in 1546 and I was captivated when we went down the siege tunnel dug out of rock then and peered into the bottle dungeon where the murdered Cardinal's body is said to have been kept, pickled in salt, for over a year. The group who took the castle and held it for over 14 months, resisting the many attempts to re-take it, called themselves the Castilians and I remember thinking even then it was the perfect title for a book. I just didn't realise how long it would take me to write it! The second in series, The Conversos, which picks up to the hour where The Castilians left off, continues the dramatic adventures of Bethia and Will in Antwerp and Berwick, England. The Apostates, the third in series follows our protagonists across Europe, through Geneva to where they eventually seek sanctuary in Venice. The fourth in series will be published in November 2023. Regular posts on my research and the wonderful nuggets of detail I find are on my website vehmasters and I'd be honoured if you signed up for the newsletter. The Castilians is also available as an audiobook, narrated by the talented actor and voice artist Beverley Wright.
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