J.P. Reedman lives in Wiltshire near to Stonehenge. Born in Canada, she has had a lifelong interest in ancient and medieval history, and is often found lurking around prehistoric sites, ruined castles and abbeys, and interesting churches with camera in hand. She became a full-time writer in 2018.
Series include: I, Richard Plantagenet, 5 books chronicling Richard’s life from childhood to Bosworth, and Medieval Babes, a set of standalone novels about lesser-known medieval queens and noblewomen. Her most recent release is Princess in the Police Station, the tale of little Anne Mowbray, wife of the younger ‘Prince in the Tower’ whose grave was unexpectedly found in the 1960’s. The next book to be released will be The Melancholy of Winter, which is about Edmund of Rutland, Richard’s tragic elder brother.
In our interview, we talked about JP reading Beowulf as a young child, historical foods and records of the menus of great feasts, whether being a noble is over-romanticized, historical hoaxes, and more.
00:00 START
05:54 Drink 1: Medicine for Melancholy
08:51 Reading 1: The Young Nobles Want to Skate
14:01 Using obscure historical terms
15:37 From fantasy to historical fiction
19:43 Drink 2: Dilly Bean Dirty Martini
22:55 Reading 2: Finding the Bean on Twelfth Night
25:41 The hideous Henry Holland of history
31:15 England and Canada: the story of a war bride
38:39 Drink 3: The Blackberry Raven
42:59 Reading 3: Fighting with Fish
45:53 Boys and mischief!
51:55 Most interesting and important things learned from history
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