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In addition, I drew on articles by researchers
including Mickey Abel and Bernard Bachrach. A full
bibliography of my research is on my website:
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https://traceywarrwriting.com
Acknowledgements
Thank you to Jessica Bell Design for the fabulous cover of this new edition of The Viking Hostage and for all the new covers of my historical novels published by Meanda Books.
Living in Pembrokeshire in Wales, visiting Caldey island off the Welsh coast, Lundy island in the Bristol Channel and Lofoten island off the coast of Norway were all significant influences on writing this book.
Many of the readers of my first historical novel, Almodis the Peaceweaver (Meanda Books, 2023), encouraged me in the writing of this book by urging me to get a second to them. Maggi de Rozario helped a great deal with French sayings and road trips. Bodil Humphries got me started on Vikings, and Andrew Humphries told me about tidal gates and streams. The Laguepie Library in France and its helpful librarians, especially Anne Gregoire, were an essential source for online research. Lola Rose, Jack Turley and Julie Turley were my helpful and astute first readers. Bob Smillie was my muse, as ever, in Wales and France.
I am grateful to my original publisher Richard Willis and to Tamsin Ballard and everyone who worked at Impress Books for their support in producing the first edition of this novel.
I am grateful without measure to my family and friends for their support.
About the Author
Tracey Warr was born in London, lived in southwest Wales and now lives in southern France. The castles and landscapes of Wales and France inspire her historical fiction. She is the author of five historical novels set in medieval Europe and centred on strong female leads. She draws on old maps, chronicles, poems and objects to create fictional worlds for readers to step into. Her writing awards include an Author’s Foundation Award, a Literature Wales Writer’s Bursary, the Rome Film Festival Book Initiative and a Santander Research Award. Before becoming a full-time writer she worked as a contemporary art curator and art history academic.
You can sign up for the author’s quarterly newsletter, Meandering, at https://meandabooks.com and follow her blog at https://traceywarrwriting.com.
Also by Tracey Warr
HISTORICAL FICTION
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Almodis the Peaceweaver
Conquest I: Daughter of the Last King
Conquest II: The Drowned Court
Conquest III: The Anarchy
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FUTURE FICTION
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The Water Age and Other Fictions
Meanda (French)
Tracey Warr, The Viking Hostage
