About the Author

Julia has been passionate about history since she visited Buckland Abbey as a child more than forty years ago. She has taught in a range of educational settings but is currently a lecturer and writer based in the Midlands and Yorkshire. She has written about border reivers; the grisly tale of Carlisle’s gallows; Robert Dudley the explorer; the shameful and mischievous women who shared the beds of medieval kings; and the Wars of the Roses. She writes a regular blog at thehistoryjar.com about all things historical and if she’s not at her desk or in the garden she’s probably exploring some ruins.