Read my latest historical author travel blog to find out how Naples, Caserta, Queen Maria Carolina, Emma Hamilton and my ancestor Fanny Nelson all come together as travel and historical mystery meet.

My ancestor, the Viscountess Frances (Fanny) Nelson has had her character maligned at the hand of “accepted” history. So I was pleasantly surprised to be contacted by a young American academic asking about Fanny a few years ago. She recently contacted me again sharing the good news that one of her studies on Fanny has been accepted by The Nelson Despatch, the foremost Journal on all matters to do with Nelson. Find out more in my blog

After years immersed in the world of the ‘Nelson and His Son’ series, I’m now writing the final pages of the finale ‘Nelson’s Inheritance’ which continues Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson and his stepson Josiah’s story. But finishing the manuscript is only the beginning.