Peggi Lennard
About me
I love writing, reading and all things to do with red wine! The Crying of The Children is my first novel. History was not my greatest love at school – in fact I hated it. But, thanks to browsing and some amazing sites, I began to delve into the social history of 19th century England. With its poverty, child labour, baby farmers and laws to keep the working man down, I was as angry as I was fascinated. I felt for those whose lot it was to be born to that time.
I may be slightly loopy – and why not – but these people began to take shape in my mind. I knew them and I wanted to tell their story. So with lots of research (Spartacus – an amazing site) reading and a mountain of notes, the story began to take shape. But I wanted to do more than just write a story, I wanted to give my characters a say, a voice that so many didn’t have.
I must have done something right because now I am being asked if there is a sequel. There is. I’m working on it.
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A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. (Lou Holtz) The greatest achievement was at first and for a time, a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the…
Snowdonia Was Slightly Chilly!
So, the sun was shining when we set off. It was…fresh. That’s the word, fresh. Except for the remnants of next door’s snowman, most our snow had disappeared so we were fairly surprised, because we all tend to live in our own little world and don’t expect anyone esle’s…