Crown Tourney, or: how to win a crown, a kingdom and a wicked fairy in Ten Easy Tournaments” was first published in my collection of fairy tale retellings; Crown Tourney (2025)

The wicked fairy Carabosse cursed Princess Aura years ago, and is now trying to make amends by providing the one thing a princess needs to win back her kingdom on the tourney circuit: a wife.

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Crown Tourney, or: how to win a crown, a kingdom and a wicked fairy in Ten Easy Tournaments” was first published in my collection of fairy tale retellings; Crown Tourney (2025)

The wicked fairy Carabosse cursed Princess Aura years ago, and is now trying to make amends by providing the one thing a princess needs to win back her kingdom on the tourney circuit: a wife.

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Crown Tourney, or: how to win a crown, a kingdom and a wicked fairy in Ten Easy Tournaments” was first published in my collection of fairy tale retellings; Crown Tourney (2025)

The wicked fairy Carabosse cursed Princess Aura years ago, and is now trying to make amends by providing the one thing a princess needs to win back her kingdom on the tourney circuit: a wife.

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Tansy’s Hot Cup of History essay series continues with a two-part tale of scandal, politics and celebrity stalkers in Regency England. Lady Caroline Lamb is famous for being Lord Byron’s crazy ex-girlfriend, and for writing him into her novel as a villain… but not enough people talk about all the poetry she wrote during her chaotic, creative life!

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Tansy’s Hot Cup of History essay series continues with a two-part tale of scandal, politics and celebrity stalkers in Regency England. Lady Caroline Lamb is famous for being Lord Byron’s crazy ex-girlfriend, and for writing him into her novel as a villain… but not enough people talk about all the poetry she wrote during her chaotic, creative life!

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Three bonus stories from the world of Cramberleigh, a fictional costume drama TV show featuring in Tansy’s time travel comedy novel, Time of the Cat.

This week: in “Style Over Substance,” all three stories connect up in a 1970s tale of secret agents and time displacement.

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Three bonus stories from the world of Cramberleigh, a fictional costume drama TV show featuring in Tansy’s time travel comedy novel, Time of the Cat.

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Three bonus stories from the world of Cramberleigh, a fictional costume drama TV show featuring in Tansy’s time travel comedy novel, Time of the Cat.

This week: in “Miss Mead Suspects,” the new Cramberleigh governess investigates the mysterious disappearances of the women who previously held her job while caring for two creepy Edwardian children in an isolated country house.

Where did all the governesses go? The answer may surprise you!

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A new season of Tansy’s Hot Cup of History begins with treason and sonnets. Who was Thomas Wyatt, how did he manage to avoid execution so many times, and did he have a thing for (or with!) Anne Boleyn? Most importantly, was he any good as a poet?

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Two rival archaeologists, Colin Hathaway and Tag Gardiner, have been released after 25 years trapped as ghosts in a tomb. As they struggle to adapt to this strange new world, they have a new mystery to solve: more gargoyles, more curses, and a whole lot more family secrets.

Tomb of Brass (The Gargoyle Mysteries #2) is a direct sequel to Curse of Bronze, which you can listen to for free in early episodes of this podcast, or download as an ebook from my website at tansyrr.com

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