The Sword of Shame by The Medieval Murderers

Bernard Knight: CROWNER: Origins of the Office of Coroner (Britannia History online).

The Bernard Knight Literary Papers Collection at the University of Cardiff.

Michael Jecks’s Society of Authors profile.

Michael Jecks’s profile at the Historical Writers’ Association.

The Medieval Murderers on Ian Morson’s official website.

The Medieval Murderers on Susanna Gregory’s official website.

The Medieval Murderers on Michael Jecks’s official website.

Medieval Murderers interview section (Michael Jecks, Susanna Gregory and Philip Gooden).BBC 4 Open Book (May 21, 2006) – entire program (audio).

Read more about some of the authors belonging to the group on Wikipedia: A fifth writer, Philip Gooden, joined in time for participation in their first novel, and several years into the project, the group was further extended to also include C.J. Realizing that an anthology simply collecting short stories from each of the group’s writers in all likelihood wouldn’t sell well enough to gain a publisher’s interest in their project in the first place, they settled on the format of a novel composed of several interlocking novellas (each written by one of the group’s members), which at the same time also allowed them greater flexibility in spreading their authorial wings. In 2003, they decided to collaborate on what would become the first of a series of books, each one of which follows the history of one particular item throughout the centuries, from the Middle Ages to modern times.

The Medieval Murderers initially formed as a group of four historical novelists – Michael Jecks, Bernard Knight, Ian Morson, and Susanna Gregory (pseudonym of Elizabeth Cruwys, also writing under the name Simon Beaufort) – giving book talks at literary events such as festivals and book store events throughout Great Britain.

The Sword of Shame by The Medieval Murderers