![]() ![]() She turned left onto High Petergate and stopped at a well-appointed house where an elderly woman greeted her as her mistress. I sensed the axe hidden in her skirts, saw wild dark hair escaping from her crispinette. ![]() ![]() Kate Clifford arrived in my life in a daydream, striding down Stonegate flanked by a pair of Irish wolfhounds, the tops of their heads level with her shoulders. How did you come up with Kate Clifford? She's one of those characters that fully springs to life from page one -and she has such an interesting backstory as well. And watch out -she has a throwing axe in her skirt! With each one she approaches history via a unique character, in Kate’s case, she is a widow with adopted children who is working to pay off her dead husband’s debts and stay afloat amongst the political intrigue that was a huge part of her time. She has since written 10 Owen Archer books, three Margaret Kerr books, and is now writing the Kate Clifford books set in 15th-century York. I met Candace Robb when she was touring with her first book, The Apothecary Rose, in 1993. ![]()
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