Everyday Life in Medieval London by Toni Mount

Often, I’ll discover a gold nugget during my research and it will spark a story line for a new novel or another idea for a factual book, so sometimes, rather than researching material for a book, it works out that the research inspires a book. I was lucky enough to catch up with Toni for an interview to celebrate the release of her latest novel.ĭo you prefer writing fiction or non-fiction? Why?īoth require quite a bit of research which I always enjoy.

Can Seb and his growing family survive what The Colour of Shadows has in store?

All this while an old nemesis returns to add to his troubles. The Colour of Shadows sees the intrepid Seb Foxley confronted by the body of a child found in his workshop, another missing boy, and a race against time that drags him into London’s grubby underbelly. I would say that you can almost smell the streets of London, but I’m not sure that would sound like the compliment I’d intend it to be! Frequently giving talks as her alter ego, the medieval housewife, Toni is an expert on the aspects of day to day medieval life that too often go unnoticed, but which give her novels depth and offer readers an almost tangible medieval world to stroll through. Toni is a writer of fictional novels set in medieval London as well as several highly recommended non-fiction books on the period.

You can catch up with her fascinating posts at any of her stops. At last, this year has a bit of good news! Toni has been on a blog tour this month preparing for the launch. Toni Mount’s new novel The Colour of Shadows, the eighth instalment of her brilliant Seb Foxley Mysteries, is release tomorrow, 1 September 2020.

Everyday Life in Medieval London by Toni Mount