<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Augusta Gosling Author]]></title><description><![CDATA[Augusta Gosling writes historical fiction set in the Wars of the Roses and Tudor England. Author of the Blood of the Bear series (beginning with The Kingmaker's Spy), the Lochlainn series, and the Mistresses of Deception series.]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 02:39:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Why I'm writing Blood of the BEAR]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently heard someone describe Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, as "just a schemer." Nothing else. Just a schemer. He would turn in his grave if he still had one. Henry VIII destroyed that too. Contemporary sources tell a different story. Jean de Wavrin, who actually lived in the same period, wrote of a man who was generous, who was loved by the common people, whose household hospitality was legendary. The chroniclers record that "the Earl of Warwick was very generous to all the commons...]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/why-i-m-writing-blood-of-the-bear</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69681d940ef3e0e1c07f781a</guid><category><![CDATA[Behind the Kirtle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Updates on  Writing]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:06:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28dab3_92c15bb6c04445199733f4fed52c8945~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where I Go When Warwick Won't Cooperate]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are mornings when Warwick will not cooperate. He sits at the table in my head with his arms folded, and whatever I had planned for him that day, he refuses. The scene I had outlined in detail the night before turns to dust the moment I open the document, and the dialogue I was so pleased with last night now sounds so weird. The man I thought I had finally pinned down looks at me as if I have understood nothing. Those are the mornings I take Blue out for a walk a little longer than...]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/where-i-go-when-warwick-won-t-cooperate</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ec8cb0b502c05c43b6289d</guid><category><![CDATA[Behind the Kirtle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Updates on  Writing]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 10:52:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28dab3_5d3ba7a225ab48f081796f7283bc2396~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[If You Love Philippa Gregory, Here Is Where to Come Next]]></title><description><![CDATA[Medieval Knight I came to English history through Philippa Gregory. Most of us did. The White Queen was the book that opened the door to the Wars of the Roses for me. After that I went looking for everything I could find on the period, and especially on Warwick. The chronicles, the academic histories, the letters that survived. Once you start chasing Warwick, you do not stop. If you know that feeling, we are the same kind of reader. Gregory's gift is the women who were there. Elizabeth...]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/if-you-love-philippa-gregory-here-is-where-to-come-next</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ec77f981e17196bd2708e6</guid><category><![CDATA[Behind the Kirtle]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:01:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28dab3_a286c09eb35b4cec9ed03b7af4dbdb58~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before He Was the Kingmaker(Richard Neville)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most readers meet Richard Neville at the end. The Kingmaker's Spy meets him at the beginning, and introduces the woman who was already there.]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/before-he-was-the-kingmaker</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e9c1efd06bed7d1aa01abd</guid><category><![CDATA[Behind the Kirtle]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:46:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28dab3_92c15bb6c04445199733f4fed52c8945~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Richard Neville’s Tinder Profile: Swipe Right for the Kingmaker ]]></title><description><![CDATA[About Me:

On the hunt for Wife #6. 

Must love feasts, intrigue, and pretending the Tower of London is just a sightseeing spot. 

Bonus points if you can give me a son.]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/richard-neville-s-tinder-profile-swipe-right-for-the-kingmaker</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68a085a56aa481be49295638</guid><category><![CDATA[Mini Historical Stories]]></category><category><![CDATA[Love, Lies & Crowns]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:45:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28dab3_c79e637590024d079f678242ac4908cc~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Isabel Neville’s Tinder Profile: Swipe Right for Loyalty and Ice]]></title><description><![CDATA[After Eleanor Butler’s forgotten claim, it is time to meet a man who never stopped scheming for a crown of his own. George, Duke of Clarence, was Edward IV’s younger brother — charming, ambitious, and utterly unreliable. His fate was sealed in a barrel of wine, but what would his Tinder profile look like?]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/isabel-neville-s-tinder-profile-swipe-right-for-loyalty-and-ice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68a08d6c6aa481be4929688d</guid><category><![CDATA[Mini Historical Stories]]></category><category><![CDATA[Love, Lies & Crowns]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:59:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28dab3_69c42603ef22498187ccb08e37e08a78~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_387,h_685,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[George, Duke of Clarence’s Tinder Profile: Swipe Right for Wine and Betrayal]]></title><description><![CDATA[After Eleanor Butler’s forgotten claim, it is time to meet a man who never stopped scheming for a crown of his own. George, Duke of Clarence, was Edward IV’s younger brother — charming, ambitious, and utterly unreliable. His fate was sealed in a barrel of wine, but what would his Tinder profile look like?]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/george-duke-of-clarence-s-tinder-profile-swipe-right-for-wine-and-betrayal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68a08b31054d02f5f6339735</guid><category><![CDATA[Mini Historical Stories]]></category><category><![CDATA[Love, Lies & Crowns]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 15:53:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28dab3_4ca8a2712e3543eab9caa3fb79b89129~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eleanor Butler’s Tinder Profile: Swipe Right for a Forgotten Queen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Woodville may have won Edward IV’s crown, but Eleanor Butler had her own claim to his heart. Some said she was secretly married...]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/eleanor-butler-s-tinder-profile-swipe-right-for-a-forgotten-queen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68a088f1054d02f5f6339165</guid><category><![CDATA[Mini Historical Stories]]></category><category><![CDATA[Love, Lies & Crowns]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:43:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28dab3_ce2c76393b964db3bb7340fa64ef7545~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elizabeth Woodville’s Tinder Profile: Swipe Right for a Crown]]></title><description><![CDATA[About Me:

On the hunt for Wife #6. 

Must love feasts, intrigue, and pretending the Tower of London is just a sightseeing spot. 

Bonus points if you can give me a son.]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/elizabeth-woodville-s-tinder-profile-swipe-right-for-a-crown</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68a079bc6aa481be49293ae1</guid><category><![CDATA[Mini Historical Stories]]></category><category><![CDATA[Love, Lies & Crowns]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:00:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28dab3_694a1c390d5c4181bc056c2241107fdc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Edward IV’s Tinder Profile: The King Who Never Swiped Left]]></title><description><![CDATA[After Anne Boleyn’s sharp wit and Henry VIII’s disastrous love life, it is time to roll back a few decades to a king who had no trouble...]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/edward-iv-s-tinder-profile-the-king-who-never-swiped-left</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68a07836054d02f5f6336a27</guid><category><![CDATA[Mini Historical Stories]]></category><category><![CDATA[Love, Lies & Crowns]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:27:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28dab3_ce2c76393b964db3bb7340fa64ef7545~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anne Boleyn: Swipe Right for Ambition]]></title><description><![CDATA[About Me:

On the hunt for Wife #6. 

Must love feasts, intrigue, and pretending the Tower of London is just a sightseeing spot. 

Bonus points if you can give me a son.]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/anne-boleyn-swipe-right-for-ambition</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68a073ef81e6ee2fae53b571</guid><category><![CDATA[Mini Historical Stories]]></category><category><![CDATA[Love, Lies & Crowns]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 09:00:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28dab3_8fb1f58b97b84a7295f021299010aaaa~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Henry VIII’s Tinder Profile: Swipe Right for Trouble]]></title><description><![CDATA[About Me:

On the hunt for Wife #6. 

Must love feasts, intrigue, and pretending the Tower of London is just a sightseeing spot. 

Bonus points if you can give me a son.]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/henry-viii-s-tinder-profile-swipe-right-for-trouble</link><guid isPermaLink="false">689f9ead054d02f5f631545e</guid><category><![CDATA[Mini Historical Stories]]></category><category><![CDATA[Love, Lies & Crowns]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 21:09:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28dab3_c7d4d2151d3c45c3988925af66a1dede~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Stories Start with Blood: COURT OF LIES - Chapter One]]></title><description><![CDATA[The drumbeats marked his final steps, each hollow thud echoing across the square like the heartbeat of some dying beast. I stood motionless among the crowd, my face concealed beneath the deep shadow of my hood, as Lord Edmund Aubrey walked toward his death. A death I had orchestrated with careful precision.

   "Traitor," someone whispered nearby, the word carried on the chill February wind. "They say he plotted against the king himself."]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/court-of-lies-chapter-one-augusta-gosling</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6856e3e0420332a4a3c51087</guid><category><![CDATA[Behind the Kirtle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mini Historical Stories]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 16:58:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28dab3_2808fb05d79b4602a77d41dc2ed48fe1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[She Didn't kneel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Six months a widow, I had crossed the Narrow Sea to seek the truth about my father's death. The whispers in France had been too persistent to ignore. Lady Margaret Beaufort held the keys to every locked door in England. I had come to ask her to open one.

	The room was colder than I expected.]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/she-didn-t-kneel</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68222eebaff4fe1f773154d7</guid><category><![CDATA[Behind the Kirtle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mini Historical Stories]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 18:44:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28dab3_71cd697a4b5e4defb0e30478eb8e9a79~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_628,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did You Know? The Unseen Influence of Women in Medieval Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[The medieval period is often seen through a lens of valiant knights, grand castles, and powerful kings. Yet, behind these fortifications and]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/did-you-know-the-unseen-influence-of-women-in-medieval-power</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6776d2c841529e33e7d20ba3</guid><category><![CDATA[Behind the Kirtle]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 17:57:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad1c7347696bd9ac7045941939783b1b.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_789,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knightly Chats with Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a long journey from London, John Paston finally settled into his favorite chair by the hearth. He reached for the latest chronicle,  ]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/knightly-chats-with-richard-neville-earl-of-warwick</link><guid isPermaLink="false">665e1efa9aee456fa2008cd1</guid><category><![CDATA[Behind the Kirtle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mini Historical Stories]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 20:07:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28dab3_2775321e549949b28d50ff429f9d9a0f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_300,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historical Women Spill the Tea - 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to our hilarious and historically dubious series, where I've exhumed some fierce ladies from the Wars of the Roses era for an...]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/historical-women-spill-the-tea-4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65f6f850325a7d9483073cf3</guid><category><![CDATA[Mini Historical Stories]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:40:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28dab3_34953c16c063471ea8d0b03a47d9bbf0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_300,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historical Women Spill the Tea - 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to our hilarious and historically dubious series, where we've exhumed some fierce ladies from the Wars of the Roses era for an...]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/historical-women-spill-the-tea-3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65edd445b43f2c9294348512</guid><category><![CDATA[Behind the Kirtle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mini Historical Stories]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2024 16:45:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28dab3_685edbdb6ccd4c6ca9d9902076339a56~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historical Women Spill the Tea -2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gossip Mil with Jane Shore Moderator: Jane, regarded as the most beautiful mistress, spill the tea! Jane : Darling, beauty's got its...]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/historical-women-spill-the-tea-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65edcd47659cee37302a84cb</guid><category><![CDATA[Behind the Kirtle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mini Historical Stories]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:44:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6a119029d68b4d27a2420752a133b2f2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historical Women Spill the Tea]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to our hilarious and historically dubious series, where I've exhumed some fierce ladies from the Wars of the Roses era for an...]]></description><link>https://www.goslingpenandpage.com/post/historical-women-spill-the-tea</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65edca2b290cac2e36de6499</guid><category><![CDATA[Behind the Kirtle]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2024 12:02:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2890fdebfe6b72d12e8367fe865f7114.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_748,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Augusta Gosling</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>