Nell's in the Top 100!

Hey!  The Darling Strumpet made it into the top 100 in the Best in Women's Fiction Poll!

http://heartpress.com/2011/12/top-100-womens-fiction.html#disqus_thread

And the U.K. edition is No. 82 in historical fiction books on Amazon U.K., and No. 69 in historical fiction on Kindle!

The History of Gingerbread

My contribution to the season - article on the History of Gingerbread on English Historical Fiction Authors:

http://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2011/12/history-of-gingerbread.html

A rapping Charles II!?

A rapping Charles II!?

Nell hits the streets in London!

The UK edition of The Darling Strumpet is not officially available until Thursday, but it seems to be in stock and availableto ship on Amazon.co.uk!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Darling-Strumpet-Gillian-Bagwell/dp/1847562507/ref=pd_rhf_p_img_1

and Waterstones:

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=8291625

and Pick a Book!

http://www.pickabook.co.uk/9781847562500.aspx

Nell's London Debut - and my next book!

The U.K. edition of The Darling Strumpet will be released on August 4!  You can buy it at Waterstone's, WH Smith, WHS Travel, ASDA, Sainsbury's, Tesco, as well as independent bookstores and many on-line sites.  You can pre-order now from Amazon.co.uk - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Darling-Strumpet-Gillian-Bagwell/dp/1847562507/ref=pd_rhf_p_img_3.

I'll be doing various guest posts and interviews on blogs - details to follow soon!

And I'm thrilled to say that my brilliant agent Kevan Lyon has just made the deal for my next book.  Working title is My Lady Bess, based on the life of Bess of Hardwick, 1527-1608, the formidable four-times widowed Tudor dynast who began life in genteel poverty and ended as the richest and most powerful woman in England after Queen Elizabeth; built Chatsworth House and Hardwick Hall; and is the forebear of numerous noble lines including the Dukedoms of Devonshire, Norfolk, Somerset, and Newcastle, the Earls of Lincoln, Portsmouth, Kellie, and Pembroke, the Baron Waterpark, and the current royal family of Britain. 

Nell's going up in the world!

The Kindle edition of The Darling Strumpet is No. 750 in historical fiction on Amazon!
http://www.amazon.com/Darling-Strumpet-Captured-England-ebook/dp/B004FGMQRK/ref=sr_1_750?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1310095411&sr=1-750

And we're now up to 3664 hits on You Tube for the reading at the Historical Novel Society conference with Diana Gabaldon and C.C. Humphreys!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4wvYN6z7Jw

Nell Gwynn's London on You Tube

When I was in London most recently, in April, my good friend Alice Northgreaves helped me beyond all that could be asked of anyone by tramping around London with me to tape little video snippets at various sites associated with Nell's life and/or scenes from The Darling Strumpet.   I hadn't done anything with them yet, but since I managed to post my first You Tube video the other day - the HNS reading -  I have finally put up 6 or 8 little pieces.  Here's the link to one of them - Covent Garden and the church of St. Paul's Covent Garden.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTY_zIIlN74