This week, we finally managed to install our new (not new ) item of furniture - a mid-18th Century grandfather clock. It's not bright and shiny like more modern ones, but a dark oak with a warm patina which the beeswax polish is drawing out. In order to set it up, we had to do a certain amount of research - how to hang the pendulum, where the weight went on the endless chain - and it got me thinking... where and when did certain divisions of time come from? The time periods which I have written either had household clocks or didn't, I have not written novels from the time of their invention. Clocks have been around for a long time, and the obsession with measuring time in an ordered fashion dates back to at least the ancient Sumerians. It was they who established a circular reading of time and, I imagine, the sixty seconds/minutes came about as much because it was an easy way to divide a circle as anything else. But it wasn't until much later that the precision of seconds ...
We are thrilled to share with you the cover for the prequel to Taking Wing, Carnwennan.
Carnwennan will be published on 24th June, and is set early on in the crows' and owls' war. It gives a glimpse into the tribal world, building on the magic of Taking Wing and Doorway to the Sunset.
And now, for the reveal...
If you'd like to pre-order the ebook, then here is the Amazon link.
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