I am extremely excited to announce that the Spanish language translation of A Constant Love is live!
Un amor constante: Una continuación de "Orgullo y prejuicio" is now available in both Kindle (including Kindle Unlimited) and paperback on all Amazon sites. Many many thanks to Cristina Huelsz of Cris Translates for all of her hard work on translating this one, as it's longer than many in the genre. I've been considering doing a translated version ever since she spoke at the JAFF Reader / Writer Get Together about how readers are looking for more continuations in this space, and it's so wonderful to see this finally come to fruition.
I am really hoping that we will be able to translate the entire series but that will depend on how this one does, so please share with anyone you think might be interested!
I'm back with another post about my 2023 travels in England, and this time I thought I would share the Weald and Downland Living Museum. This place first came onto my radar during the pandemic, when I watched Tudor Monastery Farm, and I knew I had to put it high on my list for when I was able to return to England.
This is a living history museum with buildings gathered from different places and eras of history (and in some cases reconstructed), and it particularly gives a sense of what rural life was like during those eras of history. In addition to vernacular architecture of various eras, they also demonstrate many different trades. I feel like the pictures paint a thousand words here, though, so I am mostly going to let them do the talking!
The striking market square
Market square from another angle with a jettied building in the foreground
One of the market shop spaces
One of my favorite buildings, a Regency-era toll gate
The toll list!
15th century medieval house
Medieval house interior
Mid-17th century cottage
15th century farmhouse
Hall including mid-floor hearth of 15th century farmhouse
Victorian bakehouse with some delicious fresh bread!
1807 Cottage orné ornamental dairy taken from the Eastwick Park estate
Interior of ornamental dairy
Recreated Anglo-Saxon hall
Interior of Anglo-Saxon hall
Central hearth of Pendean farmhouse
I've shared just a fraction of the amazing details of this place! I found it a tremendously inspiring place for me as an author. I've visited many country houses and I'm sure will visit many more in the future, but there are fewer places like this dedicated to more middle and lower class domestic architecture and life, and I like to spend time in places these characters would have inhabited. I was particularly keen to see the Anglo-Saxon house, as I have a thought (at some point in the probably very distant future) of doing Pride and Prejudice retellings set farther back in the past rather than in the Regency or later time periods, and I want to start with the Norman Conquest.
I'll leave you with two videos, one inside one of the medieval houses, and the other a lengthy walkthrough of the site. I suspect this won't be the last you see of photos from the museum, though, as I'm sure I'll be drawing on them to illustrate topics in the future.
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