Sunday 23 July 2023

Parody

 The other day, for the first time in a very long time, I heard the Barbie Song. So, being me, I decided to write a parody. Hope you like it!


Hiya, Alianore!

Hi, Roger!

Ready to go to Mass?

Sure!

Come on then!


I’m a Yorkist girl, in a Yorkist world,

We haven’t any plastic, it’s fantastic.

Never any stress, three girls to help me dress,

You have to know your station; it’s that kind of nation.


Come on Alianore! Let’s get to chapel!


Pregnant every year, no obstetric care,

Grit your teeth and pray, you know it’s just God’s way.

To work I need not go; just sit at home and sew.

Life’s not so very pleasant, but better than a peasant’s.


I have to hide my hair, or I might as well be bare.

Shave my forehead clean, naked as a bean.

It’s plucking that I hate, makes me so irate.

But it’s all the fashion, it has to be my passion.


My lord has all the cash. I cannot make a splash.

Life can oft be funny, I still don’t have no money!

At least he treats me well. No bruises you can tell.

It could be ten times worse, I could be on a hearse.


Come on Alianore, let’s go to Middleham!


Middleham is freezing; I am always sneezing.

I wait upon the Duchess, nothing there can touch us.

I can brush her hair, kneel before her chair.

It’s a super job; I’m part of Richard’s ‘blob’.


I’m a Yorkist girl, in a Yorkist world,

We haven’t any plastic, it’s fantastic.

Never any stress, three girls to help me dress,

You have to know your station; it’s that kind of nation.


Come on Alianore! Let’s ride up Coverdale!

Oh, I can’t wait, Roger!




Tuesday 18 July 2023

The Mists of Middleham

 My second Alianore Audley book, The Mists of Middleham, is now available from Amazon. Be aware that this is not conventional historical fiction. Those of you who have read The Adventures of Alianore Audley will have some idea of what it's like, but this book goes further into strange realms so to speak. Alianore meets Robin Hood, King Arthur and the Black Dog of Hergest. To say nothing of Lady Crystal Plantagenet.

Back in the real world, Hanley Castle, the second book in the Constance of York series, has been out there for some time. I am busy with the third book, provisionally titled The Downfall of Our House. Progress is slow due to a variety of factors - I have a life apart from writing. However, I shall get there.