VEH Masters Author Interview
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VEH Masters was born and grew up on a farm just outside of St. Andrews, Scotland. The first time she was inside St. Andrews Castle was when her history teacher,...
show more‘I studied history at Stirling University, which was a radical place in those days,’ she says. ‘It was taught from a Marxist perspective and, again, no Scottish history.’Her second novel, The Conversos continues the story of Bethia and Will. ‘When I began The Castilians I had no thought of a sequel but my two main characters are very young – I was curious to find out what happened for them next – and we end up in Antwerp as well as Scotland and England.’Merchants arriving in Antwerp
Again there is a family connection – her husband’s ancestors fled the inquisition in Spain and then Portugal, ultimately emigrating, via the United States, to England. ‘It was fascinating and terrifying in equal measure to uncover the background to their story,’ she says.Book Three, The Apostates finds the family fleeing across Europe. They end up in Venice, where Jews could live openly – under certain conditions. She is currently working on Book Four which will be released in November 2023.
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Formerly aired in 2021 on The Hist Fic Chickie Podcast
Learn more about VEH Masters at https://www.vehmasters.com
Buy her books "The Castilian", "The Conversos" and "The Apostates" on Amazon here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/VEH-Masters/e/B08NT4VXDH
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