Tell us about yourself
I am a nearly 31-year-old language teacher
for both children and adults, teaching English and German as a second language.
In addition to both those languages, I can read and write French, and read
Latin. I used to be a student at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt
am Main, Germany, where I read English Studies and History with a focus on mediaeval
studies. Sadly, however, I never finished my studies there, due to financial
reasons. My main area of interest is the
15 th century in England and France, and the people and the culture of that
time.
Apart from reading, writing and
researching – and history in general – I love baking, taking photographs, and
drawing. And dogs.
Tell us about your books
My first book is on Sir Francis Lovell,
Viscount Lovell, called “Lovell Our Dogge. The Life of Viscount Lovell, Closest
Friend of Richard III and Failed Regicide”. It was published by Amberley
Publishing in 2019. I have also written a novella on Sir Francis, “The Autumn
Baron. An Unconventional Beginning”, which I self-published via amazon, and am
the editor and co-author of a charity anthology called “Yorkist Stories”, which
was also published via amazon, in May 2020, with the proceeds going to Doctors
Without Borders.
My next non-fiction book, about John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and his son John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, provisional title “De la Pole, Father and Son: The Duke, the Earl and the Struggle for Power” will be published by Amberley Publishing in 2022, as the original publishing date had to be delayed due to Covid-19. A book about their mother and grandmother, respectively, the amazing Alice Chaucer, will hopefully be published soon afterwards as well. Apart from these biographies, I`ve written a book on medieval mental health, the treatments and the misconceptions thereof, which should be published by Pen & Sword Publishing within the year.
Do you have any current projects?
My current project is a book on medieval
fertility, fertility treatments, pregnancy and childbirth, which is something
of a pet subject of mine, as it is a subject that has very rarely been looked
at in its own right and is fraught with myths and misconceptions.
After all, I am going to wrote a book on the medieval wardship system, and I have contracts for books on the FitzHugh family from 1321 – 1513, one on medieval royal households, and a biography on Sir William Stanley as well. The latest of those is only due to be handed in by spring 2024, so it`ll be a while yet until it is published.
Where can we buy your books?
My book on Francis Lovell can be bought in
any well-stocked bookshop, on the website of Amberley Publishing and naturally
on amazon. At the time of writing this, 8 February 2022, it is exactly one week
until the book is going to be out in paperback in the United Kingdom.
My self-published books are only available on amazon, and the soon to be published books for Amberley Publishing and Pen & Sword Publishing will soon be available for pre-order both on their websites as well as on amazon.
Where you can find Michèle Schindler:
http://francislovell.blogspot.com/
https://twitter.com/FLovellInfo
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