Falling Pomegranate Seeds

<p><strong>FINALIST IN THE 2020 CHAUCER AWARD </strong><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>for pre-1750s Historical Fiction (Winner decided on June 5th 2021) </strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Doña Beatriz Galindo. Respected scholar. Tutor to royalty. Friend and advisor to Queen Isabel of Castile.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Beatriz is an uneasy witness to the Holy War of Queen Isabel and her husband Ferdinand King of Aragon. A holy war seeing the Moors pushed out of territories ruled by them for centuries.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The road for women is a hard one. Beatriz must tutor the queen's youngest child Catalina and equip her for a very different future life. She must teach her how to survive exile an existence outside the protection of her mother. She must prepare Catalina to be England's queen.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>A tale of mothers and daughters power intrigue death love and redemption in the end Falling Pomegranate Seeds sings a song of friendship and life.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>