The Diana Garry Historical Fantasy Novels
Did Fairy Tales Ever Come True?
Doctor of Archaeology Diana Garry, Director of the dig at the beautiful Renaissance Chateau of Chenonceau, was daydreaming as she sat behind her desk in one of the incident rooms.
She remembered back to her childhood when along with her two older sisters, their father would let them play unhindered on the grounds of their local castle at Corfe. They would take turns being the beautiful damsel in distress who was awaiting a dashing Knight in shining armour to whisk them away to his castle, where he would turn out to be a dashing Prince and heir to the Kingdom.
But here, in the grounds of the Chateau, a glimpse of the age of chivalry had been found in amongst the Roman remains. It shone a light on the life of Diane de Poitiers, a beautiful noblewoman who had turned the head of a young Prince who was himself the heir to the Kingdom of France.
“If only” muttered Diana to herself. She hoped that a handsome man would sweep her off her feet now. She couldn’t see how that was going to happen. She was wed to her career and wandered from dig site to dig site like a nomad. Romance hadn’t happened for her, and she doubted it ever had or would. But wouldn’t it be great to experience true love?
Oh, to experience the thrills of such feelings in the age of chivalry where Knights went away to fight distant wars and returned to the arms of their doting wives and girlfriends. The joie de vivre of l’amour. “Oh, yes, please!”
Her mother's voice echoed in her head, “Be careful what you wish for, Diana!”
Book one of the Diana Garry trilogy. Available in Paperback (unsigned), Hardback, Kindle and Audible (Audiobook) formats. Signed Paperback here: OD or HS
This is No ‘Aquaman’ – We get to experience day-to-day life in Atlantis and its colonies at its peak!
A thrilling story that continues to follow a more mature and happier Diana is brought in on a dig that always had the possibility of challenging Columbus or the Vikings as the first visitors to the Americas from the Old World. But its ultimate conclusions – about Atlantis - could challenge her more fundamental tenets. Will Diana get through this in one piece?
Book two of the Diana Garry trilogy. Available in Paperback (unsigned), Kindle and Audible (Audiobook) formats. Signed Paperback here: OD or HS
20-year-old Nellie was in shock. The adventure of a lifetime with a promise of a new life was over. On the lifeboat amongst the weeping and dark, impenetrable cold, it was hard to imagine the joy she had shared with the young man. The heir to a great fortune in the United States, their dalliance had seemed unimaginable in her small Cornish community. She had caught the last glimpse of him singing along with the band on deck. How smart they had all looked in their best jackets. And how beautiful she had been, too, in her Sunday best with Mother's powder and lipstick. The dress she was still wearing, but the rest were probably now deep beneath the North Atlantic Ocean. The unsinkable Titanic sunk.
Juggling family commitments and her job was still relatively new to Doctor of Archaeology Diana Garry. It used to be work before all else. But that was no longer possible. At least a short dig season to rescue a possible Celtic temple of Bridget from the developers who were turning the industrial waterside of Belfast into luxury flats should be straightforward enough. No mythical cities or dashing knights here next to Harland and Wolff's remaining shipyard. She chuckled to herself as she thought, 'unless I was on the Titanic in a past life!' But, on the other hand, she had never had a great fear of water, so that could certainly be discounted.
The Heiress, A Titanic Tale, is fully illustrated.
Book three of the Diana Garry trilogy. Available in Paperback (unsigned), Kindle and Hardback formats. Signed Paperback here: OD or HS