Sharon Bennett Connolly

Sharon Bennett Connolly is the best-selling author of several non-fiction history books. Her latest, Scotland’s Medieval Queens; From St Margaret to Margaret of Denmark, will be released in January 2025.

A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Sharon has studied history academically and just for fun – and has even worked as a tour guide at Conisbrough Castle.

She also writes the popular history blog, www.historytheinterestingbits.com and co-hosts the podcast A Slice of Medieval, alongside historical novelist Derek Birks.

Sharon regularly gives talks on women's history, for historical groups, festivals and in schools; her book Silk and the Sword: The Women of the Norman Conquest is a recommended text for teaching the Norman Conquest in the National Curriculum. She is a feature writer for All About History and Living Medieval magazines and her TV work includes Australian Television's Who Do You Think You Are?

Pre-Order Scotland's Medieval Queens here.

Read Sharon:

• Heroines of the Medieval World

• Silk and the Sword: The Women of the Norman Conquest

• Ladies of Magna Carta: Women of Influence in Thirteenth Century England

• Defenders of the Norman Crown: Rise and Fall of the Warenne Earls of Surrey

• King John’s Right-Hand Lady: The Story of Nicholaa de la Haye

• Women of the Anarchy

• Heroines of the Tudor World

• Scotland's Medieval Queens

Listen to A Slice of Medieval:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-slice-of-medieval/id1397155925

Find Sharon:

www.historytheinterestingbits.com

Sharon has been a guest on several episodes here at Baroque...

• Saxon, Viking and Norman Girl Power (03/01/2024) listen here on Spotify.

• Being a Tudor Shero (30/06/2024) listen here on Spotify.

  
  

• Women of the Anarchy (25/11/2024) listen here on Spotify.

  
  

• Our Upcoming Scotland's Medieval Queens Episode

• Our Upcoming 2025 Valentines Season