Within The Lydiard Chronicles historical fiction novels lies true life stories from17th-century England, where the St.John sisters held court with their beauty, wit, and intelligence. In the polyptych portrait at St. Mary’s Church, Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, painted in 1617, these six remarkable women are immortalised, each with a story as captivating as the next. At … Continue reading The Lydiard Women: True Life Stories that Inspired Historical Fiction