I wrote this poem around seven years ago as part of a creative writing portfolio - a tragic ballad recounting the love between a captain's daughter a kitchen boy.

1750 BC, Ancient Sumeria: When her home city is conquered by a notoriously cruel prince, Eliana's world is torn apart. Things go from bad to worse when he chooses her beloved sister for his concubine. ** This story was written around five years ago and subsequently had some parts unpublished while I put it out into the world on Amazon. It's been around for a while now so I decided it was time to republish the whole thing on here. Enjoy!

The long-awaited prequel to my full novel 'Whore of Babylon'. Up in her tower, the princess awaits news of her husband, fighting back the invading Babylonians at the city gates.

1544: Lady Mary Norton has just lost her husband and their newborn son to the sweating sickness, when the powerful and charismatic Duke of Lincoln offers her a place in his household as wetnurse to his own newborn son.