Bloody Tower research

A reader just commented on the research that went into writing The Bloody Tower. I thought I'd share with you what I told her.

UK edition

Researching the Tower was fun. I picked up a book about the history years ago, just in case I ever needed it. Then I found the email address of the librarian there (Royal Armouries Library--no longer at the Tower). Not only was she very helpful about answering my questions, when I went over she arranged a pass for me and had a whole box of books and papers waiting that she thought might be useful, including the Governor's Day Book for the week Daisy was there!

I took loads of photos, of course (though it was a bitterly cold day and I nearly froze in the process!), but when I got home, I discovered I had none of the place where the body is found. Unbelievably, a friend/reader in Canada just then told me he was going to the UK and asked if he could do any research for me. I said if he just happened to be going to the Tower... He did go, and took great pics of the spot--[Thanks, Gray!]

Daisy found the body at the foot of these steps.

[one of Graham's photos]

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This is The Queen's House (King's, in Daisy's time), where Daisy spent the night. The arch at the bottom is the entrance to the foot of the stairs.

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The entrance to the tunnel under the Bloody Tower itself.

US paperback