Media Coverage

Claire joined Roy Noble on BBC Radio Wales to talk about The Siren’s Daughter and Princess Nest, the medieval Welsh princess whose story inspired it. Listen to the full interview below.

Claire appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour alongside historian Emily Winkler, author of Pocket Bayeux Tapestry, to talk about the women of the Norman conquest. Listen to the full interview below.

The Tenby Observer spoke to Claire about The Siren’s Daughter, set at Cardigan Castle with scenes at Carew, Manorbier and Pembroke, and how a novel about medieval Wales is sparking readers’ interest in Welsh history for the first time.

The Pembrokeshire Herald explores how Princess Nest, whose descendants included the Tudors, inspired The Siren’s Daughter, and why Claire wanted to show how it must have felt to marry and raise children with your country’s conquerors.

Claire tells the Western Telegraph how walking her dog around the ruins of Carew Castle led her to Nesta’s story, and why she set out to write a more authentic portrait of medieval women, told through a mother’s spoken story to her daughter.

Female First introduces The Siren’s Daughter, in which Angharad arrives at Aberteifi Castle in 1126 and must expose her mother Nesta’s secrets, and Claire’s use of oral storytelling to give medieval women back their voices.