Tony Riches was born in Pembrokeshire in West Wales and spent part of his childhood in Kenya.

He gained a BA in psychology and an MBA from Cardiff University and worked as a management consultant,

followed by senior roles in the Welsh,

NHS, and local government. After writing several successful nonfiction books, Tony decided

to turn to novel writing and wrote The Queen's Sacrifice set in 10th Century Wales,

followed by the shell of thriller set in present-day Kenya. And his real interest is in the history of the 15th century,

and now his focus is on writing historical fiction about the lives of the key figures of the period.

His novels work, The Man Behind the Wars the Roses,

and the Secret Diary of Eleanor Cobham, have both become Amazon bestsellers,

and he is now completing the final book. Well, it is completed. Now he's working on the school of the Tudor trilogy about Henry Tudor becoming King of England. And now he's returned to Pembrokeshire, which is an area full of inspiration for his writing where he lives with his life. And in his spare spare time he enjoys sailing and sea kayaking.

So you're in a wonderful area for it, I imagine.

Yeah.

So thank you so much for being here and for talking with me and just taking your time and being so generous.

So what can you tell me to start with just kicking it off about the research that went into writing the Tudor trilogy and now the sequel as well?

Yeah, well, you've already said that I was originally from Pembroke.

And so that's what gave me the interest in the life of Henry Tudor.

And the more I researched it, I realized then that to do justice to his life in one book

would be a bit of a challenge.

So I started researching his grandfather then, Owen Tudor, and I found there were no books

about him at the time.

So I went back to first principles into the original documentation

that was around and looking at the Welsh journals, which are very hard to understand,

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