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⚫ | '''Toni Mount''' is a historian and author from [[Gravesend]], [[Kent]], England. She is |
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Toni Mount was born in 1953 and was educated at [[Gravesend Grammar School for Girls]] (now [[Mayfield Grammar School]]). |
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Mount completed her first degree from the [[Open University]] obtaining a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] with [[First-class honours]]. |
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⚫ | '''Toni Mount''' is a historian and author from [[Gravesend]], [[Kent]], England. She is known as the author of non-fiction medieval history books including ''Everyday Life in Medieval London''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=History Extra|first=BBC|date=25 May 2015|title=Everyday Life in Medieval London: From the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors|url=https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/love-health-and-the-weather-9-things-medieval-londoners-worried-about/|access-date=2021-05-01|website=|language=en}}</ref> and the ''Sebastian Foxley'' series<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historical Novel Society|url=https://historicalnovelsociety.org/by/toni-mount/}}</ref> of medieval murder mysteries. |
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Her Master's degree (M.A. by research) from the [[University of Kent]] looks at a digitalised a medieval manuscript from The [[Wellcome Library]] in London<ref>{{Cite web|last=Scott|first=Tom|date=2018-01-29|title=Building a free and unrestricted digital museum and library|url=https://stacks.wellcomecollection.org/building-a-free-and-unrestricted-digital-museum-and-library-6cdf28784068|access-date=2021-04-30|website=Medium|language=en}}</ref>. |
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⚫ | She obtained a [[Certificate in Education]] in Post Compulsory Education and Training from the [[University of Greenwich]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} In 1999 she started teaching history to adults for the [[Workers' Educational Association]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=News in brief|url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/2059307.news-in-brief/|access-date=2021-05-03|website=News Shopper|language=en}}</ref> in West Wickham Kent, going on to run classes in Petts Wood, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Rochester, ultimately running classes independently in Rochester and Gravesend.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NewsPrints - Newspaper Photo Sales Service: View|url=https://www.newsprints.co.uk/view/0/29910425/fm3613402_jpg|access-date=2021-04-30|website=www.newsprints.co.uk}}</ref> Mount also gives talks to groups and societies on a variety of subjects, the most popular being based on her 'Medieval Housewives' book<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bexleyheath and Crayford Women's Institute|url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6302777.bexleyheath-and-crayford-womens-institute/|access-date=2021-05-03|website=News Shopper|language=en}}</ref> Her research into the history of London also examined the [[Early fires of London#The Great Fire of 1212|Great Fire of 1212]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Skoulding |first=Lucy |date=2019-04-25 |title=The devastating London fire where 3,000 people died that no-one knows about |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/devastating-london-fire-3000-people-16176131 |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=MyLondon |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The REAL Great Fire of London - the 1212 blaze that has been extinguished from history |url=https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/history/8219-2/ |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Southwark News |language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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== Writing |
== Writing career == |
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Having self-published several books she sent an idea<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=2019-06-11|title=Interview: Toni Mount, author of The Colour of Lies|url=https://suanneschaferauthor.com/interview-toni-mount-author-of-the-colour-of-lies/|access-date=2021-05-05|website=Author Suanne Schafer|language=en-US}}</ref> to [[Amberley Publishing|Amberley Books]] who subsequently published ''Everyday Life in Medieval London''<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Toni Mount - M - Author Community - Amberley Publishing|url=https://www.amberley-books.com/community-main-page/m/community-toni-mount.html|access-date=2021-05-01|website=www.amberley-books.com}}</ref> |
Having self-published several books she sent an idea<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=2019-06-11|title=Interview: Toni Mount, author of The Colour of Lies|url=https://suanneschaferauthor.com/interview-toni-mount-author-of-the-colour-of-lies/|access-date=2021-05-05|website=Author Suanne Schafer|language=en-US}}</ref> to [[Amberley Publishing|Amberley Books]] who subsequently published ''Everyday Life in Medieval London''.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Toni Mount - M - Author Community - Amberley Publishing|url=https://www.amberley-books.com/community-main-page/m/community-toni-mount.html|access-date=2021-05-01|website=www.amberley-books.com}}</ref> Amberley went on to publish several other titles by Mount including ''The Medieval Housewife''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=What was life like for a medieval housewife?|url=https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/middle-ages-women-life-marriage-housewives-role-jobs-wear-clothes-husbands/|access-date=2021-05-01|website=HistoryExtra|language=en}}</ref> ''A Year in the Life of Medieval England''<ref>{{Cite web|last=January 2020|first=Holly Mosley {{!}} 7|title=Exploring the Middle Ages with Toni Mount's A Year in the Life of Medieval England [REVIEW]|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/books/a-year-in-the-life-of-medieval-england-toni-mount-book-review-1224026.html|access-date=2021-05-05|website=www.femalefirst.co.uk|language=en}}</ref> (2016) and ''The World of Isaac Newton''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Andrea|first=Zuvich|title=17th Century Lady|url=https://www.andreazuvich.com/book-reviews/book-review-the-world-of-isaac-newton-by-toni-mount/}}</ref> (2020). In 2015 Amberley also published ''Dragon's Blood and Willow Bark: the mysteries of medieval medicine''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Francis|first=Gavin|date=2015-11-19|title=Three Spoonfuls of Hemlock|language=en|volume=37|work=London Review of Books|issue=22|url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v37/n22/gavin-francis/three-spoonfuls-of-hemlock|access-date=2021-05-05|issn=0260-9592}}</ref> When the paperback was published in 2016 the name was changed to ''Medieval Medicine: Its Mysteries and Science'' although the eBook remains under the original title. |
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In 2015 she was interviewed by [[Robert Elms]] on BBC Radio<ref>{{Cite web|last=Elmes|first=Robert|title=Interview|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03049b0 |
In 2015 she was interviewed by [[Robert Elms]] on BBC Radio<ref>{{Cite web|last=Elmes|first=Robert|title=Interview|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03049b0|access-date=2021-05-01|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> and started writing for ''Tudor Life Magazine''<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Ridgway|first=Author: Claire|title=The Tudor Society Team|url=https://www.tudorsociety.com/the-tudor-society-team/|access-date=2021-05-01|website=The Tudor Society|date=6 September 2019 |language=en-GB}}</ref> and created online courses<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tudor History Courses|url=https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/resources/tudor-history-courses/|access-date=2021-04-30|website=The Anne Boleyn Files|date=19 February 2010 |language=en-gb}}</ref> for the website medievalcourses.com.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Medievalists.net|date=2018-02-27|title=Learn Medieval History Online|url=https://www.medievalists.net/2018/02/learn-medieval-history-online/|access-date=2021-05-01|website=Medievalists.net|language=en-US}}</ref> Madeglobal Publishing also went on to publish<ref name=":5" /> her ''Sebastian Foxley'' murder mystery novels.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=MadeGlobal Publishing|url=https://madeglobal.com/authors/toni-mount/|access-date=2021-04-29|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Mount has contributed articles for BBC History Extra<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=9 weird medieval medicines|url=https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/9-weird-medieval-medicines/ |
Toni Mount has contributed articles for BBC History Extra<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=9 weird medieval medicines|url=https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/9-weird-medieval-medicines/|access-date=2021-04-30|website=HistoryExtra|language=en}}</ref> and [[Dan Snow]]'s History Hit,<ref>{{Cite web|title=What Do We Know About Isaac Newton's Early Life?|url=https://www.historyhit.com/what-do-we-know-about-isaac-newtons-early-life/|access-date=2021-05-01|website=History Hit|language=en-gb}}</ref> The Ricardian Bulletin<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ricardian Bulletin|url=http://www.richardiii.net/downloads/bulletin/2014_03_March_bulletin.pdf}}</ref> and literary festivals in Rochester<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jaye|date=2015-06-02|title=Live'n'Local: Introducing Toni Mount|url=https://rochesterlitfest.com/2015/06/02/livenlocal-introducing-toni-mount-2/|access-date=2021-05-01|website=Rochester Literature Festival|language=en}}</ref> and Hastings. |
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== Membership == |
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Toni Mount is a member of the [[Richard III Society]] and a member of their Research Committee<ref>{{Cite web|title=Richard III Society Research|url=https://riiiresearch.blogspot.com/|access-date=2021-05-05|website=riiiresearch.blogspot.com|language=en-GB}}</ref> She is also a member of the [[Crime Writers' Association]] (CWA)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Crime Writers' Association|url=https://thecwa.co.uk/find-an-author/mount-toni|access-date=2021-05-01|website=thecwa.co.uk}}</ref> |
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== Books and other published works == |
== Books and other published works == |
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2014 (Hb) Everyday Life in Medieval London |
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2015 (Hb) Dragon’s Blood and Willow Bark: the mysteries of medieval medicine |
2015 (Hb) Dragon’s Blood and Willow Bark: the mysteries of medieval medicine <ref>{{Cite news |last=Francis |first=Gavin |date=2015-11-19 |title=Three Spoonfuls of Hemlock |language=en |volume=37 |work=London Review of Books |issue=22 |url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v37/n22/gavin-francis/three-spoonfuls-of-hemlock |access-date=2022-03-27 |issn=0260-9592}}</ref> |
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2015 (Pb) Everyday Life in Medieval London |
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2018 The Colour of Death |
2018 The Colour of Death |
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2019 The Colour of Lies <ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-11 |title=Interview: Toni Mount, author of The Colour of Lies |url=https://suanneschaferauthor.com/interview-toni-mount-author-of-the-colour-of-lies/ |access-date=2022-04-03 |website=Author Suanne Schafer |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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2019 The Colour of Lies |
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2020 The Colour of Shadows <ref>{{Cite web |last=hmalagisi |date=2020-08-11 |title=Guest Post: "The Colour of Shadows" Book Tour- Children's Early Education in Medieval and Tudor England by Toni Mount |url=https://adventuresofatudornerd.com/2020/08/11/guest-post-the-colour-of-shadows-book-tour-childrens-early-education-in-medieval-and-tudor-england-by-toni-mount/ |access-date=2022-04-03 |website=Adventures of a Tudor Nerd |language=en}}</ref> |
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2020 The Colour of Shadows |
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2021 The Colour of Evil |
2021 The Colour of Evil |
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'''''Pen & Sword Books'''''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pen and Sword Books: Titles by Toni Mount|url=https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Toni-Mount/a/4147|access-date=2021-05-02|website=www.pen-and-sword.co.uk}}</ref> |
'''''Pen & Sword Books'''''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pen and Sword Books: Titles by Toni Mount|url=https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Toni-Mount/a/4147|access-date=2021-05-02|website=www.pen-and-sword.co.uk}}</ref> |
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2021 How to Survive in Medieval England <ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-13 |title=How to survive in medieval Kent |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/reckon-you-could-survive-in-medieval-era-kent-258870/ |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Kent Online |language=en}}</ref> |
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2021 How to Survive in Medieval England |
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'''''Medievalcourses.com'''''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home Page|url=https://medievalcourses.com/|access-date=2021-05-02|website=Medieval Courses|language=en-US}}</ref> |
'''''Medievalcourses.com'''''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home Page|url=https://medievalcourses.com/|access-date=2021-05-02|website=Medieval Courses|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Toni Mount is a historian and author from Gravesend, Kent, England. She is known as the author of non-fiction medieval history books including Everyday Life in Medieval London.[1] and the Sebastian Foxley series[2] of medieval murder mysteries.
Career, further and higher education
[edit]She obtained a Certificate in Education in Post Compulsory Education and Training from the University of Greenwich.[citation needed] In 1999 she started teaching history to adults for the Workers' Educational Association[3] in West Wickham Kent, going on to run classes in Petts Wood, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Rochester, ultimately running classes independently in Rochester and Gravesend.[4] Mount also gives talks to groups and societies on a variety of subjects, the most popular being based on her 'Medieval Housewives' book[5] Her research into the history of London also examined the Great Fire of 1212.[6][7]
Writing career
[edit]Having self-published several books she sent an idea[8] to Amberley Books who subsequently published Everyday Life in Medieval London.[9] Amberley went on to publish several other titles by Mount including The Medieval Housewife[10] A Year in the Life of Medieval England[11] (2016) and The World of Isaac Newton[12] (2020). In 2015 Amberley also published Dragon's Blood and Willow Bark: the mysteries of medieval medicine.[13] When the paperback was published in 2016 the name was changed to Medieval Medicine: Its Mysteries and Science although the eBook remains under the original title.
In 2015 she was interviewed by Robert Elms on BBC Radio[14] and started writing for Tudor Life Magazine[15] and created online courses[16] for the website medievalcourses.com.[17] Madeglobal Publishing also went on to publish[8] her Sebastian Foxley murder mystery novels.[18]
Toni Mount has contributed articles for BBC History Extra[1][10][19] and Dan Snow's History Hit,[20] The Ricardian Bulletin[21] and literary festivals in Rochester[22] and Hastings.
Books and other published works
[edit]Echoes from History (Self-Published)
2007 The Medieval Housewives and Women of the Middle-ages
2008 Mrs Beeton's Victorian Christmas
2009 Richard III King of Controversy
2013 Dare they be Doctors
2015 Richard III King of Controversy (updated 2015)
2016 Medieval Gravesend
Amberley Publishing[9]
2014 (Hb) Everyday Life in Medieval London
2015 (Hb) Dragon’s Blood and Willow Bark: the mysteries of medieval medicine [23]
2015 (Pb) Everyday Life in Medieval London
2015 (Pb) The Medieval Housewife & Other Women of the Middle Ages
2016 (Pb) Medieval Medicine: Its Mysteries and Science (the paperback version of Dragon’s Blood)
2016 (Hb) A Year in the Life of Medieval England
2019 (Pb) A Year in the Life of Medieval England
2020 (Hb) The World of Isaac Newton (November 2020)
MadeGlobal Publishing[18]
The Sebastian Foxley Medieval Murder Mysteries series:
2016 The Colour of Poison
2016 The Colour of Gold
2017 The Colour of Cold Blood
2017 The Colour of Betrayal
2018 The Colour of Murder
2018 The Colour of Death
2019 The Colour of Lies [24]
2020 The Colour of Shadows [25]
2021 The Colour of Evil
other titles
2018 The Death Collector (A Victorian Melodrama)
Pen & Sword Books[26]
2021 How to Survive in Medieval England [27]
Medievalcourses.com[28]
2015 Everyday Life of Medieval Folk
2016 Heroes and Villains
2016 Richard III and the Wars of the Roses
2016 Warrior Kings of England – The Story of the Plantagenet Dynasty
2017 England’s Crime and Punishment through the Ages
2017 The English Reformation: A religious revolution
2017 The Roles of Medieval and Tudor Women
References
[edit]- ^ a b History Extra, BBC (25 May 2015). "Everyday Life in Medieval London: From the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors". Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Historical Novel Society".
- ^ "News in brief". News Shopper. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "NewsPrints - Newspaper Photo Sales Service: View". www.newsprints.co.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ "Bexleyheath and Crayford Women's Institute". News Shopper. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ Skoulding, Lucy (25 April 2019). "The devastating London fire where 3,000 people died that no-one knows about". MyLondon. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "The REAL Great Fire of London - the 1212 blaze that has been extinguished from history". Southwark News. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Interview: Toni Mount, author of The Colour of Lies". Author Suanne Schafer. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Toni Mount - M - Author Community - Amberley Publishing". www.amberley-books.com. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ a b "What was life like for a medieval housewife?". HistoryExtra. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ January 2020, Holly Mosley | 7. "Exploring the Middle Ages with Toni Mount's A Year in the Life of Medieval England [REVIEW]". www.femalefirst.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Andrea, Zuvich. "17th Century Lady".
- ^ Francis, Gavin (19 November 2015). "Three Spoonfuls of Hemlock". London Review of Books. Vol. 37, no. 22. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Elmes, Robert. "Interview". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ Ridgway, Author: Claire (6 September 2019). "The Tudor Society Team". The Tudor Society. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Tudor History Courses". The Anne Boleyn Files. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ Medievalists.net (27 February 2018). "Learn Medieval History Online". Medievalists.net. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ a b "MadeGlobal Publishing". Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "9 weird medieval medicines". HistoryExtra. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ "What Do We Know About Isaac Newton's Early Life?". History Hit. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Ricardian Bulletin" (PDF).
- ^ Jaye (2 June 2015). "Live'n'Local: Introducing Toni Mount". Rochester Literature Festival. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ Francis, Gavin (19 November 2015). "Three Spoonfuls of Hemlock". London Review of Books. Vol. 37, no. 22. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Interview: Toni Mount, author of The Colour of Lies". Author Suanne Schafer. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ hmalagisi (11 August 2020). "Guest Post: "The Colour of Shadows" Book Tour- Children's Early Education in Medieval and Tudor England by Toni Mount". Adventures of a Tudor Nerd. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Pen and Sword Books: Titles by Toni Mount". www.pen-and-sword.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "How to survive in medieval Kent". Kent Online. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Home Page". Medieval Courses. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
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