Blog tour: Trobairitz

Welcome to the blog tour for Trobairitz by Celia Micklefield. Please join me in learning more about the book in the words of the author herself! Hi Celia! First of all, I would like to congra tulate you on the publication of Trobairitz - The Storyteller ! Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: Trobairitz were female troubadours of the 12th and 13th centuries. They entertained with their stories and songs about courtly love, current affairs and the role of women in society. My Trobairitz, Weed is a long distance haulage driver entertaining other truckers at an overnight stop with a contemporary story on those same themes. She centres the tale she tells on the inhabitants of the fictitious village Montalhan sans Vents and, in particular, the ongoing bad feeling between Madame Catherine Joubert, now in her seventies, and the young mayor, Henri-Claude Noilly. Former high class Parisian prostitute Catherine, has a mysterious hold over the troubled mayor’s family and objects t