The Crown Post

Imagine a 500-year-old house finally revealing its secrets.

What if one of the oldest homes in Suffolk, England could tell the stories of those who lived within its timbered walls—their joys and sorrows, their struggles and triumphs, their lives and their deaths? How might they have endured the turbulence of medieval England, or played their part in the great events that shaped the town—and the nation?

In The Crown Post, the author and former resident of the house weaves a rich, immersive tale that blends historical fact with the imagined lives of the people who may once have called the house home.

From its construction in 1485, through the Dissolution of Bury’s great Abbey, the brutality of the English Civil War, the terror of the Black Death, and the dark days of the Witch Trials, the house and its occupants witness it all first-hand. The narrative brings vividly to life what it was like to endure one of the most dramatic periods in English history.

Add a thread of medieval witchcraft—casting a tragic shadow over any child born within the house—and you have a compelling, atmospheric, and unforgettable read.