Margaret Moxom is a Staffordshire-based author whose work blends true crime, historical fiction, local history, and the supernatural.
Since retiring in 2016 and moving to the Staffordshire Moorlands, she has written eight books inspired by real events, forgotten histories, and extensive archival research. Her investigations have taken her from local historical records to the National Archives at Kew, uncovering stories of murder, injustice, wartime tragedy, and resilience.
Drawing on real testimonies, court records, newspaper archives, maps, and local history, Margaret brings the past vividly to life through compelling storytelling grounded in truth.
A Llanrwst Christmas, Not Worth Dying For
By: Margaret Moxom
The blood flowed from the horrific knife wound in William's neck. William was a cruel, itinerant, out-of-work, lame hawker, who got offensive when he drank and left Caroline penniless and hungry, living in a squalid, condemned house. But she loved him. People had often witnessed her wielding the knife. She called it her 'protection'. It was her way of keeping herself safe in their constant arguments.Caroline confirmed to the police that it was just the two of them in the house, which was her downfall, as she was arrested, although she vehemently stated she was innocent. She had no memory of committing the act. Her son, Edward, tells her to say it was Robert, whom Will...
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