19th century
Sea battles in the 18th and 19th centuries
When I decided to try my hand at writing, one historical period, the climax of the age of fighting sail…
Haunted Triangles: When the “Other Woman” is a First Wife
Remember the insane Bertha Rochester setting fire to Thornhill? Or the murdered Rebecca de Winter trapped in an underwater grave?…
A Victorian Tragedy: Elizabeth Laird on The Prince who Walked with Lions
An award-winning author of several novels, both historical and not, for children and young adults, Elizabeth Laird has travelled and…
My Heroines: Women and the Crimean War
As a military historian, my research often uncovers stories with a high impact, drawn from violence and the suffering of…
In Celebration: The Bicentennial of Pride & Prejudice
2013 marks the bicentennial of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, one of the most famous historical romances of all time.…
New Voices: Jenny Barden, Patricia Bracewell, Kristin Gleeson & Enid Shomer
Jenny Barden, Patricia Bracewell, Kristin Gleeson, and Enid Shomer provide behind-the-scenes glimpses of the inspiration for their debut novels. It…
Forgotten Author: The Work of Ardyth Kennelly
When a sequel regularly sells on the used book site www.abebooks.com for over ten times the price of the first…
New Voices: Joanna Campbell Slan, Charlotte Betts, Liz Harris & Maryanne O’Hara
Joanna Campbell Slan, Charlotte Betts, Liz Harris, and Maryanne O’Hara describe the seeds of inspiration that blossomed into their novels.…
Historically Speaking: A Retrospective on Georgette Heyer
Jennifer Kloester explores the novels of best-selling author Georgette Heyer In February 1920 a teenage girl accompanied her family to…
Smoke & Mirrors
Clare Clark on making fiction out of fact Clare Clark’s new novel Beautiful Lies is a book rich in…
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