biographical fiction
The Triumph of Hildegard von Bingen
Born in the lush green Rhineland in present day Germany, Hildegard (1098–1179) was a Benedictine abbess and polymath. She founded…
History & Film: Strange in Fact, but True in Law: Garrow’s Law
I admit to being a fan of the original Law & Order television series, a police procedural/legal drama which ran for…
The Spy Who Went Out into the Cold
Or, How a Minor German Princess became Catherine the Great | an interview with Eva Stachniak Catherine the Great is…
Perseverance & Quiet Courage
An interview with Susan Higginbotham MC: What motivated you to become interested in the history of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century England?…
Theme and Character in the Historical Novel
From time to time, critics have taken me to task for certain omissions in books I’ve written, particularly when the…
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