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Reflections on the Salt Lake City HNS Conference
Tamara Mazzei: “Saving civilization is a big job. We’ve all got to work at it.” —Judith Merkle Riley When I…
Greatest Historical Novelist of Our Time?
We meet in the Macmillan offices in London, the publishers with whom Wilbur enjoys “an almost family relationship.” He is…
The Lure of Celtic Lore
As a doctoral student in the 1970s, I enrolled in every Irish and Celtic literature course New York University offered.…
Proud Protestations
IN a letter of 1847 to G. H. Lewes[1], Charlotte Bronte wrote, “When I first began to write…I restrained imagination,…
The Fascination for Sister Fidelma
Peter Tremayne, pseudonym of Peter Berresford Ellis, was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, on March 10, 1943. His father, from Cork…
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…
Twentieth Century Blues
As I was to give a workshop at last year’s HNS Conference I emailed my resumé to the excellent Towse…
The Quest for the New
Richard Lee talks about the oddly contemporary nature of historical fiction. In the panel debate at our annual conference last…
Hope for the Heart and Food for the Soul
Sarah Cuthbertson looks at historical fiction in the life of Howard Fast Howard Fast died during the writing of this…
Such Great Stories in History: An Interview with Cecelia Holland
Cecelia Holland talks to Sarah Johnson about about her two most recent books, the appeal of the Dark Ages, and…
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