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Elizabeth and Mary: leadership lost and won
Should we act from the head or from the heart? In Jane Austen’s terms: from sense or sensibility? Two queens…
MM Bennetts talks with Sandra Byrd about researching the Tudors
I had the immense pleasure of first meeting author Sandra Byrd in the autumn of 2012, when she lured me…
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…
A Masterclass in Character: Theresa Breslin’s Spy for the Queen of Scots
Author of numerous award-winning books for children and young adults, including the historical novels The Nostradamus Prophecy, Remembrance, The Medici…
Perseverance & Quiet Courage
An interview with Susan Higginbotham MC: What motivated you to become interested in the history of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century England?…
Three Queens and a Knave: Interview with C.W. Gortner
C. W. Gortner is one of the most successful writers of popular historical fiction to emerge in recent years. His…
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