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By Richard Lee braved torrential rain to enjoy the Festival of History, and the Historical Writers’ Association’s first gala event

The Festival of History is English Heritage’s flagship event of the year. Staged in acres of fields outside Kelmarsh Hall in Northamptonshire, ...Read Article

By William Dietrich

William Dietrich, NY Times bestselling author and Pulitzer-winning journalist, has given us permission to post this piece from his blog about San Diego ...Read Article

By Original fiction by David Pilling

First published in the Winter 2009 edition of Solander magazine – copyright remains with the author. David has a website and blog, and we reviewed ...Read Article

By By Lucinda Byatt

Lucinda Byatt looks at four Italian historical novels in translation. Walter Scott is generally regarded as the “inventor” of the historical novel, but ...Read Article

By Original fiction by Jorge L. Contreras

First published in the May 2009 edition of Solander magazine – copyright remains with the author. Jorge Contreras is currently a professor of law in ...Read Article

When Sally Zigmond’s husband took up mountaineering, she began immersing herself in the history of the pastime. While scanning the shelves in ...Read Article

By By Lucinda Byatt

Popular historian Alison Weir talks to Lucinda Byatt about her first historical novel. Alison Weir is a name that will be familiar to ...Read Article

By Loren Teague

Historical novel writing can be measured and weighed by the age of a country. The first historical writings in New Zealand can be ...Read Article

By By Irene Goodman

Irene Goodman discusses elements of commercially successful historical fiction. It takes the right combination of an interesting life and commercial appeal to make ...Read Article

By Lucinda Byatt

Lucinda Byatt presents the case of Ismail Kadare, winner of the 2005 International Man Booker Prize. The International Man Booker Prize was only awarded ...Read Article