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Edward Rutherfurd talks Paris, the creative process and the ebb and flow of historical fiction with Mary Tod
Paris. City of love. City of dreams. City of splendor. City of saints and scholars. City of gaiety. Sink of…
Richard Lee talks with Paul Lynch about his debut Red Sky in Morning
RL: You’ve been a film critic for some time. How do you think films inform your way of writing? Any…
The Historian, Issue 117, Historical Fiction Edition
The Spring 2013 issue of The Historian is a special historical fiction edition – and the Historical Association have very…
New Voices: John Henry Clay, Margaret Skea, Donna Thorland & Alana White
John Henry Clay, Margaret Skea, Donna Thorland and Alana White explain the inspiration for their novels. Donna Thorland’s novel The…
The ghosts of wartime past: Simone St. James’ 1920s Gothic fiction
SJ: An Inquiry into Love and Death is set in post-WWI England, and the war still exerts a strong pull…
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…
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…
John Saturnall’s sense-world: 17th century food and myth
John Saturnall’s Feast is a sumptuous account of cooking and food lore, as well as a love story set in…
The book and its cover: historical fiction cover art
Pick up an old book, say an Edwardian-era printing. The cover may be plain, cloth-covered board or tooled leather with…
New freedoms, new dangers: Susanna Jones’ Edwardian women
The Edwardian era is the setting for Susanna Jones’ latest novel, the psychological thriller When Nights Were Cold. The protagonists…
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- Virginia Winfield on "The Shattered Tree by Charles Todd Highlights the Horrific Nature of War": Look forward to reading this one.
- Pam Thomas on "Looking for Historically Accurate Names for Your Historical Novel": Names are so important - they give you a handle on the …
- Margaret Skea on "Q and A with New Novel Award winner, Cam Terwilliger": Congratulations, Cam - what a shame that we're going to have to …
- Carol on "Lost Among the Living by Simone St. James: echoes of ghosts and a house called Manderley": Sounds really good, adding to my to-read list!
- Dave Brann on "Sporting History Resources for Historical Fiction Writers": Related to skiing, The International Ski History Association is a wealth of …