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Elizabeth Chadwick on Eleanor of Aquitaine, and how to push Henry II out of the limelight
RL: I gather I’m interrupting you from a BBQ with Regia Anglorum this afternoon. Anything special on the menu? Did anyone bring ...Read Article
Steven A McKay talks Robin Hood and how his debut novel Wolf’s Head is storming the Kindle charts
RL: Tell us about your Robin. When and where is it set and why? Is it more on the mythic/fantasy side or ...Read Article
William Napier on the pivotal battle of Lepanto, featured in his latest novel Blood Red Sea
RL: Tell us about your heroes Nicholas and Hodge. How did you decide on these two very English heroes to fight against the ...Read Article
Why Hilary Green’s tenth published novel, The Last Hero, was also her first written.
RL: The opening of the Last Hero won our Kythira prize a dozen years ago. How did you come to write it? Was ...Read Article
On Research, Fashion & Prinny: An Interview with Lauren Willig
To mark the publication of bestselling author Lauren Willig’s newest novel in her popular Pink Carnation historical espionage series, Jenny Quinlan talks ...Read Article
HNS 2013 US Conference: Attendee Perspectives
21-23 June 2013 | St. Petersburg, Florida, USA It won’t have escaped your attention that HNS 2013 recently ended in St Petersburg, Florida. A few ...Read Article
The “What Ifs” of History
C.W. Gortner treads the line between fact and fiction. The current rise in the popularity of historical fiction today is nothing new. ...Read Article
Time and Relativity: Beverly Swerling’s Bristol House
In Bristol House (Viking, 2013), Beverly Swerling spins an intricate and compelling tale set in both contemporary and Tudor London. Annie Kendall arrives from ...Read Article
After Flodden
Rosemary Goring talks with Margaret Skea about her latest novel. A major anniversary of a significant event often spawns a plethora of new ...Read Article
Travelling Through Time: An Interview with David Downing
Myfanwy Cook talks with David Downing, author of the atmospheric John Russell and Effi Koen spy thrillers, set in Berlin during the Second ...Read Article