Restoration
Story Gold: Thomas Mogford’s The Saffron Thief
WRITTEN BY SARAH BOWER Thomas Mogford, who writes historical fiction as T. L. Mogford, is a prolific author of crime novels. The Saffron ...Read Article
The Monmouth Rebellion: Minette Walters’ The Players
WRITTEN BY ADELE WILLS It is 340 years since James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, landed in Lyme Regis to lay claim to the English ...Read Article
Launch: Elizabeth St. John’s The King’s Intelligencer
INTERVIEW BY MALLY BECKER Elizabeth St. John writes historical fiction inspired by her ancestors, whose connections to England’s royalty offer unique insights ...Read Article
The Hunter & the Hunted: Robert Harris’s Act of Oblivion
WRITTEN BY GORDON O’SULLIVAN In his latest novel, author Robert Harris “set out to create an epic.” He soon found himself on ...Read Article
Londoners Battle the Bubonic Plague in The Hemlock Cure by Joanne Burn
BY DENISE MORAN People today face a better chance of not succumbing to the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) disease by becoming vaccinated. People who ...Read Article
A Rich & Bittersweet Confection: The Chocolate Maker’s Wife
If you’re an Australian member of the HNS, Karen Brooks will need no introduction. For the rest of us … where do I ...Read Article
From “the fertile ground of conflict” – Andrew Taylor’s The Fire Court
With The Ashes of London (Harper Collins, 2017) Andrew Taylor began a series historical crime novels set in Restoration London. The Fire Court (Harper ...Read Article
Between the Lines: Deborah Swift on the Women in Pepys’ Diary
Samuel Pepys’ Diary is the foremost resource for life in 17th-century London, and the diary is justly famous for Pepys’s frank revelations ...Read Article
Aphra Behn: A Secret Life by Janet Todd illuminates the life of a fascinating 17th-century woman
Janet Todd’s masterly biography of the first professional lady of letters has been reissued by Fentum Press 21 years after it originally appeared. ...Read Article
1666 by Rebecca Rideal Highlights the Tragedies and Triumphs of a Pivotal Year in English History
Rebecca Rideal’s 1666 is a narrative account of three crucial events in English history: the outbreak of the Great Plague, the start of ...Read Article
