I mentioned in a previous post how the thought of the food served in the past severely limits the appeal of time travel for me. If anything, the medical care during the Elizabethan period is even […]
Back from my holiday in Italy to a busy week, with two events coming up… On Thursday 24th September I will be at Goldsboro Books’ History in the Court event, celebrating historical fiction: “an informal gathering for […]
A sneak preview of the hardback cover for House of Shadows, which will be published by Macmillan on 3 December 2015. One to add to your Christmas list? What if the life you were remembering […]
Today, pleasure boats line the King’s Staith in summer time, but in the 16th this was the main landing place for cargo vessels. The keelboats that plied up and down the Ouse to Hull tied […]
I’m often asked whether I would like to travel back in time as my characters do, and the answer is always no. Of course it would be fascinating to see what life was really like […]
I recently wrote a guest blog about writing dialogue in historical fiction. It’s always a challenge to create characters who talk in a way that feels authentic but that modern readers will understand. As I […]
I’m looking out of my window at a grey June day, and yearning to be back walking in the bright light of Symi. It was so beautiful there: blue, blue sea, and empty hillsides with […]
‘Your website is very out of date,’ said a friend disapprovingly about a month ago, and I cringed, well aware of my failings on the blogging front. My explanation, if not an excuse, is that I have […]
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