The Historical Novel Society published its latest reviews last week. I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing three books. The Paris Affair by Teresa Grant begins with a two-page list of
When I first read one of Anne Perry’s WWI novels – At Some Disputed Barricade – I was looking for colour and context for my manuscript, UNRAVELLED. The nitty, gritty of war in and around
I’m puzzling over metadata — apparently this is the data that helps search engines find books to suggest when folks like you and me enter keywords into Google, Amazon and
Over the past few days, I read Michelle Moran’s MADAME TUSSAUD from cover to cover. An exciting story of the French Revolution presented from Marie Grosholtz’ point of view. (Marie
I am pleased to welcome author Stephanie Carroll to talk about researching historical fiction. In her post you will see vivid examples of how she has incorporate research into her
As I mentioned in Tuesday’s post, accuracy is a difficult challenge for writers of historical fiction. Today my brother Dave Bingham casts a keen eye on Ken Follett’s Winter of
For the May issue of Historical Novels Review, I reviewed Habits of the House by Fay Weldon, Motherland by William Nicholson and Paperboy by Vince Vawter. Reviewing books for HNS fuels my
If you’ve read War Brides, you will already have some sense of Helen Bryan‘s wonderful storytelling skills. Her latest novel is The Sisterhood and I’m delighted that she’s on the
You probably won’t know her as Eleanor Hibbert, instead you’ll know her as Philippa Carr, Victoria Holt or Jean Plaidy or one of the other pseudonyms she used, including her
A few months ago, I developed a concept of ten essential ingredients for favourite historical fiction. Time to test another top author against those ingredients. To do so, I’ve chosen Dissolution
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
