The Importance of Warts
Elizabeth Bell and I met at HNS 2019. She is the author of the Lazare Family Saga, the result of a quarter century of research and revision. I’m delighted to
September 10, 2019
Elizabeth Bell and I met at HNS 2019. She is the author of the Lazare Family Saga, the result of a quarter century of research and revision. I’m delighted to
From 2004 to 2007 my husband and I enjoyed the vibrancy of Hong Kong — its Asian flavour and exotic nature, stunning scenery, and friendly people, its strange-to-us customs and
Writing historical fiction has been my ‘thing’ since 2006 when I first began a novel based on the lives of my grandparents. I was so enchanted by the challenge of
Continuing to bring together popular posts on A Writer of History. These are from 2016. The Art of Esoterica or Historical Fiction Research Using Paris in Ruins as an example, this
This provocative question comes from Tessa Harris, author of A Deadly Deception, which released today. The theory forms the backdrop to the latest novel in the Constance Piper mystery series. ~~~
Margaret Skea has written several historical novels – her most recent being Katharina: Fortitude, a sequel to Katharina: Deliverance, both based on the life of Martin Luther’s wife. She grew up
Golf is my husband’s passion … ergo, it is also a favourite activity of mine even though my game is much less than stellar than his. A few days ago,
Last year on August 15th, my husband and I were in a plane crash. Miraculously, all four including the pilot survived … for details see the original post I wrote
Some time ago, I found a transcript of a BBC Radio lecture featuring author Hilary Mantel. Mantel is a celebrated author whose novels about Thomas Cromwell have won all sorts
A Writer of History is NOT a book blog – however, I have written reviews from time to time on books I’ve chosen to read or books selected by one
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
