
5 Historical Favourites that Illuminate Today’s Issues
Some novels linger long after their initial impact. Many of those have something profound to say about today: the lives we live, the celebrities of our time, the politics and
Some novels linger long after their initial impact. Many of those have something profound to say about today: the lives we live, the celebrities of our time, the politics and
What are the ingredients of favourite historical fiction? This post from 2012 may be worth revisiting … In his book Hit Lit: Cracking the Code of the Twentieth Century’s Biggest
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
2015 was a banner year for articles on historical fiction that struck a chord with followers of A Writer of History. I hope you enjoy reading or rereading some of
Last week, I listed popular posts from 2012 as a way of sharing past writing with new readers and of curating a list for future reference. Today, I’m featuring a
Participants in the 2015 reader survey nominated their favourite historical fiction (a second post added those mentioned by 5 to 9 participants). What can we glean from the more than 1700
Some of you may have seen this on Tony Riches’ blog The Writing Desk a few days ago – many thanks, Tony. In a 2015 reader survey, I asked participants
Having conducted and posted about three separate reader surveys, I thought it might be useful to bring together some of the posts that have attracted the most interest. First, the
Last week’s list of favourite historical fiction generated a huge amount of interest, and many comments. Some mentioned they had already read most of the books on the lists while
In 2015, I asked readers to list their favourite historical fiction titles for the first time. Being a little more experienced I limited participants to three choices – clearly a
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
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