Ask the Author: Sylvia Gresham
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Sylvia Gresham
I busy myself with unrelated things until inspiration comes. It always does, just not at the time I demand it.
Sylvia Gresham
That's a good one. I'd be in Mathew Shardlake's world (CJ Sansom). What would I do there? - Write (in secret of course).
Sylvia Gresham
I have so many books I want to read. Dan Brown's "Origin". Hilary Mantel's "The Mirror and the Light". The entire Shardlake series, by CJ Sansom which I read years ago and am now re-reading.
Sylvia Gresham
Escapism. You get to travel to other worlds.
Sylvia Gresham
Write about what inspires you. Passion for the subject will be your driving force.
Sylvia Gresham
Book II in the trilogy.
Sylvia Gresham
Passion for the subject. If I cannot feel it, I cannot write what it.
Sylvia Gresham
Having studied the Tudors for many years I felt compelled to write about them as my fascination grew. Whilst their story has been told many times, I found, during my research, a tantalising missing piece of the jigsaw.
Starting with Catherine of Aragon, little is known about her two week stay in Plymouth where she landed. I made it my personal mission to find out more about this particular period, which would have been Catherine’s first impression of England, and the people she was destined to co-rule.
Meet the real-life characters, John Paynter, spelt Painter in the novel (the merchant who housed Catherine and her nobles), Thomas Crop (Plymouth’s mayor), and the English Sea Captain, Stephen Brett, who guided the Spanish fleet to safety after it hit trouble.
Starting with Catherine of Aragon, little is known about her two week stay in Plymouth where she landed. I made it my personal mission to find out more about this particular period, which would have been Catherine’s first impression of England, and the people she was destined to co-rule.
Meet the real-life characters, John Paynter, spelt Painter in the novel (the merchant who housed Catherine and her nobles), Thomas Crop (Plymouth’s mayor), and the English Sea Captain, Stephen Brett, who guided the Spanish fleet to safety after it hit trouble.
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