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November 20, 2015
House of Shadows – coming very soon!
My latest book, House of Shadows, will be released in hardback and as an e-book on 3rd December 2015. When Kate Vavasour wakes in hospital, she can remember nothing about the family gathered around […]
November 5, 2015
Tudors vs. Plantagenets: Hampstead & Highgate Literary Festival
TUDORS VS. PLANTAGENETS! Anyone in London on Sunday 15th November? I’ll be arguing the case for the Tudors at the Hampstead & Highgate Literary Festival with Charlotte Bolland, Marc Morris, and Dominic Selwood at 8.00pm. It […]
October 27, 2015
Cotehele and House of Shadows
Last August, we were staying at a hotel in Devon when a fellow guest mentioned that Cotehele was just over the border in Cornwall. Had we seen it? To my shame, I had never heard […]
October 5, 2015
Five Tudor Remedies I Would Least Like To Try
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 […]
September 20, 2015
Forthcoming events: London 24th September, York 25th September
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 […]
September 5, 2015
House of Shadows: coming soon!
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 […]
August 6, 2015
King’s Staith and The Edge of Dark
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 […]
July 19, 2015
Five Tudor Dishes I Would Least Like To Eat
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 […]
June 21, 2015
An Elizabethan schoolboy gets dressed
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 […]
June 2, 2015
(Almost in) Ancient Symi
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 […]
