Interview with SchoolsHistory.org.uk: #HistoricalFiction, research, classroom visits
Dan Moorhouse of the Schools History website and Facebook page was kind enough to interview me about my books and working with schools for English and history lessons. It begins:
Alex Marchant writes historical fiction set against the background of the Wars of the Roses. The Order of the White Boar and The Kings Man use the life of Richard III to weave stories that are ideal for readers from Key Stage 2 upwards. In this interview Alex outlines uses of the books in several Primary Schools, the research that goes into her books and offers insights into the way in which historical fiction is written.
Your books are set against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses and the life of Richard III. What was it that caught your attention about this period and your particular interest in Richard?
My first real encounter with King Richard III was in the school library when I was about 14 or 15 – browsing the shelves for my next read, I came across a book with the intriguing title The Daughter of Time by an author called Josephine Tey. I’d always been fascinated by history, particularly the medieval period, and often read historical fiction (Rosemary Sutcliff, Geoffrey Trease, Henry Treece among others), but this turned out to be something quite different….
The rest of the interview can be found at:
https://schoolshistory.org.uk/topics/alex-marchant/
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With students from Grange Tech College, Bradford
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