Capturing Time and Place in a Sentence

I’m guest-posting on the incredible blog of @MatthewHarffy, author of the sword-swinging Bernicia Chronicles. I’m looking at insights into how to make a historical setting real & engaging.

One of the challenges in writing historical fiction, is the effort to capture a setting.  How do you write believably about an era that is long vanished in time? How do you make that setting come alive, in a realistic and accurate way? How does that setting drive the story, characters actions and ch...