WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW

 By Beverley Oakley  “Write what you know.” Many of us are familiar with thisconventional piece of advice: Write what you know because it’s the best way toinfuse our stories with reality. But reality can be hard to define. The last thirty books I’ve written are setin the Regency and Victorian eras. Years of enjoyable research into thehistory, manners, politics, and clothing of the