On my blog today, I am welcoming JUSTIN NEWLAND, to find out more about his soon-to-be-published historical novel, The Spirit of the Times, a story set in fourteenth century Central Asia that is part history, part fiction and part speculation... As well as finding out more about the book, here you can read an article from …
Tag: 14th century
Anna Belfrage: Queen of Shadows
I am so pleased today to be hosting ANNA BELFRAGE once more on my blog, this time to tell you about her latest publication, Queen of Shadows. This is a standalone book, set in 14th century Castile, and is based on the true story of King Alfonso XI and his complicated relationships with his wife and …
Jane Loftus: The Herb Knot
On my blog today, I am welcoming author JANE LOFTUS, to learn more about her debut novel, The Herb Knot, set in the fourteenth century during the turbulent times of The Hundred Years' War. As well as finding out more about the book and where to buy it, you can also read an article from Jane …
“Goings-on” in medieval nunneries
I have recently finished writing the next book in my Meonbridge Chronicles series, set in medieval England. This story centres, not on Meonbridge, as the other novels do for the most part, but on a priory, to which one of the characters in the first Chronicle, Fortune’s Wheel, departed under something of a cloud. I always …
Writing what you *don’t* know…
One of the wonderful aspects of writing fiction – and perhaps especially writing historical fiction – is that your imagination will drive you to include scenes in which your characters engage in some activity or other that you know absolutely nothing about. So, you have to consult books, and the internet, and other resources, in …