Whitby Abbey Hild Author: Nicola Griffith First published: 12 Nov 2013 640 pages You are a prophet and seer with the brightest mind in an age. Your blood is that of the man who should have been king …That’s what the king and his lords see. And they...
I AM BOTH AN AUTHOR AND A READER OF HISTORICAL FICTION. Reading tastes and preferences are shaped by many things; our personalities, early life experiences, motivational drives, and also more mature adult choices, our education, life and work experience, and so on....
The Christmas Season of Goodwill is nearly upon us, and you might be thinking about a good read to give to someone as a gift. Imagine you are standing in Barnes & Noble or Waterstones choosing a book for some you don’t know particularly well. Your brief is merely,...
Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe marked the beginning of what we now call ‘historical fiction’ First published in 1820 In three volumes (subtitled A Romance), Ivanhoe was an instant success. The entire first printing of 10,000 copies sold out in less than two weeks. In...
