The Peterloo Massacre and its Bicentenary on 16 August 2019
On 16 August 2019, it will be the bicentenary of the infamous Peterloo Massacre of 1819. In this dismal episode in British history, the part
August 20, 2018
On 16 August 2019, it will be the bicentenary of the infamous Peterloo Massacre of 1819. In this dismal episode in British history, the part
Germinal is Émile Zola’s masterpiece, and I am fairly typical in thinking (and I have only read it in translation) that it contains his most
There are some writers of historical fiction on particular historical epochs who acquire such widespread fame that they are often described as having ‘Made that
At last, ‘Where Worlds Meet’ is out on Amazon.com here And on Amazon.co.uk on here the prequel, ‘That Scoundrel Émile Dubois’ is here free on Amazon
Now is the time to wish all readers of this blog, and all my wonderful writer friends, Season’s Greetings. On that, I wish
Jeffrey Farnol, who wrote ‘historical swashbucklers’ and was a huge infuence in historical novels in the early twentieth century, had a writing career spanning from
I heard of the 1873 novel, ‘The Manchester Man’ through its being mentioned in the footnotes of Joyce Marlow’s book ‘The Peterloo Massacre’ as having
I would like to apologise for this post appearing late. It was fine on the preview, and now I find that there was nothing there
One of the complaints often aired by romance readers is that the genre is despised as escapism, and yet this insult is not so often
Scene: The Dastardly Duke and the Spirited Heroine (in the role of governess) now take dinner together, in the great hall of his castle somewhere
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