A Writer's Guide to Ancient Rome
Have you ever thought about writing an historical novel? Perhaps you fancy setting it in Ancient Rome? But how would you start researching, for example, what the different classes of Roman would be we...
8 Jul 202025min
The Name Beneath the Stone: Secrets of the Unknown Warrior
What would happen if the identity of the unknown warrior, entombed in Westminster Abbey, was ever uncovered? This new novel tells the story of Sarah Harding, who discovers letters from the trenches fr...
6 Jul 202024min
The Haunting of the Titanic: The Deep
The Deep gives an eerie, psychological twist to the sinking of the Titanic, and the fate of her sister ship the Britannic. The American novelist Alma Katsu spent 35 years as an intelligence analyst fo...
1 Jul 202038min
Cleopatra - On Stage and in Fiction
Cleopatra was one of the most famous women of all history. For centuries she has been presented by writers and artists as a seductive temptress, a femme fatale, the tragic lover of Julius Caesar and M...
29 Jun 202033min
The Royal Princesses in World War II: The Secret Guests
Set in 1940, The Secret Guests speculates what would have happened if the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret were sent to a remote stately home in Ireland to get away from the Blitz on London. Wh...
24 Jun 202020min
Witch Hunts in 17th Century Norway: The Mercies
In the winter of 1617, the sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø was thrown into a reckless storm. The men of the island, out fishing, perished in an instant and Vardø became a place of wome...
24 Jun 202023min
