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View ArticleUmbrella Rides The Wind
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“Imagine,” he said, “that the lines are light. Take your time to construct it upright in front of you. The circle and the square. Every line. Make it bright.” … She was intent on the Señor’s voice, she...
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Anyone else would probably scream – woken in the night like that, with a hand clamped over the mouth in the pitch black. But not Sadie, she knew it was Ella, even though she heard not a single word,...
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The pale globe of the flower shone out like Venus in the night sky. She tiptoed closer. Indeed, silence came easily. It was a natural response to something so exquisite. ‘Cypripedium.’ She whispered...
View ArticleFifth North American Conference of the Historical Novel Society
21-23 June 2013 Deborah will be at the Historical Novel Society Conference at the Renaissance Vinoy Hotel, 501 Fifth Ave, NE, St. Petersburg, Florida, 33701, USA She will be a panellist on: ‘Virtual...
View ArticlePublication of ‘A Divided Inheritance’
October 23 Deborah’s third book ‘A Divided Inheritance’ will be published in the UK. In addition to a blog tour with informative and entertaining articles, Deborah will be making a series of...
View ArticleYoung Man In The City
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View ArticleCabinet of Curio-stories – Tiny Cathedral Windows that Sing
Up until the 17th century there were no real guitars – the only instruments similar to a guitar were the lute and, in Spain, where my book ‘A Divided Inhritance ‘ is set, the vilhuela. In the early...
View ArticleMagician John Dee and his strange friendship with Edward Kelley
Today I welcome guest blogger Elizabeth Ashworth, author of many historical novels and several books of non-fiction. Elizabeth’s new book The Merlin’s Wife tells the story of John Dee’s life from the...
View ArticleHistorical Fiction – Seven Virtues. No 6: Servants and Masters
In my life today I have no servants living in my house. The work done by servants in previous centuries is now done by machines, or automation has rendered it unnecessary. For a historical fiction...
View ArticleCabinet of Curio-stories – A 17th century ‘kicking’ lock
On the Sherborne Museum website is this gorgeous picture of a seventeenth century lock. In 1654 diarist John Evelyn wrote that sophisticated lock mechanisms were ‘rare contrivances’ and regarded as...
View ArticleRecommended Research – Eyewitness books on the Stuart Period
Just found this great little hardback book whilst browsing Carnforth Bookshop (which has more than 10,000 second hand books!). Also in this series by A F Scott are titles ‘The Plantagenet Age’, ‘The...
View ArticleHistorical Fiction – Virtue no 7 – Education, education, education
In considering the virtues of historical fiction, I’ve left the most obvious until last. As well as being a good story, historical fiction is educational. In fact most stories were told to us as...
View ArticleHistorical Fiction – Ten Editing Tools. No 1 – Light
The power of place and atmosphere is what drove me to first pick up my pen and try to write something set in the past. A useful editing tool to enliven your novel is to go through the draft and...
View ArticleThe Secret of a Welsh Medieval Manuscript
I’m delighted to welcome Mark Noce to my blog today, introducing his debut novel ‘Between Two Fires’, which is set in medieval Wales. I was particularly interested in this book because by coincidence I...
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