When we think of the story of King Arthur—an English squire who pulls a sword from the stone to become…
Once I read about the tempestuous life of Richard II’s mother, I began to understand a bit more about his…
Blurb In 1863, Civil War is raging in the United States. Victorine Meurent is posing nude, in Paris, for paintings…
When Margaret Clitherow is arrested on the dark streets of Tudor York, her friends, led by a youthful Guy Fawkes,…
Blurb When Margaret Clitherow is arrested for illegally harbouring Catholic priests, her friends, led by a youthful Guy Fawkes, face…
Blurb Raised in genteel poverty after the First World War, Maria Magdalena Dietrich dreams of a life on the stage.…
by Mary Anne Yarde “I’ve come to help avenge Banquo’s death.” Malcolm smiled sadly. “Then you shall not leave my…
As a historical novelist, I’m fascinated by the gaps in history, the silenced stories, the holes that riddle our past.…
Although Henry VIII is famous for abandoning, beheading and divorcing his wives it seems he didn’t enjoy ‘goodbyes.’ Each of…
Mark Antony, or Marcus Antonius as he was more correctly named, was known for many things: friend of Julius Caesar,…