Historical Belles and Beaus

Margaret of Anjou, the queen of Henry VI, is the subject of my forthcoming novel, The Queen of Last Hopes . Here's a piece I did this mo...

Here's an excerpt from my latest book. I think, I hope the excerpt is self-explanatory! The setting is 1543 in Aydon Castle near Corbrid...

From "The Naming of Names" by Anna Pavord The English are famous for their obsession with gardening, and on days like the last ...

Primary sources, I feel, are a writer's best friend, especially a historical writer.    I collect Victorian diaries and journals, writt...

Someone once asked me why I became a writer. The answer is complicated, and I'll try not to stray too often. Growing up in the small com...

1. If your hero is riddled with angst, it'll be because someone is trying to overthrow him, not because he is having a mid-life crisis. ...

Over the years, many people have asked me how I came to be so interested in the case of Jack the Ripper, probably the most teasing unsolved ...

Medieval castles and dungeons tend to go together in people's imaginations and I have set important scenes in A Knight's Enchantment...

Many writers of historical fiction have their favourite period, this might even run to a century rather than a decade. I used to be a "...

Last week, my husband and I visited an antique store in Athens, Tennessee and we came upon this beautiful painting of a Victorian Woman In ...

Help! I need help! Been off writing for four weeks on holiday and then caught a bug. Now I CANNOT settle to write. Usually the most conscien...

While researching for a Georgian novel I came across some interesting facts about the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, so often featured in Regenc...

It was in 1718, on the wild coast of Northumberland, that Sir John Vanbrugh set about creating his baroque masterpiece. It was intended for...

Welcome to Historical Belles and Beaus! My novels are set in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century England. I'm currently completing a novel...

At the moment this blog is only just beginning, but soon we'll have wonderful authors here to share their lives with us through interest...