The King’s Speech – plot, theme and Muse
We went to the pictures the other day for the first time since Slumdog Millionaire, entering with some trepidation, wondering if our eardrums would survive. But we reckoned that going…
The Da Vinci Toad
One of the markers or signifiers that we are in the made-up land of the novel is that the characters are fictional. That tells us immediately, however subtley, that the…
Mummy, is it true?
There is so much to discuss on the topic of truth and accuracy in historical fiction that I hardly know where to begin. Let's start with this article in The…
Homage to Mary
'Historical fiction' is a broad genre, including so many other genres: romance, adventure, murder mystery, you name it. My books are square pegs in an infinite vista of round holes,…
God speed to the Plough
THE FARMERS' PRAYER Let the Wealthy and Great Roll in Splendour and State, I envy them not, I declare it. I eat my own Lamb, My Chicken and Ham, I…
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