Seeing Maria
I'm never quite sure what my characters look like, even when there are contemporary portraits. I hear voices rather than see faces. That said, I like to pin them down…
The Children of Lorenzo de’ Medici
I've often wanted but never dared to make a case for historical fiction being more dependable than modern history books. Once the fiction writer is steeped in her research material,…
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…