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Talking Bull: Sarah Bower and Kate Quinn chat about The Serpent and the Pearl and all things Borgia 23 Aug 2013 | 12:52 pm
Kate Quinn SB: Kate, thank you for finding the time to join me during your busy promotional schedule for The Serpent and the Pearl. KQ: My pleasure! I’m a fan of your Sins of the House of Borgia – a...
Elizabeth Chadwick on Eleanor of Aquitaine, and how to push Henry II out of the limelight 21 Aug 2013 | 11:21 am
Elizabeth Chadwick RL: I gather I’m interrupting you from a BBQ with Regia Anglorum this afternoon. Anything special on the menu? Did anyone bring something (food, clothing, weapon) that you covet? ...
Steven A McKay talks Robin Hood and how his debut novel Wolf’s Head is storming the Kindle charts 9 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
RL: Tell us about your Robin. When and where is it set and why? Is it more on the mythic/fantasy side or more historical? SM: Wolf’s Head is set in 1321, in Yorkshire. I wanted to go back to the earl...
William Napier on the pivotal battle of Lepanto, featured in his latest novel Blood Red Sea 7 Aug 2013 | 07:07 pm
RL: Tell us about your heroes Nicholas and Hodge. How did you decide on these two very English heroes to fight against the Ottoman threat? WN: I wanted English heroes because, er, I’m English! Shamel...
Why Hilary Green’s tenth published novel, The Last Hero, was also her first written. 7 Aug 2013 | 05:34 pm
RL: The opening of the Last Hero won our Kythira prize a dozen years ago. How did you come to write it? Was it finished before you went on the retreat with Louis de Bernieres? HG: It wasn’t the openi...
On Research, Fashion & Prinny: An Interview with Lauren Willig 6 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
To mark the publication of bestselling author Lauren Willig’s newest novel in her popular Pink Carnation historical espionage series, Jenny Quinlan talks with Lauren about research, inspiration, and t...
Empires, Battles and Wars: The Middle East from Antiquity to the Rise of the New World 2 Aug 2013 | 09:17 pm
Review of "Empires, Battles and Wars: The Middle East from Antiquity to the Rise of the New World" by T.C.F. Hopkins T.C.F. Hopkins offers a fast-paced view of a frequently misunderstood period of Mi...
Legend of the Mist 2 Aug 2013 | 12:23 am
Review of "Legend of the Mist" by Vicki Hinze James Cameron, the laird of his Scottish clan, and newly-single Catherine Morgan in New Orleans fall in love after long overseas telephone chats. Some re...
What Once Was Lost 1 Aug 2013 | 09:49 pm
Review of "What Once Was Lost" by Kim Vogel Sawyer Christina Willems is out of a job when the poor farm she supervises catches fire in 1890 small-town Kansas. She has trouble finding enough charitab...
Forsaken Dreams 1 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
Review of "Forsaken Dreams" by MaryLu Tyndall Colonel Blake Wallace is fleeing from the horrors he has experienced in the American Civil War. His family murdered and the cause he fought for lost, he ...
