This blog post is written by award-winning author and friend, Rosemary Hayes, who has written around fifty books, mainly for young adults. ‘The King’s Command’ is her first story for an adult readership. Set in the late 17th century, it’s about the persecution of the Huguenots in France and their flight to England. Rosemary’s fictional account isContinue reading “Filling the Gaps”
Category Archives: Non-Fiction
Giordano Bruno
Close Encounters of the Desperate Kind
By Len Maynard Have I ever recounted the story of my one and only meeting with Hollywood legend Stephen Spielberg? I don’t think so. As a working writer over the best part of half a century, I suppose the meeting of two giants of their respective artistic fields was almost inevitable. But I’m getting aheadContinue reading “Close Encounters of the Desperate Kind”
Exploring the history behind “Raleigh, Tudor Adventurer”
A guest post by bestselling author, Tony Riches Tudor adventurer, courtier, explorer and poet, Sir Walter Raleigh has been called the last true Elizabethan. Even today, the words ‘El Dorado’ seem full of mystery and promise. It’s easy to see how an ambitious explorer like Raleigh would be fascinated by the stories of a cityContinue reading “Exploring the history behind “Raleigh, Tudor Adventurer””
FROM MET POLICE TO CHILDREN’S AUTHOR
By Lesley Cordell Hi Fraser and all Feed My Reads readers My name is Lesley Cordell. I’m sixty-two years old. Married with two grown up daughters by marriage and five grandchildren with another one on the way – all things being well! I joined the Metropolitan Police in December 1977 one of the first intakeContinue reading “FROM MET POLICE TO CHILDREN’S AUTHOR”
WEAVING HISTORICAL CHARACTERS AND PRACTICES INTO A COMPELLING FICTION
My mother was a member of the Richard III Society and never tired of telling our family he was really a ‘good king’ and the antithesis of Shakespeare’s monster. The contemporary portrait of Richard in the National Portrait Gallery presents a thoughtful, intelligent face and it is not difficult to imagine him as a moreContinue reading “WEAVING HISTORICAL CHARACTERS AND PRACTICES INTO A COMPELLING FICTION”
THE STARS, MEDICINE AND MATHEMATICS IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND
After many false starts, astrology became a focus for my first work of historical fiction – State of Treason. William Constable is a scholar and competent in all three areas listed in the title of this post. I should declare now that, unlike our hero, I hold no faith in astrology. Astrology had a significant influenceContinue reading “THE STARS, MEDICINE AND MATHEMATICS IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND”