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My guest today is Antoine Vanner is author of the Dawlish Chronicles, naval fiction set in the 1870s and 1880s. His latest novel, Britannia’s Gamble, was published last month (October 2017). Royal Navy officer Nicholas Dawlish is a fascinating character, very much in the mould of Hornblower, something that attracted me to Antoine’s novels. The […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!November 2nd, 2017 | Tags: historical, historical fiction, historical realism, historical research, naval fiction | Category: Authors, Genres, Guests, Other people's websites/blogs, Research, Useful stuff, Writing skills | 12 comments - (Comments are closed) The Mitela women of Roma Nova are not the only women warriors to go armoured into battle. Sometimes we glimpse one from time to time in the real historical record. In celebration of the publication of Under the Approaching Dark, historical fiction writer Anna Belfrage introduces us to a(n in)famous one. Women in medieval times […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!April 17th, 2017 | Tags: 14th century, English history, heroines, historical, Medieval history | Category: Authors, Books, Characters, France, Guests, Women warriors, Women's history | Comments are closed Delighted to welcome Tony Riches to the blog today. Tony is the author of best-selling medieval historical fiction, lives by the sea in Pembrokeshire, West Wales with his wife and enjoys sea and river kayaking in his spare time. His new book HENRY, is based on the life of King Henry VII and part of […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!April 6th, 2017 | Tags: Books, Bosworth, Henry VII, Heroes, historical, Tudors | Category: Authors, Characters, Guests | 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Delighted to welcome my fellow Poitevin Keith Dixon to my blog today. Keith, born in Yorkshire and raised in the Midlands, has been writing since he was thirteen years old in a number of different genres: thriller, espionage, science fiction, literary. He’s the author of seven novels in the Sam Dyke Investigations series and two […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!March 30th, 2017 | Tags: Books, Crime, historical, indie publishing, thriller | Category: Authors, Characters, Guests | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) I’m delighted to welcome writing friend Antoine Vanner back to the blog! His Victorian naval fiction series – the Dawlish Chronicles – is gathering a very fair wind and steaming to success. I recently reviewed Britannia’s Amazon featured the redoubtable Captain Nicholas Dawlish’s wife Florence. Was she typical of her time? What was a […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!December 15th, 2016 | Tags: Empire builders, heroines, historical, journalist, Victorians | Category: Authors, Books, Guests, Women's history | Comments are closed |
   
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