September 15, 2020
I found out about the Pascaline purely by chance, when writing my latest novel, The Ladies’ Tale: Caroline and Philippa, due to be published this month (September 2020). I was looking for an interesting but expensive […]
August 17, 2020
Any of you who have read The Eccentric’s Tale: Harriet, could be forgiven for thinking that I’ve modelled many aspects of Harriet’s personality on Jane Maxwell. In fact I didn’t learn about Jane until long after Harriet was firmly in place in The Jacobite Chronicles, and her back story was already half-written.
July 15, 2020
Last month I wrote about Anne Mackintosh, and in the course of the blog mentioned the escape of a Jacobite prisoner Robert Nairn. The woman who played a big part in his escape was neither […]
June 15, 2020
In Book Four of The Jacobite Chronicles I recount the story of the event which came to be known as The Rout of Moy. I won’t go into the details of it here, as I […]
May 15, 2020
Not a lot is known about this woman, but present day readers might be able to relate to her to some extent, precisely because of the very fact that not a lot is known about […]
April 20, 2020
Last month I wrote about pirate Anne Bonny, who was mentioned in my book Tides of Fortune. This month’s subject was also mentioned, was also a pirate, and shared part of her life with Anne. […]
March 20, 2020
In Book Six of The Jacobite Chronicles, Tides of Fortune, Anne Bonny is mentioned briefly, so I thought some of my readers might be interested to know a little more about this woman who was […]
February 15, 2020
Having just published The Eccentric’s Tale: Harriet, I’m aware that some of my readers, although they may enjoy reading the book, might find it difficult to believe that such a character as Harriet could really […]
June 10, 2019
In Pursuit of Princes I mention the names of two people who actually did work at Newgate Prison at the time, Richard Jones and Mr Twyford. Richard Jones was the keeper of Newgate in […]