Acclaimed biographer Clare Mulley’s latest book, Agent Zo: the Untold Story of Fearless WW2 Resistance Fighter Elżbieta Zawacka, is published on 16 May, 2024. Clare talks to novelist Carolyn Kirby about the long and remarkable life of Elżbieta Zawacka, or Agent Zo, Polish freedom fighter and one of most … Continue Reading
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Features
Running with the regicides: Why I decided to venture into the Restoration
By SG MacLean
Why does a historical fiction author choose a particular time to write about? And what happens when your characters insist on staying in your … Continue Reading
Greek Fire, the early medieval weapon of mass destruction
Matthew Harffy looks at Greek Fire (also called Roman Fire), 'the early medieval weapon of mass destruction', and its connection with the Vikings … Continue Reading
1217 and the ideals of chivalry
In 1217 a man known as 'the greatest knight' broke a treaty to, as he saw it, save England from French rule. Catherine Hanley asks: did he go … Continue Reading
Vampire or victim? The real Countess Báthory
By Sonia Velton
Who was Countess Erzsébet Báthory? A prototype vampire? A religious – or political – victim? Sonia Velton, author of The Nightingale’s Castle, … Continue Reading
Interviews
Historia interview: Clare Mulley
Acclaimed biographer Clare Mulley’s latest book, Agent Zo: the Untold Story of Fearless WW2 Resistance Fighter Elżbieta Zawacka, is published on 16 May, 2024. Clare talks to novelist Carolyn Kirby about the long and … Continue Reading
Historia interview: 2023 HWA Gold Crown shortlist: Rebecca Stott
By Frances Owen
Rebecca Stott's novel Dark Earth was shortlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award in 2023. The judges described it as "spellbinding... Filled with folklore and myth and evocative world-building, an immersive and … Continue Reading
Reviews
Review: Later Stuart Queens, 1660–1735
By Linda Porter
Linda Porter reviews a new and timely book about the later Stuart queens. This is an important and interesting collection of essays, she says -- but how many will be able to afford to read it? Historia readers … Continue Reading
Review: Mary & George
Who better than a novelist who's also a historian and the latest biographer of Charles I to review Mary & George, the TV drama based on the life of George, Duke of Buckingham, favourite of James VI and I? We … Continue Reading