The internationally best-selling author Nicola Cornick reviews A Cornish Betrothal, the fifth book in Nicola Pryce’s Cornish Saga series. A Cornish Betrothal by Nicola Pryce is a historical novel set in Cornwall at the turn of the 18th century (the clue is in the title!). Historical novels of this era and with this setting, particularly […]
Beyond Poldark
Our guest this month, author Noel O’Reilly, on the ‘Poldark effect’ and why fiction set in Cornwall doesn’t have to be corny. The fourth series of the Poldark TV drama is currently being aired. With 6.1 million viewers watching the final episode of the previous series, inevitably publishers of historical fiction set in Cornwall are casting […]
Poldark: BBC’s Crowd-Pleaser is Back with a Bang
We last saw Ross Poldark (Aiden Turner) atop a windswept cliff, arrested for looting a wrecked ship, inciting a riot and murdering his rival’s cousin. Season two opens without missing a beat (there’s a story so far preview available on BBC iPlayer if you want to jog your memory) as Ross is dragged away from […]