Historical Fiction

The Best World War Two Films and TV series for Complete Obsessives

April 4, 2019

For a World War Two obsessive there’s no greater event for me than finding a wonderful new novel set in … Continued

March 19, 2019

It had begun like any last minute away break – booking a cheap Easyjet flight to Marrakech, a trip to

February 14, 2019

I was born in 1943, during World War II, so I was a teenager in the 1950s, which was before

November 29, 2018

A Woman of War It’s an old adage, but one that sits well with me: ‘write what you know’. As

November 8, 2018

Christmas in 1943 When Avon asked me if I would write a post for their website on what Christmas was

October 9, 2018

The dictionary defines a herb as a plant ‘of which the leaves or stem and leaves are used for medicine

April 30, 2018

As I point out in my Author’s Note for the book, the idea for Her Hidden Life came from an

April 26, 2018

When Avon suggested I write a series of novels set in Liverpool in a Dr Barnardo’s orphanage in the Second