by Deborah Swift I've spent the last three years writing a trilogy about three different women that feature in Pepys' Diary. No...

by Deborah Swift I love the fact that writing historical fiction takes me up all sorts of byways. Whilst researching for my new book s...

by Deborah Swift One good thing about the internet is that I have access to many documents online, that previously were only available to ...

by Deborah Swift The concept of dieting would have been alien to our 17th Century forbears. In those days, the plumper you were, the bette...

‘I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown…’  Charles I before his execution in 1649. Anyone visiting the Tower Of London to s...

Acclaimed historical biographer, Linda Porter, has turned to the children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars for her latest book.  ...

Hello, HG readers. I’ve been reading Liza Picard’s juicy social history of Restoration London . It is GRIPPING! Until now, I had on...

There's no point in me re-telling Charles II's story here.  It's easy enough to find the basic facts on thousands of Inter...

I've just been sold on eBay.  I went for £99.55 (if you include the postage) which is an enormous relief.  I was scared that no one wo...