My current series of historical novels is set in the middle of the 14th century, a period (in)famous for its devastating plague. The events...

My series of historical novels is set in the middle of the 14th century, a period (in)famous for its devastating plague. The first novel wa...

Today I should be flying from London to Venice. But obviously I won't be. And even if I could get there, I would be confined to m...

The Apothecary (circa 1752) Artist: Pietro Longhi (1701-1785) Of all the dangers that daily surrounded our ancestors the one th...

For as long as I can remember I have been interested in the history of the plague. I learned about the village of Eyam in Derbyshire whil...