I was inspired to write my A Tale of Ancient Rome series when I found a photo of a C6th BCE sarcophagus of a man and women lying on their b...

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...

These are strange times when we find ourselves constrained to our homes. As a result the country is awash with glossy Sunday supplements o...

In Autumn 2019 I spent two and a half weeks as Writer in Residence in Venice, invited by the university (Ca' Foscari) and its Center for...

So far, in this time of enforced isolation, t he Dunnetts, the Mantels, the Sansoms and other historical tomes have stayed on the book ...