When Neil Daws was asked to work with Historic Royal Palaces on a cosy crime historical novel set in Hampton Court Palace he agreed enthusiastically – well, who wouldn’t? He tells us about some of the unusual places and characters he came across while researching Murder at the Palace, which is set in Hampton Court‘s […]
The scandalous Seymours
Adultery, incest, treason: there were several great families at the courts of the Tudors who excelled in these practices. The Boleyns and the Howards may spring to mind, but, as Alexandra Walsh explains, the scandalous Seymours were ahead of all the others. In a court bursting with intrigue, skulduggery and scandal, where friends could become […]
Damn’ Rebel Bitches: Research Then and Now
On the 20th anniversary of her first book about the 1745 Jacobite Rising, Maggie Craig reflects on the research process, then and now. Twenty years ago this month I published my first book, Damn’ Rebel Bitches: The Women of the ’45. It’s never been out of print since and has been described as a modern classic. […]