London in 1835, and 19-year-old Kate Hogarth falls in love with the young journalist Charles Dickens. In the early days of their marriage, Charles is infatuated with his bride and Kate delights in her new life, the balm to her husband’s irrepressible spirit. But as he finds fame as a novelist and the family rise […]
Alfred Tennyson’s Bowels and Other Authorial Ailments
‘… the sufferings of which were dreadful … when I awoke with that horror upon me …’ Charles Dickens had a cold. Man flu? One might wonder when reading the dramatic description of his anguish. But, he was a novelist given to melodrama at times, and, considering the always present possibility of a cold turning […]
Historia Interviews: Stephen Jarvis
Historia talks to Stephen Jarvis, author of HWA Goldsboro Debut Crown shortlisted novel, Death and Mr Pickwick. The HWA Goldsboro Debut Crown celebrates new voices in historical fiction. Have you always been interested in history? Certain aspects of history have always grabbed me. For instance, I am very interested in the historical events which have driven the […]