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The gift of writing historical fiction

17 September 2022 By Liz Hyder

Liz Hyder, author of The Gifts, talks about her own writing process and her love of history, and celebrates the “fascinating, brilliant, inspiring joy” of writing historical fiction. Her book has just been published in paperback. I’ve always been interested in history ever since I can remember. I grew up near the edge of Epping […]

The Gifts by Liz Hyder

1 September 2022 By Editor

October 1840. A young woman staggers alone through a forest in Shropshire as a huge pair of impossible wings rip themselves from her shoulders. Meanwhile, when rumours of a ‘fallen angel’ cause a frenzy across London, a surgeon desperate for fame and fortune finds himself in the grips of a dangerous obsession. One that will […]

Historia giveaway! Five copies of The Gifts by Liz Hyder

28 August 2022 By Editor

To celebrate The Gifts by Liz Hyder being published in paperback on 1 September, Historia is giving five winners a copy of her “haunting, thrilling” novel. The giveaway is open until 11.59pm on Tuesday, 6 September, 2022. Each of the five winners will get one copy of The Gifts. Follow the instructions below to enter.  You’ve […]

The Gifts by Liz Hyder

17 February 2022 By Editor

October 1840. A young woman staggers alone through a forest in Shropshire as a huge pair of impossible wings rip themselves from her shoulders. Meanwhile, when rumours of a ‘fallen angel’ cause a frenzy across London, a surgeon desperate for fame and fortune finds himself in the grip of a dangerous obsession, one that will […]

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