One of the most important aspects of writing historical romance is depicting the clothes. My bible is Cunnington’s Handbook of English ...

We all know that Georgette Heyer was the founder of the Regency romance genre as we know it. Yes, there were certainly others, but nobod...

I have been fascinated by the terms used in the RAF during the war. I wonder how many of them you recognize and how many of them you actua...

I want to look at what three of Jane Austen’s contemporaries thought of her novels: Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), the inventor of the hist...

Among my research books is a delightful book called Mrs Hurst Dancing , which is a collection of watercolours by one Diana Sperling, who li...

When Georgette Heyer talked about “The Season,” she referred to the spring. In her books everyone lives in London for a few months ever...

 I came across a companion book for the Sharpe series written by Mark Adkin. I didn't know such a volume existed – it was published in...

Having just published my 25 th book with Harlequin/Mills & Boon, I suppose I can now call myself an "established" wri...

My copy of this must-have book for the fashionable lady in 1831 is conveniently pocket-sized and comprises 244 pages of short stories, poe...