Print the Legend! HNS 2026

(Photo courtesy of Sophie Perinot)

The (in)famous green jacket and I went to the very green island of Ireland for this year’s Historical Novel Society conference.

West of Dublin, Maynooth University is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland and combines historical roots with modern technology.

I was delighted to contribute […]

How did Romans cope with eclipses?

Yesterday, the world jostled, thrilled and was overcome with excitement by the total eclipse of the sun by the moon. We’ve had scientific explanations, videos of eclipse-chasers setting out, scenes from Burgos in Spain where rooms and hotels had been booked for months, even years to see the 100% eclipse. News headlines and social […]

Statia Mitela – Heroine of 'The Idealist' in HEROICA

Statia Mitela who features in ‘The Idealist’, the third HEROICA story, a dual timeline story, is undoubtedly rash. But she’s also courageous and altruistic.

Unlike the two other heroines featuring in HEROICA, she isn’t serving in the military, but is a senator and head of the powerful Mitela family in the mid 19th century. She […]