<p>Tells how to do research for an historical novel, discusses characterization, language, plot, and editing, and tells how to submit a manuscript</p>

Writing Historical Fiction

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Martin, Rhona

Words, Language & Grammar

St Martins Pr

A strange, haunting story of two ill-starred lovers, set against the backdrop of the religious upheaval of Henry VIII's time. Hazel, a peasant girl marked by the witches' brand and a dangerous beauty, loves Black John, an outlaw and aristocrat, whom she rescues from the gallows. Together they struggle to survive a world in which brutal death awaits at every corner, and stumble along a fateful collision towards a harrowing climax. Winner of the First Georgette Heyer Historical Novel Prize founded in memory of Georgette Heyer by Bodley Head and Corgi Books. Rhona Martin's remarkable first novel won the award in 1977, its first year, in competition with 150 entries.

Gallows wedding

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

The Bodley Head

The Unicorn Summer

Contemporary

Coward, McCann, Geoghegan

When Joanna Pengerran fled Buxford as a child to escape her murderous stepfather, she took refuge among the tinkers. The proud and wilful scion of a great family, she grows up with only one ambition: vengeance on the man who usurped her father. To this end, she carves a niche for herself in the Elizabethan underworld. Across her path blunders Angel, a fugitive from prejudice and superstition. It is a meeting destined to disrupt both their lives, to change them in ways they could never have foreseen.

The Unicorn Summer (U) (Ulverscroft Large Print Series)

Romance

Ulverscroft

In 1940, Sam McLeod returned to England after surviving six months on the Atlantic run. As he reached the street where his wife and young daughter lived, a terrifying air-raid began. Tragically, in the aftermath, Sam found his daughter's dead body in the rubble. He then unearthed a dying woman, who begged him to search for her young daughter. Finding the child, Sam took her to his caravan and decided to bring her up as his own. But as the little girl grew into womanhood, the love they felt for each other turned into desire...

Mango Walk (U) (Ulverscroft Large Print Series)

<p>There are many different kinds of historical novel - the family saga, the romance, the nostalgia novel, the adventure story, the 'straight' historical. However you may decide to handle your chosen theme it is essential that the novel is well-constructed and believable, with a strong sense of period and a storyline which keeps the reader turning the pages. In this revised edition Rhona Martin takes you through the painstaking, but enjoyable, research needed to establish both convincing background and characters, looks at ways of handling dialogue and language effectively and offers excellent advice on all aspects of structuring and crafting your work. The book concludes with a collection of hints and observations from a number of leading historical novelists, including Rosemary Sutcliff, Elizabeth Harris, Winston Graham and Jean Plaidy.</p>

Writing Historical Fiction (Writing Series)

Talman Co

Gallows Wedding

Literary

Mereo Books

Escribir novela histórica (Paidos manuales de escritura) (Spanish Edition)

History & Criticism

Ediciones Paidós

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