The world of historical fiction lost one of its best contributors yesterday.

Jo Beverley’s books covered the Medieval, Georgian, and Regency periods in scope and did them all with depth, humor, and a sense of time suspended. 

Her characters became three-dimensional fri...

Mention Gretna Green to any fan of Regency or Georgian novels and they instantly see a mental image of young couples racing to the Scottish border for a clandestine marriage. As Valentine’s day approaches it seemed only right to share the background of Gretna Green for...

The odd bits of information I come across while researching details for my stories are often fascinating and sometimes amusing. One story that made me chuckle, and made me include him as a background character, was known as the Berner Street Hoax.

Theodore Hook was a...