English Historical Fiction Authors

by M.M. Bennetts Anyone who has thrilled to the dramas of naval derring-do such as Horatio Hornblower or Master and Commander will...

By Lauren Gilbert A ticket to the washing of the lions, London 1857 (A prank first recorded 1698) Somehow, I thought of April Fool...

by Lauren Gilbert On my first trip to England, one of the first things I wanted to try was Indian food, particularly curry.   I used...

by M.M. Bennetts During the last years of the 18th century and well into the early 19th century, as female literacy and affluence increas...

For the bulk of English history, organized and centralized law enforcement was conspicuously lacking, even in London, a city hardly free fr...