English Historical Fiction Authors

by Deborah Swift I wondered if my 17th century equivalent would open her closet and sigh the way I did, when someone invited me to a par...

by Maria Grace Clothing made a (Wo)man Ackermann's 1809 During the Regency era, fairly strict rules defined how a lady of qualit...

by Carol McGrath I am fascinated by clothing and fabrics sold by drapers and merchants during the late medieval and early Tudor period. Wo...

By Deborah Swift My novels often include references to the growing of flax and also to linen, which is the cloth produced from it. It...

by Lauren Gilbert   Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame by Henri Drouais   Regency novels frequently refer to “tambour fra...

by Lauren Gilbert When the name Ackermann's comes to mind, the first thing one thinks of is the fashion plate, the beautifully drawn i...

by LUCINDA BRANT The term “metrosexual” was coined by Mark Simpson to describe a man (especially one living in an urban, post-industria...

by Diane Scott Lewis Undergarments Revealed, 17th and 18th Century. Determined to do accurate research on my historical novels, the mos...

by LUCINDA BRANT It is often assumed that the wig* of the 17th and 18th centuries was the preserve of the aristocracy, “an aristocratic o...