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Welcome to my blog, where I share my fascination with the history of Swansea and Gower, reflections on the art of writing historical fiction, and recommendations for novels that bring the past vividly to life.
Whether you’re drawn by the region’s industrial heritage, curious about the creative process behind historical storytelling, or simply looking for your next great read, I hope you’ll find something here to inspire you.
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Gower is a remote peninsula with diverse landscapes: lush cliff top farmland, shady woods, scrubby commons, salt marshes and perilous rocky coves interspersed with long sandy beaches. Isolated from the city and port of Swansea, its inhabitants have always lived off the land and the sea.
The weather...
East Germany, 1989. Why are some people desperate to leave while others are determined to stay? And how love can tie your hands.
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Lolita, an Indian medical student from a family of staunch communists, is admired from afar by two young men. Armando, a contract worker from Mozambique, dreamy and slow...
When a female artist is obsessed by her art how do her loved ones react? And what endures after her death?
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1937. After she is forced to give up her baby for adoption, Rose flees rural Wales to pursue her love of art in London. In the ruins of the post-war city, she marries insurance agent Ron, but...
If you are, like me, an avid reader of historical fiction, you might find your bookish friends dismissive of the genre and focussed on reading contemporary novels.
Worse, as a writer of historical fiction, the weight of research and the striving for accuracy...
Can an artistic and romantic connection survive political conflict? Ingenue and aspiring artist Rose is beguiled by Italian painter Renzo, but his secret past and mixed loyalties threaten to sever their burgeoning love affair.
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Manchester, 1936. Longstanding Italian and Jewish communities in the city...