#historicalfiction

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George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008) – author, historian, journalist, screenwriter – was born , 2 April, 1925

“His dedication to strongly researched stories, built firmly on a bedrock of historical fact, but always with an eye to the humour of a situation, was the core of what appealed to me”

Historical novelist Michael Jecks discusses George MacDonald Fraser’s writing for the Royal Literary Fund:

https://www.rlf.org.uk/showcase/not-a-serious-writer/

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His dedication to strongly researched stories, built firmly on a bedrock of historical fact, but always with an eye to the humour of a situation, was the core of what appealed to me when I was young. It still appeals, and I read his books with as much pleasure now as I did 40 years ago. But the strongest influence that his writing had on me was not a matter of style or stance. It was more existential than that. Were it not for his glorious Flashman books, I believe, I would not have made my own first halting attempts at writing novels, and I would not be a writer today. Michael Jecks is the author of 40 historical novels, including the Templar Series, the Vintener Trilogy and the Jack Blackjack Tudor crime mysteries.

"...an entertaining and disturbingly informative novel. I had no idea of the pressure people endured going through residency programs"
-- of THE COMMITTEE WILL KILL YOU NOW

For , I thought I'd just post a reminder that I wrote a novel for and non-physicians alike and it came out a few months ago

https://www.amazon.com/Committee-Will-Kill-You-Now-ebook/dp/B0CFM6VZS7/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

an image of the lower portion of a woman's face, holding her finger up to her lips in the "shhh" symbol. In bottom right is the image of the book cover for THE COMMITTEE WILL KILL YOU NOW by JL Lycette. text: "an entertaining and disturbingly informative novel. I had no idea of the pressure people endured going through residency programs."--Goodreads review

For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain

30 March, BBC Radio 4, & thereafter on BBC Sounds

Adapted from Victoria Mackenzie’s 2023 debut novel exploring belief, power, femininity & the vital importance of books

England, 1413. Two extraordinary individuals come together in Norwich &, comparing their experiences of faith & family, secure a legacy that will ring through the ages.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xwph

There's some say Jennie Redteeth isn't a girl at all, but kin to Jenny Greenteeth out in the swamp, a vengeful spirit born of the abuse the street and the workhouses inflict on children, a raging ball of teeth and nails and rags sometimes settling in human shape. Even if she's just a girl, and the story of her being thrown out of the workhouse with a matron's blood still dripping down her chin is true, that's terrifying enough. You earn a name like Jennie Redteeth, one way or another, and that leads to thoughts of how that name might have been earned, and those are not comfortable thoughts, no indeed they are not.




https://ko-fi.com/andrewragland

The Bappers aren't just delivery drivers for a bakery in the East End of London in 1856, they're a family. The owner has hired folks that might have had a hard time finding work elsewhere - a butch lesbian, a recent immigrant from the Caymans, a young Turkish man studying to be an imam, a semi-feral teenage girl who might be a spirit of vengeance - and they're willing to fight back when a big firm literally muscles in on the area, using strong-arm tactics to force customers to switch bakeries. Follow their defense of their home, and how they carry the fight to a larger, more well-funded enemy in , serial fiction in the Dickens mode, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewragland - the first scene is free, and a subscription of US$1 gets you 21 scenes at this moment, each in plain text, EPUB, PDF, and MP3 audio.

Once again the of the Invasion of 1797, aka the last invasion of the British mainland by a foreign army, is upon us.

I currently have an article in preparation with Literature & History. So while they are getting it ready for publication later this year, enjoy this pre-print version now. In this article, I discuss three historical novels about the invasion and their radically different outlook.

Direct download of the paper:
https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:63597/

Long read on my blog, if you don't want to download:
https://bydbach.hcommons.org/a-very-improbable-and-imaginative-fiction-fictionalising-the-french-invasion-of-fishguard/

Memorial stone for Jemima Nicholas, alleged Fishguard heroine, who was honoured with this memorial erected in St Mary's churchyard on the occasion of the centenary of the event. Nobody knows her actual grave.

Can Adelphos forgive himself and open his heart to love once again?

When an unusually talented bull leaper arrives at the ancient Minoan city of Phaistos, Adelphos is torn between his desire for the new man, his guilt-plagued commitment to his dead lover – and his fear of the powerful goddess he has offended.

When even his closest friends and family can’t get through to him, will this new love be powerful enough to break the hold of the anguish in his heart?
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A gentle tale of grief and redemption, this MM romance is very lightly steamy, heavily angsty, and full of longed-for happy endings.

A paperback copy of Leap! A Love Story by Laura Perry, surrounded by text connected to the book with arrows. The text reads "ancient Minoans, gay romance, bull leapers, pagan ritual, pining and angst, happy ending."
A paperback copy of Leap! A Love Story by Laura Perry, surrounded by text connected to the book with arrows. The text reads "ancient Minoans, gay romance, bull leapers, pagan ritual, pining and angst, happy ending."

The priestess.
The temple she serves.
The people and the gods she loves.

Having given up her only child and her very identity to become a priestess in ancient Crete, an idealistic young woman struggles to find meaning in the day-to-day life of the temple; but when she is chosen to be the next High Priestess, she must call on both mystical and practical skills to protect her people from the encroaching Mycenaeans, who want to destroy the Minoans’ way of life.

A tale that's more relevant now than ever.

Details on my website (link in bio).

A paperback copy of The Last Priestess of Malia surrounded by snippets of text with arrows pointing to the book. The text reads "ancient Minoans, historical fiction, matriarchal culture, pagan rituals, powerful priestesses, culture clash, sorry, no happy ending (you've been warned)."