Tag Archives: Hilary Mantel

Writing the Unicorn: The Paradox of Historical Fiction

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Daniel

“Luckily Nicolas didn’t have to answer, as he couldn’t have spoken. I had placed my hand on his bulge, which was as hard as a tree branch. I had never touched one before.” It was at that precise point when … Continue reading →

Posted in British History, British Literature, Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, Recommended reads, Reviews | Tagged American History, Anachronistic, atheism, Bill Watterson, Biography, Braveheart, commercial fiction, Creative license, Dumas, Eco, Elizabeth, English history, Epic, Fantasy, feminism, fiction, Fitch, folklore, Follett, Gibbons, Gladiator, Graves, Hagiography, Hayden White, Hilary Mantel, historical accuracy, Historical Epics, Historical Fiction, historical fiction author, Historical novel, Historicity, Historiography, History, Holinshed, Hugo, humanism, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, literary fiction, Mann, Marcus Aurelius, mediaeval, Medieval, Narrativity, novel, Ortega Y. Gassett, period pieces, Phillipa Gregory, poetic license, pulp fiction, Robespierre, Robin Hood, Roland Barthes, Storytelling, The Passion, The Patriot, The Tudors, The Vikings, Thomas Cromwell, Tracey Chevalier, translation, Tudor History, Unicorn, Vidal, William Wallace, Winston Churchill | 2 Comments

Stoning the Devil by Garry Craig Powell

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Daniel

When Edward Said penned Orientalism in 1978 he professed that Western attitudes towards the Middle East were built on a “constellation of false assumptions” – highlighting the “subtle and persistent Eurocentric prejudice against Arabo-Islamic peoples and their culture.” What has … Continue reading →

Posted in British Literature, Literature, New authors, New books, Recommended reads | Tagged Anita Diamant, Arab culture, Arab History, British fiction, British Literature, British Novel, Cultural Studies, eight months on ghazzah street, fiction, Garry Craig Powell, Hilary Mantel, Islam, Lawrence Durrell, Literary novel, Louise Erdrich, middle-east, Naomi Shihab Nye, novel, novel in stories, Orientalism, Persian Gulf, Post Colonialism, Religion, Short Stories, Stoning the Devil, travel, United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirites | Leave a comment

Tudor History – Give me the Warts!

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Daniel

As someone interested in Tudor history I’m often tempted to have a peek at new television and film adaptations of the period – but have learned to temper my hopes and expectations in doing so. In the old days it … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Uncategorized | Tagged Anne Boleyn, British History, charlton heston, Costume Dramas, duke of anjou, Elizabeth I, Elizabethan, English history, Epic films, Film, Helen Mirren, Henry VIII, henry viii and his six wives, Hilary Mantel, Historic films, Historical Fiction, Historical novel, History, Lady Jane Grey, mary of guise, mary queen of scots, Mary Tudor, Movies, Ray Winstone, Richard Burton, Television Drama, The Tudors, Tudor History, Tudors | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Hilary Mantel

Writing the Unicorn: The Paradox of Historical Fiction

Stoning the Devil by Garry Craig Powell

Tudor History – Give me the Warts!

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