Tag Archives: Tudor History

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

The Groundlings of Divine Will by Daniel Staniforth

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Rebsie

“We are the collective pronoun not to be named; the sacred amalgam, the response harbingers around the fringes of refinery. We are informers and fetishists, sycophants and revolutionaries, the pliant in the trenches of experience, the silent mummers in supplication … Continue reading →

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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: Tudor History

Writing the Unicorn: The Paradox of Historical Fiction

The Groundlings of Divine Will by Daniel Staniforth

Tudor History – Give me the Warts!

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