Archive for November 2015

Names

Hi, Jo Beverley here talking about names. I recently posted on Facebook asking for suggestions for a first name for my current hero. He'...

Jane Austen Someone asked me what had inspired my new book, Jane Austen Lives Again , the other day, and it took me a moment to think about ...

Knole at Sevenoaks Virginia Woolf at The Knole I visit Sevenoaks, Kent, several times a year since I love to picnic or walk in Knole. The...

On the outskirts of Newbury, not far from the Great Bath Road (or the A4, now that we are no longer travelling in horse-drawn carriages) the...

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VICTORIA HOLT FOREVER Last month I wrote about my early love affair with Jean Plaidy and her historical novels. Naturally after this introdu...

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Front view This was my first visit to Audley End but it certainly won't be my last. When we arrived I felt like a child at a fairground ...

Minor characters are always fun to write and in my new book, House of Shadows , I have an “offstage” character, Lady Evershot, who is modell...

In 1809, Lord Byron arrived in Albania. As I've just visited Albania myself - where I kept coming across him - I thought you might enjoy...