Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago

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In which I muse about what fiction may (or may not) have taught me about the country I was born in.

#historicalfiction #britishhistory #booktube #fictionalhistory #walterscottprize

Books discussed:

Boudica Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott

The Emperor’s Babe by Bernadine Evaristo

Katherine by Anya Seton

Cecily by Annie Garthwaite

The Pretender by Jo Harkin

Dissolution by C J Sansom

Restoration by Rose Tremain

As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann

Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor

The Warlow Experiment by Alix Nathan