C. P. Lesley, Novelist

Interview with Clare McHugh, author of The Romanov Brides, a novel about the future Empress Alexandra and her siblings

Interview with Stephanie Dray about her latest novel, about the life of Frances Perkins: "Becoming Madam Secretary"

A look at long-term historical attitudes that contribute to Russian imperialism, including in modern-day Ukraine

New Books Network interview with Andrea Penrose about The Diamond of London, a novel about Lady Hester Stanhope

Deeper look at The Merchant's Tale, a historical novel co-written by P.K. Adams and C.P. Lesley and released in mid-November 2023

The latest Uhtred book by Bernard Cornwell: a study of daily life in Saxon England, with recipes

Author interview with Alix Christie, whose "The Shining Mountains" explores family & racial conflict in the 19th-century US Northwest

Revisiting the question of historical invention with a specific example from my own work in progress, Song of the Steadfast

On the challenges of telling a story when real life offers more drama than making stuff up