How I Do Historical Research for Writing Historical Fiction

In which I talk about how I do historical research . . .

Books and Things Mentioned

My video on Non-fiction Books About Victorian Britain:    • Wonderful Non-fiction Books About Vic...  

Governess: The Lives and Times of the Real Jane Eyres, Ruth Brandon:   / 1931504.governess  

The Victorian House, Judith Flanders:   / 969382.the_victorian_house  

How to be a Victorian, Ruth Goodman:   / how-to-be-a-victorian  

British History 1815–1914, Norman McCord and Bill Purdue:   / british-history-1815-1914-2-e   2

Victorianweb.org: https://victorianweb.org/

Pen and Sword publishers: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/

Google Books: https://books.google.com/

Books I used from Google Books:
Domestic Medicine, William Buchan (1848): https://www.google.co.uk/books/editio...
Hints to Governesses, By One of Themselves (1856): https://www.google.co.uk/books/editio...
Governess Life, its Trials, Duties and Encouragements, Mary Atkinson Maurice (1849): https://www.google.co.uk/books/editio...

The British Library: https://www.bl.uk/

Gladstone’s Library: https://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/

Culture & Society in Britain 1850–1890, J.M. Golby:   / culture-and-society-in-britain-1850-1890  

Industrialisation & Culture, 1830–1914, edited by Christopher Harve, Graham Martin & Aaron Scharf:   / industrialisation-and-culture-1830---1914  

Victorian & Edwardian Somerset by Robert Dunning:   / victorian-edwardian-somerset  

My Novels That Inspired The Secrets of Hartwood Hall video:    • Novels that Inspired The Secrets of H...  

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë:   / 10210.jane_eyre  

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë:   / 337113.the_tenant_of_wildfell_hall  

Agnes Grey, Anne Brontë:   / 298230.agnes_grey  

The Woodlanders, Thomas Hardy:   / 341281.the_woodlanders  

Ghosts and Legends of South Somerset, George F. Munford:   / ghosts-and-legends-of-south-somerset  

The Etymologicon, Mark Forsyth:   / the-etymologicon  

The Story of English in 100 Words, David Crystal:   / the-story-of-english-in-100-words  

Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/

Etymology dictionary online: https://www.etymonline.com/

Ngram: https://books.google.com/ngrams/

Currency converter: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/c...

English Heritage: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/

National Trust: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/

Corsham Court: https://www.corsham-court.co.uk/

My Debut Novel

My debut novel, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall, is OUT NOW.
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