Day 13 of #HistFicXmas and the most dysfunctional family scene in my books. I suppose - so far - I'd have to go back to A Redoubtable Citadel for this one. Paul and Anne have enjoyed their time with the children but all good things come to an end... #histfic www.lynnbryant.co.uk/a-family-row...
Almost caught up with #HistFicXmas today. Day 12 asks about the happiest family scene in my books. This is from book 4, A Redoubtable Citadel, where Paul van Daan is reunited with his children and his father after several years apart. www.lynnbryant.co.uk/a-family-reu...
Day 11 of #HistFicXmas asked about my MCs family. I realised I can't describe the Van Daans in a few sentences so I wrote a blog post about them...
www.lynnbryant.co.uk/the-van-daan...
Day 10 of #HistFicXmas asks how Christmas or Winter was celebrated in my era. Very often, my lot are in winter quarters but at home a lot of the customs would seem familiar to us today as this post explains. #histfic
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Day 9 of #HistFicXmas asks which historical era I write about. It's well known that I'm a Napoleonic girl through and through with the Peninsular War Saga and the Manxman but in my early days I wrote a Victorian and a 16th century romance so I can break out occasionally...
Up to day 8 of #histficxmas and the prompt is about unusual Christmas customs in my books.
The best example of this has to be my 2019 Christmas short story which was set in the Isle of Man in 1809-10. I loved researching this story... #histfic
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Day 7 of #HistFicXmas asked if I prefer to write about summer or winter. I write about events in whatever season they happened to take place but some of my best scenes are set in winter weather. Marching an army through a muddy retreat or a freezing coach journey in winter...
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#histficxmas day 6 is a simple question. Am I a winter or summer person?
Definitely prefer summer. I don't mind the winter weather so much but the constant darkness really gets me down. I like long, light evenings.
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Day 5 of #HistFicXmas asks if any of my books feature Christmas.
Quite a few of them do, but of course I also publish a free Christmas story every year on my website as a gift to my readers. My most popular one so far has been the Gift in 2021. #histfic
www.lynnbryant.co.uk/the-gift/
On to Day 3 of #histficxmas and which of my books would make great Christmas gifts? The answer is any of them 🤣🤣🤣
However, I'd recommend the first book in either series for anybody new to my books. Or if you have a Regency romance fan in your life, either of my Regencies would be good.
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#HistFicXmas day2.
Currently working on book 9 of the #PeninsularWarSaga. Set during 1813 when Wellington's army is poised to invade France. Good for Major-General van Daan but not for Colonel Bonnet on the other side of that border.
#HistFicXmas Day 5. Do any of my books feature Christmas celebrations?
Not so much as you would notice. John Williamson marks Christmas as he sales to India in mybook.to/Cawnpore (see next post)
#HistFicXmas Day 4 'Tales of Empire' makes an ideal stocking filler: four historical short stories by writers with an enthusiasm for the 19th century. It's just 81 pages but, at £2.99 in paperback, cheaper than some Christmas cards. mybook.to/TalesofEmpire
#HistFicXmas Day 2 (late)
My last #histfic was another about James Burke, loosely based on an actual spy. Burke and the Lines of Torres Vedras came out in April. It's set around the building of the Lines, constructed in complete secrecy, despite Lisbon being stiff with spies.
mybook.to/TorresVedras
Time for @histwriters Xmas challenge, #HistFicXmas Each day has a new prompt and writers can share their answers on whichever social media platforms they like. Everybody welcome - get creative so readers can find out more about you and your books...
