Kate Braithwaite

  • Introducing Alex Macbeth and The Red Die

    Introducing Alex Macbeth and The Red Die

    The body of a man with a red die in his pocket is washed ashore near…

  • Cover reveal!

    I’m very excited to get the go ahead from Fireship Press to start using the cover…

  • High Dive by Jonathon Lee

    Although it doesn’t qualify as a historical novel (thankfully – since I can remember 1984 pretty…

  • Book love

    Today I have been writing the historical afterword for my novel and to help me do…

  • 1924, the year that made Hitler

    A quick link to my most recent article for the Historical Novel Society about 1924, the…

  • From Under a Cloud

    Research is a wonderful thing. Looking into late nineteenth century madness (as you do) I came…

  • Nellie Bly

    So my new Work In Progress is set in 1887 when journalist Nellie Bly convinced a…

  • Mrs Engels

    There have been so many books written from the point of view of wives and lovers…

  • My Sunshine Away

    I’ve just read My Sunshine Away by M.O. Walsh for Bookbrowse and very much enjoyed it.…

  • Oprah Book Club pick!

    Oprah Book Club pick!

    I am so happy to see Cynthia Bond’s novel picked up by Oprah Winfrey. It was…