![]() ![]() I think it’s that texture that makes a place come alive. The clothes!! Always the clothes!!! I loved all of it to be honest, the details of daily life are what I love about historical fiction – it’s as close to time travel as we can get. Which of these little details did you love researching the most about? You made each detail shine through elegantly. Aside from the political and scientific history ingrained in the book, the details about the period also matter, from food, clothes, smells, to furniture. There was so much to work with, I knew it was the right choice. I’d been debating a historical setting versus a secondary fantasy world, but the more I read into Paris of the revolution the more it felt like a fantastical world that really happened – a new calendar, a new currency, all social and political certainties up ended. ![]() I decided to set the trilogy at that point when I started looking further into the history. My first detailed encounter was through Hilary Mantel’s A Place of Greater Safety, which I first read when I was 22. It seems like one of those things that’s always been in my mental narrative of world history. I have absolutely no idea when I first learnt about the French revolution. A post shared by Katherine did you first learn about the French revolution and when did you first decide you would set your novels in that period? ![]()
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