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Eighteenth Century Jewellers – Georgiana Darcy’s London Season & Caroline Bingley’s Coup de Foudre
It seems a long time since I’ve posted about my research while writing books in the Elizabeth...
Historical Novel Society Review of ‘Menace At Pemberley’
Menace At Pemberley (The Elizabeth Bennet Series) Written by Gill Mather Review by Bonnie DeMoss...
The Historical Fiction Company Review of ‘Easter At Netherfield’
Editorial Review: “Easter at Netherfield” Author: Gill Mather Book 3: The Elizabeth Bennet...
Author Devices in Pride & Prejudice
As an avid reader, I’m often struck by the fact that in many books fairly obvious devices are used...
WICKHAM IN IRELAND – GEORGIANA DARCY’S LONDON SEASON
Hi everyone. Research for Easter At Netherfield suggested that 1799 was a very cold year in...
Sixteenth Century Proverbs
I happened to see a most interesting documentary on BBC4 on 3rd June entitled ‘Britain’s Lost...
The Port Of Bristol In The 18th Century
For my novel ‘Easter At Netherfield’, published in January, I had to do quite a lot of research...
Eighteenth Century Inns
Hello and happy January. Whenever I write about characters travelling from place to place, I often...
Eighteenth Century Paper Making
Hello and Happy Christmas. It’s Boxing Day which, as all Jane Austen fans will know, did not exist...
The Origin of the Word ‘Dollar’ and the $ Sign
I discovered the following just to be able to write that a character in my Pride & Prejudice...
Attractions of Eighteenth Century Cambridge
In Easter At Netherfield, the second Pride & Prejudice sequel in my Elizabeth Bennet series,...
Eighteenth Century Veterinary Care
My Pride & Prejudice sequel, ‘Menace At Pemberley’ set in 1798/1799, includes incidents of...
The Value of Eighteenth Century Money
Hello all. So a few more words about the research I’ve carried out for ‘Intrigue At Longbourn’...
Eighteenth Century Legal Practice
As a formerly practising English solicitor of several decades, when writing ‘Intrigue At...
Was There An Assembly Rooms At Meryton?
In the Authors Note and Sources to my first Pride & Prejudice derivative, Intrigue At...
The Gentleman’s Magazine
It’s amazing the little snippets of information you find out when researching a novel. I’m working...
Eighteenth century Flintlock pistols
As autumn takes hold in the East of England and summer holiday stays by and with family are over,...
The place of luck in novel writing
Hello. This is my first blog attempted all on my own, so I hope it works! As I sit tapping away at...
Who or what is ‘Greta’…and who is the charming man who offers her help? Oliver, successful solicitor, three times married ladies man, grapples with his cases, his business partners, and a young girlfriend. Gill Mather swirls a double helix around these two characters in a tale of love, obsession and stalking, gradually leading the reader up unexpected avenues. The author…makes her characters believable…I’d highly recommend Class Of 97.