The bestselling authors Tracy Chevalier (Girl with a Pearl Earring) and SJ Parris (Alchemy) compare notes on writing spellbinding historical fiction.
Chevalier’s The Glassmaker is set in Venice, 1486, where Orsola Rosso flouts the convention barring women from glassmaking, to save her family from ruin. She knows her creations must be perfect to be accepted by men – but will she ever earn the respect of those closest to her? Parris’ Traitor’s Legacy takes us to England in 1598, when a young heiress is found murdered at the theatre. Queen Elizabeth’s spymaster calls upon former agent Sophia de Wolfe to investigate, but her quest soon takes her into dangerous waters.
