1820
It’s two hundred years since the last armed insurrection on mainland Britain, the setting for Bubbles in the Cauldron, which is just released by Amazon under the name of Graham Dalton. The uprising was the […]
Tag: 1820
More Refugees
While I continue to research the ships of the ’45 and the theme of seafaring I am on the verge of publishing Bubbles in the Cauldron, the historical novel based on the last armed insurrection […]
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Back to the future
I should really be doing more about 1820 but I’m going to take a breather and think about the next project. I enjoy the village stories in Oakhaven and Cairndhu but need to do a […]
Historical reality
1820 from the people’s point of view.
1820
Britain in 1820
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Short story analysis
I’ve talked about the short story competitions in Writing Magazine several times but have yet to give it a try. The trouble is, I’ve other things to write up and there’s no point in submitting […]
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Introduction to rebellion
The background to a new novel set in the 1820 uprising in Scotland
writing tension and security
Moorland, sanctuary or prison?
1820 Scottish Uprising
In 1820, a brooding suspicion lay over the whole country. There were many discharged soldiers unemployed and bitter at the way they had been treated after fighting Napoleon. There were also many, just as bitter, […]
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Critical uprising
Reaction to critique
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Tagged 1820, Clyde, dalton, Glasgow, Last armed uprising