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Tag: Historical fiction

Magic and the Great Glen
Books / Short Story / Sullatober Dalton / Uncategorized
  • February 13, 2021
  • 3 weeks
Tagged Birlinn, Caledonian canal, Great Glen, Historical fiction, Scotland

Magic and the Great Glen

I suppose the Stuart stories could be set almost anywhere, Miss Walkinshaw, Bonnie Prince Charlie’s mistress was from Glasgow and he died in Rome but it’s the Highlands I want to set them in. I’ve […]

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Double trouble
Books / Sullatober Dalton / Uncategorized
  • January 29, 2021
  • 1 month
Tagged Counter espionage, Historical fiction, Intrigue, James 1 and V1, Plots

Double trouble

I’ve been thinking how to do the Gowrie conspiracy for James VI and wondered if I could have a look-alike for him. I believe Churchill and Montgomery both had one in WW2. IN the conspiracy, […]

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Spirit of a Story
Books / Bubbles in the Cauldron / Short Story / Sullatober Dalton / Uncategorized
  • January 7, 2021
  • 2 months
Tagged Ben Okri, Finding Historical story lines, Historical fiction, Jacobites, Last armed uprising

Spirit of a Story

Characters talking up a story.

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A Sovereign Address
Character Development / Short Story / Sullatober Dalton / Uncategorized
  • January 2, 2021
  • 2 months
Tagged British Sovereignty, Civil war, Downing Street, Historical fiction, Massachusetts

A Sovereign Address

I have often found the throw-away comments in history books to be the some of the most intriguing and The King’s Revenge, by Don Jordan and Michael Walsh, proved no exception. The book deals with […]

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Wolf packs of 1700
Books / Character Development / Sullatober Dalton / Uncategorized
  • December 5, 2020
  • 3 months
Tagged Convoys, Dunkirk, Escort duty, Finding Historical story lines, Historical fiction

Wolf packs of 1700

One interesting facet of the navy of the Stuart era is the introduction of convoys with escorts, much like the U-Boats in WW2. Obviously there were no U-Bots but there were privateers and ships with […]

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Here Vigo
Books / Sullatober Dalton / Uncategorized
  • December 1, 2020
  • 3 months
Tagged Eilean Donan Castle, Historical fiction, N.A.M. Rodger, Naval History, Story lines from history

Here Vigo

In N.A.M. Rodger’s The Command of the Seas I may have found, in the battle of Vigo, the story through which I can introduce the Stuart navy. First some background. After the exhausting wars of […]

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The Highlanders at Cairndhu
Books / Character Development / Sullatober Dalton / Uncategorized
  • November 25, 2020
  • 3 months
Tagged Bonnie Prince Charlie, Eilean Donan Castle, Finding Historical story lines, Glen Coe, Historical fiction

The Highlanders at Cairndhu

While I’m busy with N.A.M. Rodgers naval histories around the Jacobite period, I need to start thinking of what the end will be – just an interest, or the basis for some stories. The first […]

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During the Jacobites
Books / Short Story / Sullatober Dalton / Uncategorized
  • November 21, 2020
  • 3 months
Tagged American History, Canada, dalton, Finding Historical story lines, Historical fiction

During the Jacobites

I don’t know what I would do without N. A. M. Roger and his books like, The Safeguard of the Seas and The Command of the Seas. They are so thoroughly researched with details of […]

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Voyages of discovery?
Books / Character Development / Sullatober Dalton / Uncategorized
  • November 14, 2020
  • 4 months
Tagged Americas, Columbus, dalton, Historical fiction, Historical research

Voyages of discovery?

Scottish fishermen being in the Arctic ocean at the time of the Reformation between the time of Henry VIII and Good Queen Bess has stirred a bee in my bonnet. I’ve felt for some time […]

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So you want John Wayne
Books / Fergus Findlay: Drover / Sullatober Dalton / Uncategorized
  • November 6, 2020
  • 4 months
Tagged Bonnie Prince Charlie, dalton, Highland stories, Historical fiction, John Wayne

So you want John Wayne

I’ve been belabouring Bonnie Prince Charlie and it’s taking me away from my objective of sea stories, so I need to stop. Just one last comment. Someone asked me if I could do a John […]

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