doctornerdington:

beau–brummell:

One of my favourite authors kicking about at the moment is Laura Purcell. She started out writing fairly regular historical fiction (about Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, for example) but earlier this year, she released a gothic novel called The Silent Companions that was seriously unnerving and brilliant and flitted between the 19th and 17th century, giving it a wonderfully OG gothic feel.

She recently released a new book called The Corset. It’s set in about 1830-1840 and is about a teenage murderess who may or may not have had some supernatural help to do her killing. It’s very good so far and what I love about Laura Purcell is that, whilst she clearly knows her history, she doesn’t make it inaccessible and impenetrable to someone who was maybe less familiar.

That sounds right up my alley…