Looking forward to chatting about historical fiction with Katharine McMahon, the author of ‘The Alchemist’s Daughter’ and ‘The Rose of Sebastopol’ at the Manchester Literature Festival on Monday [October 15]. I filmed the Soviet Black Sea Fleet in Sebastopol years ago, and visited the rolling hill and valley where the Light Brigade made its mad charge. Should be lots to talk about, so if you’re in Manchester area, please come and talk about writing and reading historical fiction: Mining The Past.