Lynette McClenaghan

This is a review of The White Princess by Philippa Gregory, the latest in her Cousin’s War series

A good read, but like the other volumes in the Cousins’ War series, this one is compromised by being overlong. Historical fiction readers expect meticulous detail and the writer’s specific interpretation. Like other volumes of this series the White Princess delivers. This is a revisionist history portraying Henry Tudor as a tyrannical, paranoid ruler and pretender to the throne. It also hints at being anti-royalist.
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As winter sets in the tone of the first newsletter is of cold nights by the fire and Gothic landscapes under grey skies.

This autumn I released my latest novel, Who’s Watching Samantha? a tale of supernatural horror. Since completing the novella, The Lester, I am working on a subsequent draft of a companion novella, Lightning Strikes and another untitled story all which will be available second half of 2015. Read the rest of this entry »

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Pitched at VCE students and one of the essay types in the year 12 exam. Read the rest of this entry »

Brilliant re-imagining of Frankenstein myth Read the rest of this entry »

Sleepy Hollow – traditional American Gothic Read the rest of this entry »