Welcome to the first Sunday Site Sweep. Every Sunday I’l pick a (hopefully!) useful topic and take you on a quick tour of a few sites that are worth checking out. Today, I’ve picked some sites that might prove useful if you’re a writer of historical fiction. (Before the heckling starts, this doesn’t claim to be a Top Five, just an Interesting Five!)
Enjoy 🙂
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Explore-online/Pocket-histories
Among other things, this page is the hub for articles on ‘what was life like in…’ that are a useful starting point for research. The topics have a downloadable PDF and a general wander round the site is well worth it too!
http://the-history-girls.blogspot.co.uk/
To paraphrase what they say about themselves: The History Girls are best-selling, award-winning writers of historical fiction, writing for younger readers through to adults, spanning periods from the Stone Age to World War II and locations from Trondheim to Troy. “We’ll share our thoughts on writing, research, reviews, and all aspects of our work. We love what we do and we want to talk about it. We hope you’ll want to join in!”
http://suewilkes.blogspot.co.uk/
I follow Sue on Twitter @SueWilkesauthor and she always has an ear to the ground for interesting historical snippets. She is an author and creative writing tutor who specialises in family history, social history and literary biography. On her blog she gives a taste of what she is working on or on other history topics that have caught her attention. Well worth a visit for ideas and info.
http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/life-in-middle-ages.htm
This site has info on the middle ages in general, and links on the page above take you to accounts of daily life for people at a range of different social levels.
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonieslife.htm
Ignore the poor images for the links, and the fact the site is for children; there is some good information here on the day to lay life of early colonialists in America.