Helen Johnson

After twenty years of writing about Yorkshire's heritage and countryside, I'm now writing historical fiction set in Yorkshire.

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

My latest #histfic reviews for @histnovsoc are out now. How did it feel to be ancient Eyptian Pharoah, Cleopatra? Or early 20th century Aussie Policewoman Fanny Cocks? Or a child orphaned in the Great War? Read at https://t.co/gCXPnpJ89A

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

I'm delighted to have written a guest blog for #histfic site The History Quill. Go to https://t.co/0ONAj91Mou to discover how historical lovers must evade the dreaded Chaperone.

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

My new #histfic reviews are out for @histnovsoc. Both explore how far belief will take a mortal: one about Aphrodite, the other about Scotland's 17th century Covenanters.
Read the reviews at https://t.co/gCXPnpJFZ8

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

Did King Harold really marry Margaret, Morcar's sister in the TV show #KingandConqueror? Yes, and no. Read about Morcar's sister, and the real Margaret at https://t.co/icTfXiYvUB

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

After the torture of watching BBC TV's #KingAndConqueror, I've written a blog about the more exiting history, that they left out.
https://t.co/lDM4dm3OER

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

After the torture of watching BBC TV's King and Conqueror, I've written a blog about the more exiting history, that they left out.
https://t.co/lDM4dm3OER

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

I am delighted that @AnnieWHistory's excellent review has received many readers. https://t.co/D0BhzU72dl #KingandConqueror.
Here is my explanation of the civil war that didn't happen: with Northumbria, not Mercia. https://t.co/eu2FEBaaaz

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

Got a lot of sympathy with this guy. I too got to episode 2 of @KingAndConqueror, and thought, this is so bad, I can't carry on. @Laugh_Cavalier explains why.https://t.co/sS6nf0s36I

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

Annie points up historical inaccuracies. It matters because the real story is far more interesting than this made-up tosh. The costumes and sets are rubbish too. What is the BBC thinking??

[Historia – the HWA @HistoriaHWA]

10 things wrong with King & Conqueror.
Historian Annie Whitehead lists the biggest historical sins of episode 1.
Why do they matter?
"Normally I can forgive some inaccuracies if the story is good." But this... isn't.
More: https://t.co/nEXmvNNvRa
@AnnieWHistory #KingandConqueror

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

Agreed. They couldn't even get a simple thing like this right. With pictures, too!

[Thijs Porck @thijsporck]

Bayeux Tapestry vs BBC's #KingAndConqueror on Harold and William's facial hair #moustachemismatch

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

I so agree! What on earth was the BBC thinking of?!

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

I agree with every word from Annie Whitehead here.https://t.co/D0BhzU72dl
Such a lost opportunity to tell the real story - which is far more twisty and intrigueing than the tosh on the TV.

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

My lastest batch of #Historicalfiction reviews, especially written for @histnovsoc, are out now at https://t.co/gCXPnpJ89A. As ever, a wide variety, from 11th to 20th century.

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

I'm delighted to have written a guest blog for History Quill, about author bios - and how some are so intrigueing, they've made me immediately buy that book! Read it at https://t.co/SRY8zJ4q63

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

I was delighted to see that Sarah Marsh's A Sign of Her Own has been longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize. I reviewed it last year, and the story has stayed with me.https://t.co/78g0ICjmMH

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

@FionaWhyte5 I loved how you brought the era to life.

[Historical Novel Society @histnovsoc]

'Based on a 5th century BC legend of a beautiful peasant’s role in a war between rival Chinese states. A contrast of aching beauty and visceral brutality.'
#EditorsChoice: A Song to Drown Rivers by @AnnLiangY, review by @Yorkshirewriter
https://t.co/JIIqJOMLqQ

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

There's another crop of #histfic reviews out, at https://t.co/gCXPnpJ89A My reviews range from a stunning evocation of ancient China, to an easy reading romance that slips effortlessly from modern Wales to Roman Britain. Head over to the HNS website ro read more.

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

Hallo, and I've been to ancient Rome, Viking Ireland, Victorian Yorkshire and 20th C Europe for #histfic reviews for @histnovsoc at https://t.co/gCXPnpJ89A

[Helen Johnson @Yorkshirewriter]

The latest historical novel reviews are out now, at https://t.co/gCXPnpJFZ8