Margaret George's Blog

Margaret is no longer blogging at this time, but you can enjoy some of her terrific posts through the years. Please enjoy!

I’ve had the most wonderful April, with ELIZABETH I’s publication on April 5, followed by an in-person national tour that took me to Dallas, Chicago, the West Coast, and Washington DC, as well as nearby places in Wisconsin.  I loved meeting my readers—some of whom had traveled quite a distance to get there, a very […]

Did anyone else see “Midnight in Paris?”  Were they as taken with it as I was?  Of course, we historical novelists all want to find that magical time machine that will whisk us back to the past and plonk us right down in the company of our characters.  It was a charming movie that asked […]

I’ve often given talks with titles like “In the footsteps of” …and found that audiences love hearing about my research and seeing the photos from the sites associated with my characters—as well as reliving some of the adventures of getting there. It’s been suggested that I could lead an actual tour, rather than a virtual […]

This week I lined up with some of the approximately 30,000 people who are expected to view the Elizabeth Taylor collection of jewels, clothes, art works and memorabilia before they are auctioned in mid-December. The throngs were so great we needed timed tickets; the showing was at Christie’s at Rockefeller Center. Oh my…La Liz had […]

The last weekend in April (Friday April 27 and Saturday April 28) I’ll be at the 7th Annual Newburyport Literary Festival in Newburyport, Massachusetts. I was kindly invited by fellow novelist Anne Easter Smith to join her in a panel on “Truth in Fiction: Telling Her Story in History” at 1 pm on Saturday, along […]

Do we need rescuing?  A recent mention of Hilary Mantel’s 2009 novel “Wolf Hall” in The Economist said, “the book captured the upheavals of the Tudor period and was a critical and popular hit that rescued historical fiction from its bodice-ripper reputation.” Whoa!  There’s only been one novel that isn’t a bodice ripper, and that’s […]

In honor of Henry VIII’s birthday in June, we are offering $200 off the Tudor Tour if you bring a friend, for both of you. Help Henry celebrate and sign up!

I am thrilled to be speaking at the Tower of London on October first.  I’ll be in the White Tower—that’s the square one in the middle, the oldest and original part—at  6:30 p.m. after the Tower closes for the night and the tourists depart.  Lots of ghosts there, including the little princes who met their […]

I’ve just been informed that my talk at the Tower is now sold out.  Wow.  It’s very exciting but now I can start to get nervous.  Thanks to all of you who have signed up, and I look forward to seeing you.