Episode Details

A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women.

In this episode we talk about:

• The attractions of the Regency romance
• Jeannelle’s earlier works, especially a novel set in the Vilna ghetto during WWII
• Jewish influences in her writing
• Jeannelle’s background as a student of history
• Sexuality and PTSD in the Regency era
• The National Trust’s website on queer history in the UK
• Finding queer-coded characters in childhood favorite books
• Researching war in Waterloo diaries of British soldiers
• The path through British historical YA fiction that leads to a study of imperial and colonial history
• Horses and swords--it always comes back to horses and swords
• Future projects: more about Nora and Harriet, gender-bending Kit Marlowe, World War I flying aces, and lesbian pirates
• Books mentioned
  • The Covert Captain: Or, A Marriage of Equals by Jeannelle M. Ferreira
  • A Verse from Babylon by Jeannelle M. Ferreira (out of print)
  • Dramatis Personae by Jeannelle M. Ferreira (novelette, out of print)
  • Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
  • Spring Flowering by Farah Mendlesohn

A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.)

Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online

• Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
• Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
• RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
• Twitter: @LesbianMotif
• Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
• The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon

Links to Heather Online

• Website: http://alpennia.com
• Email: Heather Rose Jones
• Twitter: @heatherosejones
• Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

Links to Jeannelle M. Ferreira Online

• Website: Jeannelle Writes
• Twitter: @JeannelleWrites