It's really important in any historical fiction, I think, to anchor the story in its time. And you do that by weaving in those details, by, believe it or not, by the plumbing.
One always has riches when one has a book to read. - Jacqueline Winspear
One always has riches when one has a book to read.
- Jacqueline Winspear
Stay with the question. The more it troubles you, the more it has to teach you. - Jacqueline Winspear
Stay with the question. The more it troubles you, the more it has to teach you.
Yes, it does make the load rather heavy if you carry tools for every eventuality. - Jacqueline Winspear
Yes, it does make the load rather heavy if you carry tools for every eventuality.
It was Harry Patch, who was the last living World War I veteran; and by veteran I mean someone who actually fought in the war, he didn't just happen … - Jacqueline Winspear
It was Harry Patch, who was the last living World War I veteran; and by veteran I mean someone who actually fought in the war, he didn't just happen …
Never judge a journey by the distance. - Jacqueline Winspear
Never judge a journey by the distance.
a question has the most power before we rush to answer it, when it is still making us think, still testing us. - Jacqueline Winspear
a question has the most power before we rush to answer it, when it is still making us think, still testing us.
It was time to move on, to dance with life again. - Jacqueline Winspear
It was time to move on, to dance with life again.
Shame, isn’t it? That we only like our heroes out in the street when they are looking their best and their uniforms are ‘spit and polished,’ and not … - Jacqueline Winspear
Shame, isn’t it? That we only like our heroes out in the street when they are looking their best and their uniforms are ‘spit and polished,’ and not …
Memories are links in a golden chain that bind us until we meet again. - Jacqueline Winspear
Memories are links in a golden chain that bind us until we meet again.
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