Ellen Alpsten Writers' Workshop: From Fact to Fiction - how to make your historical novel work

No other genre than ever-popular historical fiction offers the triple 'E' of entertainment, education and escapism. The fine balance to strike between bodice-rippers and dry recital of events though can strike terror in the heart of a beginner novelist. Author Ellen Alpsten of the bestselling Tsarina series on how to fill a strict historical framework with a vivid imagery of larger-than-life characters.