Steve Couch and Sophie Beal chat with Steve Cox, author of the Tom Tyler historical fiction series, set against the backdrop of the English Civil War. Steve (Cox) shares his fascination with the impact of the war on his own area, Dorset, and the challenges of being true to historical events but filling in the gaps that history has left.Find episodes on Youtube, Apple and other podcasting platforms as well. https://linktr.ee/beneaththepagewww.stevecox.co.ukOur own Pinterest board on the English Civil War (with material from Steve): https://www.pinterest.com/beneaththepage4/ Writers Sophie Beal and Steve Couch sit down with a different author in each episode of Beneath the Page, hoping to discover the person behind their books.While Steve is the author of novels Dead Man Singing and Foul and Fair, Sophie is the director of Cadence PublishingNew episodes every 2 weeks.Remember to Subscribe. If you enjoy this podcast, please leave a review and help other people find it. Sound engineer: David Bealwww.stevecouch.co.ukwww.cadencepublishing.comMelody – Luke Bergs & Waesto | https://soundcloud.com/bergscloud/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Steve and Sophie are joined by the prolific Kathleen McGurl. Her successful novels usually have one foot in history and one in the present. The latest, The Lost Diamond, dwells on the last days of the British Raj.

Kathleen talks about the ex-pat reaction to Indian Independence and going 'home', parent-child relationships, and the practicalities of weaving together two stories set in different periods and making a satisfying whole.

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Remastered version of episode first released on 25th April 2025. Improved audio.

Steve Couch and Sophie Beal talk with author Alice G May about the first book in her new series The Resistance Girls, the secret real-life history that inspired it, and how her house falling down led her to start writing.

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