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Nicky Pellegrino
Tuesday Dec 15, 2009
New Zealand Herald on Sunday
"Rewriting History"
No one is more surprised than Katharine McMahon that she turned out to be a historical novelist. It's not what she intended when she embarked on her literary career 20 years ago. The best-selling author of The Rose of Sebastopol admits her approach to storytelling is "haphazard" rather than methodical. And that's how she's found herself writing about history...(click to continue)
Interviews by Rhiannon Harries
Sunday, 2 August 2009
The Independent
"How We Met: Mary Portas & Katharine McMahon"
Mary and I met almost 20 years ago, when she joined my local theatre group at the Abbey Theatre in St Albans for a production of Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. Initially, she seemed nothing like me. She was already on the board at Harvey Nichols, drove a fast car and was incredibly glamorous, sharp and funny. Meanwhile, there I was with two small children. My first novel had just been accepted but I was still struggling. I was teaching and had just become a magistrate, so it seemed a very straight existence by comparison...(click to continue)
Nicky Pellegrino
Wednesday Sep 16, 2009
New Zealand Herald
"Historical Novel a Class Act"
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It's hardly surprising that this book has zoomed up the New Zealand bestseller lists. Combining costume drama and crime with a spirited heroine and a dash of feminism, it is frightfully good, as they might have said back in 1924.

The story is set in London in the aftermath of World War I as a nation mourns the loss of its bright and beautiful young men ...(click to continue)
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Wendy Holden
26th June 2009
Daily Mail
"Popular Fiction: The Crimson Rooms"
This wonderful book kept me calm during a 24-hour train journey with two young children. During their nap-times, DVD-watching times and, yes, even reading times, I seized it like an alcoholic does white wine (for which it had to be a substitute - the TGV having no buffet). It's a fantastic read: moving, gripping, absorbing and thrillingly sexy...(click to continue)
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