Authors: C.C. Humphreys
Fire (34 page)
The good thing about writing books set a year apart is that the background reading is already done. So most of the texts I read for
Plague
were still useful for
Fire.
The first three below, especially the wonderful one by Bell, made the difference.
ON THE FIRE:
Bell, Walter George,
The Great Fire of London
(London: Folio Society, 2003)Hanrahan, David. C,
Colonel Blood
(Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2003)Tinniswood, Adrian,
By Permission of Heaven
(London: Pimlico; new edition, 2004)
ON LONDON:
Ackroyd, Peter,
London: The Biography
(London: Chatto & Windus, 2000)Hyde, Ralph (ed.),
The A to Z of Restoration London
(London: London Topographical Society, 1992)Picard, Liza,
Restoration London: Everyday Life in London 1660â1670
(London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003)Porter, Stephen,
Pepys's London: Everyday Life in London 1650â1703
(Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing, 2011)
ON THE TIME PERIOD:
Capp, B.S.,
The Fifth Monarchy Men: A Study in Seventeenth-Century EngliÂshMilÂlenarÂianism
(London: Faber & Faber, 1972)Friedman, Jerome,
Blasphemy, Immorality and Anarchy: The Ranters and the English Revolution
(Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1987)Gyford, Phil (ed.), The Diary of Samuel Pepys,
www.âpepysdiary.âcom
(advertised on the gyford website)Hill, Christopher,
The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution
(London: Penguin Books, 1972)Miller, John,
The English Civil Wars: Roundheads, Cavaliers and the Execution of a King
(London: Constable & Robinson, 2009)Palmer, Tony,
Charles II: Portrait of an Age
(West Sussex: Littlehampton Book Services, 1979)Pennington, Donald and Keith Thomas (eds),
Puritans and Revolutionaries: Essays in Seventeenth-century History Presented to Christopher Hill
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978)Purkiss, Diane,
The English Civil War: A People's History
(London: HarperPress, 2006)
ON THE PLAGUE:
Defoe, Daniel,
A Journal of the Plague Year,
with notes by Louis Landa and introduction by David Roberts (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010)Porter, Stephen,
The Great Plague
(Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing, 2009)
ON THE THEATRE:
Etherege, George,
The Man of Mode,
translated by John Barnard (London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2007)Fisk, Deborah Payne (ed.),
The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009)Speaight, George,
Punch and Judy: A History
(West Sussex: Littlehampton Book Services, 1970)
THE BIBLE:
Daniel
and
The Revelation of St John the Divine. King James Bible.
(Nashville: Holman Bible, 1973)
CHRIS (C.C.) HUMPHREYS was born in Toronto and grew up in the United Kingdom. He has acted all over the world and appeared on stages ranging from London's West End to Hollywood's Twentieth Century Fox.
Humphreys began his writing career as a playwright. His first play,
A Cage Without Bars,
won the inaugural 24-Hour Playwriting Competition in Vancouver, and was then produced at Performance Works Vancouver, and later at the London fringe theatre, The Finborough. His second,
Glimpses of the Moon,
was commissioned and then produced by Lunchbox Theatre in Calgary. Humphreys recently adapted his novel
Shakespeare's Rebel
for the stage and it was produced at Vancouver's Bard on the Beach Festival in 2015.
The author of ten novels of historical fiction, Humphreys' books have garnered bestseller status and critical acclaim across North America.
The French Executioner
was runner up for the CWA Steel Dagger for Thrillers in 2002 and has been optioned for the screen. Humphreys' books featuring the character Jack Absoluteâthe James Bond of the 1770sâare entitled
Jack Absolute, The Blooding of Jack Absolute
and
Absolute Honour,
the last of which was shortlisted for the 2007 Evergreen Award by the Ontario Library Association. His novel,
Vlad, The Last Confession
about the real Dracula was an international bestseller. As well as his adult fiction, Humphreys is also the author of several works for young adults: the trilogy of
The Runestone Saga,
and
The Hunt of the Unicorn.
In Fall 2016,
The Hunt of the Dragon
will be published. His books have been translated into more than thirteen languages.
His novel
Plague
was released by Doubleday Canada in 2014.
Humphreys lives on Salt Spring Island, B.C., with his wife and young son. You can connect with him at
www.âcchumphreys.âcom
.
