Cassie McCullagh

And others have done this as well, particularly with this part of French history, Ken Follett's most recent book, which the name of which, of course, has just slipped my mind.

But he covers this era too, using a mix of historical figures and fictional ones.

You say that the gore really was difficult for you.

What are we talking about?

I mean, I know this was a very violent period in France's history.

She goes, look, I've got to go back for some more research, you know, another century of French history.

I've got to go to the accountant.

That's Kate Moss from an interview with RN about her earlier Carcassonne and Languedoc series.

where she's also set this new series, The Burning Chambers.

Now, Fiona, there's also a love story in this.

How important is that to the forward motion of the book and is it successful?

And you've never used that, Fiona Lowe.

Oh, well, we've got Lynne Malcolm here.

And that Ken Follett book I was trying to think of is called A Column of Fire.

Lisa Genova, we should say, is a neuroscientist as well as a novelist.

Her first novel, Still Alice, about a woman with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, was made into a film in 2014.

You might have seen it.

It won Julianne Moore the Academy Award for Best Actress.

That film was directed by Richard Glatzer, who had motor neuron disease and died not long after the Academy Awards.

And she did.