FICTION

Katharine McMahon with Paul Blezard

Katharine McMahon’s lifelong love of stories comes across passionately and vibrantly in all her books, from Footsteps through The Alchemist’s Daughter to her newly updated mid-nineteenth century tale of love and war, The Rose of Sebastopol, set in the Crimea and rooted in Katharine’s fascination with Florence Nightingale, whose 200th birth anniversary we mark with this timely interview.