Official website for Historical Fiction author Daniel Agnew

About

Welcome to my website. Here I hope to share a bit more about myself with the people who are interested. You can follow my blog here to hear my thoughts on history, writing and why we should all be reading Gaelic poetry. But for now, a bit more about me personally. Ancient History, sword fighting, juggling, surfing—let’s just say…

Contact

You are welcome to contact me using the form below which will go to my email. You can also reach me on Facebook @danielagnewauthor and Twitter @danagnewauthor.

Penny Dreadful: a syncretic masterpiece

I think the reason I enjoyed Penny Dreadful so much is because I have planned to do something similar. I’ve planned to get disparate stories related by some overarching culture or connection and fuse them together into something unique—sometimes faithful, sometimes subversive, something that discusses the issues of the originals and yet raises fresh questions…