{"id":18458,"date":"2022-10-12T11:27:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T09:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=217359"},"modified":"2022-10-13T14:00:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T12:00:08","slug":"ian-mcewan-on-writing-historical-novels","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/ian-mcewan-on-writing-historical-novels\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian McEwan on writing historical novels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Emily Briffett\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 12 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><span data-sheets-value=\"'{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Ian\" mcewan=\"\" on=\"\" writing=\"\" historical=\"\" novelsn=\"\" nian=\"\" considers=\"\" the=\"\" responsibility=\"\" of=\"\" novelists=\"\" and=\"\" explores=\"\" how=\"\" we=\"\" collectively=\"\" reflect=\"\" our=\"\" pastn=\"\" nhow=\"\" responsible=\"\" are=\"\" for=\"\" shaping=\"\" public=\"\" understanding=\"\" past=\"\" can=\"\" books=\"\" recreate=\"\" sentiments=\"\" a=\"\" bygone=\"\" era=\"\" in=\"\" conversation=\"\" with=\"\" emily=\"\" briffett=\"\" award-winning=\"\" author=\"\" ian=\"\" inspirations=\"\" behind=\"\" set=\"\" discusses=\"\" his=\"\" new=\"\" novel=\"\" lessons=\"\" which=\"\" spans=\"\" many=\"\" major=\"\" events=\"\" century.n=\"\" n=\"\" is=\"\" lessons:=\"\" publishing=\"\" buy=\"\" it=\"\" now=\"\" from=\"\" waterstones:nhttps:=\"\" data-sheets-userformat=\"'{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}'\">How responsible are novelists for shaping public understanding of the past? And how can books recreate the sentiments of a bygone era? In conversation with Emily Briffett, award-winning author Ian McEwan considers the inspirations behind writing books set in the past and discusses his new novel, Lessons, which spans many of the major historical events of the 20th century.<\/span><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-217359-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/IanMcEwan-bc0bc58.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/IanMcEwan-bc0bc58.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/IanMcEwan-bc0bc58.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Ian McEwan is the author of <em>Lessons: A Novel<\/em> (Vintage Publishing, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/lessons-9781787333970\/9781529116328&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Lessons-novel-bestselling-author-Atonement\/dp\/1787333973?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&amp;xcust=historyextra-social-Histboty&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Flessons%2Fian-mcewan%2F9781787333970&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emily Briffett Published: Wednesday, 12 October 2022 at 12:00 am How responsible are novelists for shaping public understanding of the past? 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