David NeilsoninLit UpThe Prussian Dispatch ExcerptAn Excerpt from David Neilson’s first Sophie Rathenau historical thriller.7 min read·Aug 13, 2020--1--1
David NeilsoninFrom the LibraryDoes Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” Predict Trump?Willy Loman is Donald Trump’s secret identity4 min read·Jul 26, 2020--3--3
David NeilsonLady Hester Stanhope, Who Did Exactly As She PleasedI was asked recently if the main character of my historical crime series, active in Mozart’s Vienna, is not a sight tooactive. Don’t I…5 min read·Jul 15, 2019--1--1
David NeilsonForty Loves, Sweet & Bitter-SweetWith thanks to Toni Maguire for the prompt!6 min read·Mar 10, 2019--2--2
David NeilsonSweet Nightingale, iv of ivThe wagon from Styria, heaped with sacks of Hungarian contraband, bumped along Carinthian Street. In this fog I could barely make out the…10 min read·Jul 22, 2018--2--2
David NeilsonWriting Historical Novels — How Accurate Should You Be?Destinni paced the floor of her ancestral manor. Did Captain Rick FitzHazard, the only man she had ever loved, swing from the gallows like…4 min read·Nov 23, 2017--4--4
David NeilsonMozart’s Lowlife LibrettistThe amazing highs and lows of Lorenzo da Ponte, the man who wrote Mozart’s lyrics6 min read·Nov 19, 2017--4--4
