https://livesteven.com/2026/05/12/people-stared-at-the-narrow-limits-in-front-of-them-until-they-neither-saw-nor-heard-the-rumours-at-their-own-border-historical-novels-invent-our-interest-in-underrated-lives-the/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-05-12T19:09:45+00:00‘People stared at the narrow limits in front of them, until they neither saw nor heard the rumours at their own border’. Historical novels invent our interest in underrated lives; the likes of which might once have been lived by someone now forgotten, nevertheless. Is Bryher a neglected novelist in part for that reason? A case study based on their novel ‘Roman Wall’ (1955) and the borders of the ‘historical’ novel.dailyprompt, books, book-review, fiction, history, dailyprompt-2760, historical-novel, bryher, h-d, roman-wall-1955, boundary-crossing, ending-and-continuity