{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66586b425e9b870012a72344/6acf56582c705f746c357255?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Emily Hourican on “A House in Winter”, Writing Historical Fiction and Combining Imagination with Facts","description":"<p>Emily Hourican joins Kate and Michelle on this week’s episode of Natter to discuss her latest novel, <em>A House in Winter</em>, inspired by the remarkable story of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon being trapped inside an Irish country house following an IRA attack in 1965.</p><p><br></p><p>Emily shares the fascinating research process behind bringing real historical figures to life on the page, where fact ends and fiction begins, and why the smallest details from old newspapers and memoirs can unlock an entire era.</p><p><br></p><p>Natter is proudly brought to you in association with Bookstation Ireland &amp; IrishCentral.</p>","author_name":"Michelle McDonagh & Kate Durrant"}