Tag: Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize

• May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry: Historical Fiction That Feels Genuinely Different

  

  May We Feed the King was one of those books I picked up because the premise sounded unusual. Historical fiction is one of my favourite genres, so I read quite a lot of it. That also means it can sometimes take a lot for a historical novel to feel genuinely fresh. When I spotted this…

  Megan Hall

  Sep 17, 2026

  Myth, Magic & Epic Reads

  Book Review, Booker Prize, Historical Fiction, May We Feed the King, Medieval Fiction, Rebecca Perry, Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize