Historical consultancy

Along with her academic and fiction-writing credentials, Marisa is an experienced historical consultant, capable of supervising scripts and providing guidance for the production team on historical authenticity.

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Consultancy experience

Marisa worked as a historical consultant for TV series, Dangerous Liaisons (Starz/Lionsgate, 2022), devised as a prequel to the 1782 French novel, Les Liaisons dangereuses. She worked with Playground Productions, alongside writers in the writers’ room to supervise the historical content of scripts and offer advice on historical authenticity for actors, sets and locations.

Areas of expertise

Marisa offers historical consultancy services on a range of subjects, including:

  • The French Revolution.

  • The lives of men and women in the era of the French Revolution, in France and Britain.

  • The history of magical beliefs, folklore and witchcraft in Britain and Europe.

  • The witch hunts of early modern Europe.

  • Literature about the supernatural and its background in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain.

Got a project in mind?

As a novelist as well as a historian, who has made TV appearances and worked on TV production, Marisa is experienced at balancing the creative and pragmatic work of scriptwriters and production teams with the need for historical authenticity. She enjoys working co-operatively as part of a team to create historical productions that make ‘history come alive’ for an audience.