The True History of THE VISITORS:

If you’ve been reading THE VISITORS and would like to know more about the research behind the story and its characters, have a read of these articles.

Firstly, I discuss the deaf-blind aspect of the novel here:

https://www.hodder.co.uk/Articles/THE%20VISITORS%20and%20Deaf-Blindness.page

If you never knew how fascinated you were with hop farming, check out this article on a visit to a working hop farm:

http://historylivesathodder.tumblr.com/post/60921694205/rebecca-mascull-author-of-the-visitors-on-the

and lastly, here is the historical fact behind the situation regarding Caleb’s letters from the Boer War:

http://rebeccamascull.tumblr.com/post/78001947719/postal-censorship-during-the-boer-war

Hopefully, this background information will help to enrich your reading of the book, or at least, be of some small interest!

Thanks for reading xx