Michael White (on Writing Historical Novels)

In researching historical fiction there is no substitute for trawling through libraries and poring over historical tomes relevant to the period you are writing about. But you should keep in mind some other, less obvious resources. [...]
Visit a gallery or look through illustrated books on subjects such as ‘the history of fashion’ and ‘architecture through the ages’, and note the styles, the hairdos, the building designs, consider the means of transport, the condition of the roads, the differences between social classes… how did clothing differ between a nobleman and a peasant, or later, an aristocrat and a working class person?
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UK top ten bestselling novelist Michael White at http://writinghistoricalnovels.com/2013/01/15/researching-to-write-historical-novels-by-michael-white