Editing Bert Fields (section)

===Novels and historical writing===
[[File:GlorianaBF.jpg|thumb|alt=Gloriana: Exploring The Reign Of Elizabeth I by Bertram Fields|Gloriana: Exploring The Reign Of Elizabeth I by Bertram Fields]]
In 2018, Fields published ''Gloriana: Exploring The Reign Of Elizabeth I''. ({{ISBN|978-0-9905602-9-6}}) [[Elizabeth I]], aka the Virgin Queen, was a colorful figure who still manages to stimulate the popular imagination more than 400 years after her death. Fields' wide-ranging biography spans the entire [[Tudor dynasty]], with Elizabeth's rise to power, her completion of England's break from the [[Roman Catholic Church]], the war with Spain, and her constantly evolving entourage of advisers, favorites, and paramours. Fields delves into the curios of Elizabeth's life. Was she truly a virgin? Did she sanction the murder of the wife of nobleman [[Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester|Robert Dudley]]? What were her true thoughts on Roman Catholicism?

Fields introduces readers to aspects of the queen that they may not have heard before. He finds plenty of intrigues to challenge conventional notions of the queen. Beautiful, full-color portraits from the [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]] in London and a timeline of the queen's life round out this volume. Its 450-plus pages belie what a quick read it actually is, making it a perfect primer for those interested in the Good Queen Bess.

In September 2015, Fields published ''Shylock: His Own Story'' ({{ISBN|978-0-9905602-4-1}}). In "[[The Merchant Of Venice]]" [[Shakespeare]] gives us only a brief and limited view of [[Shylock]], an enigmatic character who varies with each actor's interpretation. Now, we're given Shylock's full story, his dangerous background, his life, loves and challenges as an educated Jew in 16th century [[Venice]], the motivation for demanding his seemingly bizarre 'bond,' as well as what occurred after his fateful confrontation with [[Portia (Merchant of Venice)|Portia]] and the Doge. The novel was published by Marmont Lane. It is dedicated to Fields' friend, the actor [[Dustin Hoffman]].<ref name=":1" />

In 2015, Fields published ''Destiny: A Novel Of Napoleon & Josephine''. ({{ISBN|978-0-9905602-0-3}}) This historical novel tells the story of [[Napoleon Bonaparte|the Emperor]] and [[Josephine Bonaparte|his beautiful Creole lover]]. The novel was published by Marmont Lane.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hollywood-legal-hires-top-attorney-767531/|title=Hollywood Legal Hires: Top Attorney Publishes Historical Romance Novel|first=Austin|last=Siegemund-Broka|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=January 27, 2015|access-date=May 14, 2021}}</ref>

In 2011, Fields was awarded the Crystal Quill Award by the Shakespeare Center Of Los Angeles for his work on William Shakespeare.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-shakespeare-center-of-los-angeles-crystal-quill-awards-130860438.html|title=The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles CRYSTAL QUILL AWARDS|last=Angeles|first=The Shakespeare Center of Los|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en|access-date=January 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115184502/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-shakespeare-center-of-los-angeles-crystal-quill-awards-130860438.html|archive-date=January 15, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2005, he published the non-fiction book ''Players: The Mysterious Identity of William Shakespeare'', which deals with the authorship of the plays and sonnets of William Shakespeare.<ref name=":1" />

Having read English history for years as a hobby, and not satisfied with the books written about [[Richard III of England|King Richard III]], Fields spent four years researching and two years writing the non-fiction book ''Royal Blood: Richard III and the Mystery of the Princes'' ({{ISBN|0-06-039269-X}}), which was published in 1998.<ref name=":1" />

Although he started with a "gut feeling" that Richard was innocent of murdering his nephews, the [[Princes in the Tower]]; Fields claimed to have investigated the facts as he would have for a client he was representing, and he structured the book like a lawyer's brief, identifying the evidence and then drew the logical implications from the facts.  In the same way as in a brief, he discussed the weaknesses in earlier authors' treatments of the same subject, being particularly critical of [[Alison Weir]] and her book ''The Princes in the Tower''.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Royal Blood: Richard III and the Mystery of the Princes|last=Fields|first=Bertram|publisher=Harper Perennial|year=2000|isbn=978-0060987381}}</ref>

The conclusion Fields reached is that the probability that the princes were, in fact, murdered is about 50% to 70%, and if they were, the probability that Richard did it is in the same range, so the logical probability that Richard is guilty is 25% to 49%, which is less than 50-50.  Fields says [[DNA analyses]] of the bones dug up in the [[Tower of London]] in 1674 would change the odds on whether the princes were murdered but might not affect the odds on who did it, if anyone did, so this mystery may never be solved.<ref name=":2" />

Fields penned two novels, published under the pseudonym "D. Kincaid": ''The Sunset Bomber'' (1986, published by Corgi Books in London) which was also published under the name ''Final Verdict'' (1988), and ''The Lawyer's Tale'' (1993).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/sunsetbomber00kinc|title=The sunset bomber|last=Kincaid|first=D|date=January 1, 1986|publisher=Linden Press|isbn=0671604449|location=New York|language=en|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Final verdict|last=Kincaid|first=D|date=January 1, 1986|publisher=Onyx|isbn=0451151267|location=New York, N.Y., U.S.A.|oclc = 24810303|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/lawyerstale00kinc|title=The lawyer's tale|last=Kincaid|first=D|date=January 1, 1992|publisher=Turtle Bay Books|isbn=0679407723|location=New York|language=en|url-access=registration}}</ref>