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Remember The Ladies examines love and lobbying in Gilded Age Washington
The fight to win American women the right to vote spanned more than seven decades and was bitterly opposed by…
Setting Plays a Prominent Role in Dinah Jefferies’ The Tea Planter’s Wife
Every so often I’ll read a novel in which the setting plays a prominent, powerful and indispensable role (rather than…
The Most Notorious Assassin: Fates and Traitors, a novel of John Wilkes Booth by Jennifer Chiaverini
When Jennifer Chiaverini set out to write about John Wilkes Booth, the twenty-six year-old actor who shot Abraham Lincoln at…
The Shattered Tree by Charles Todd Highlights the Horrific Nature of War
The Shattered Tree by Charles Todd combines a riveting mystery with historical facts surrounding World War I. Charles Todd is…
The Black Prince of Florence by Catherine Fletcher Showcases the Spectacular Life of Alessandro de’ Medici
British author Catherine Fletcher has said that while she is an historian specializing in Renaissance and early modern Europe—the world…
Susan Meissner’s Stars Over Sunset Boulevard Draws Readers into 1930s Hollywood
Susan Meissner is not your typical historical fiction author. With a background in journalism, she began her career with contemporary…
Tumbling into Historical Fiction: An Interview with Juliette Fay
“It wasn’t a career that I was after. It was just that I wanted a life that didn’t mean spending…
London’s Burning: Conspiracy Theories & Fictional Accounts of the Great Fire
This September will mark the 350th anniversary of the outbreak of the Great Fire of London – that awful conflagration…
“Yes, We Have No Tomatoes”; Or, Why Food History Matters in Historical Fiction
Lucinda Byatt, with contributions from Martine Bailey and Dr Annie Gray, takes a look at food history. The title is…
New Voices: Annabel Abbs, Jennifer S. Brown, Aimie K. Runyan & J. Aaron Sanders
Inviting us to share their catalyst moments are debut novelists Annabel Abbs, Jennifer S. Brown, Aimie K. Runyan and J.…
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- Virginia Winfield on "The Shattered Tree by Charles Todd Highlights the Horrific Nature of War": Look forward to reading this one.
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