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History & Film: Women Doing What They Must: Female Strategizing in The White Princess
WRITTEN BY MISTY URBAN Much of Philippa Gregory’s royal fiction explores the ways women survive challenges and claim power. In the TV ...Read Article
New Voices: Mari Coates, Janice Hadlow, Denise Heinze, & Miranda Malins
WRITTEN BY MYFANWY COOK Creating mosaics from history, literature, & art, Mari Coates, Janice Hadlow, Denise Heinze, & Miranda Malins incorporate intriguing characters ...Read Article
An Underground Threat: Robards’ Dramatic Use of Subplot in The Black Swan of Paris
WRITTEN BY KATIE STINE There is no lack of action in a novel set during Nazi-occupied Paris. Karen Robards’ new novel, The Black ...Read Article
Immortal in Music & Love: Jessica Duchen’s Compelling Epistolary Novel
WRITTEN BY LUCINDA BYATT In this 250th anniversary year, Beethoven’s music would have been celebrated in concert halls around the world had “...Read Article
A Risky Business: Irish Historical Fiction
WRITTEN BY NIAMH BOYCE It’s a good time for Irish historical fiction. Christine Dwyer Hickey won the eleventh Walter Scott Prize for ...Read Article
Re-Imagining New York: Gregory Maguire’s Novel, A Wild Winter Swan
WRITTEN BY KRISTEN MCDERMOTT Gregory Maguire is best known for his “Return to Oz” series, beginning with the massive 1995 bestseller Wicked, which inspired ...Read Article
Ancient Ways Enlighten Modern Lives in Daughter of Black Lake by Cathy Marie Buchanan
Daughter of Black Lake by Cathy Marie Buchanan is a beautiful, immersive look into the lives of a British Celtic village on the ...Read Article
Food is Always Significant: Miss Graham’s Cold War Cookbook by Celia Rees
Years ago, when Celia Rees found a copy of The Radiation Cookery Book amongst her mother’s effects she knew it would impact ...Read Article
The Woman Before Wallis by Bryn Turnbull: King Edward VIII’s Devotion to Thelma Furness
In her novel The Woman before Wallis (Mira, 2020), Bryn Turnbull has written about the life of Thelma Furness (née Morgan), twin sister ...Read Article
A Collection of Myths and Folklore: The Library of Legends by Janie Chang
With her two earlier novels, Dragon Springs Road and Three Souls, Janie Chang established a reputation for successfully combining historical fiction with magical ...Read Article