BOOK INFORMATION Book Title: The Lady of the Tower Author: Elizabeth St.John Publication Date: 28th January, 2016 (print) Publisher: Falcon Historical Page Length: 395 pages Genre: Historical Fiction Audiobook: Narrator: Bridget Thomas Publication Date: 8th May, 2018 (audio) Audio Length: 14 hours 40 minutes Official Audiobook Sample: https://geni.us/LOTTAudioSample BLURB “Elizabeth St John has brought the […]
Book Title: Life and Death in Ephesus (A Short Story Collection) Author: Finlay McQuade Publication Date: June 13, 2023 Publisher: Historium Press Page Length: 257 Genre: Historical fiction Blog Tour Page: https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2023/06/blog-tour-life-and-death-in-ephesus.html Book Title and Author Name: Life and Death in Ephesus by Finlay McQuade Blurb: For over a thousand years, Ephesus, on the Aegean […]
BOOK INFORMATION Book Title: Turning the World to Stone – The Life of Caterina Sforza Part One 1472 to 1488 Author: Kelly Evans Publication Date: 2 May 2023 Publisher: Eska Publishing Page Length: 385 pages Genre: Historical Fiction BLURB Vilified by history, Caterina Sforza learned early that her life was not her own. Married at […]
I downloaded the first book in this series because I have Scottish/Celtic roots in my ancestry, and I’m always curious to know what my ancestors’ life was like. I was vaguely aware that Rome had attempted conquest of much of what is now Scotland but then had withdrawn to Hadrian’s Wall by the time they […]
BLOG TOUR Book Title: Serafino da Ferrara Author: Paolo G. Grossi Publisher: The Conrad Press Cover Artist: Charlotte Mouncey – Bookstyle Release Date: February 28, 2023 Genres: LGBTQ+ / Historical Fiction Themes: Coming of age / Talent and Arts Length: 79 270 words/333 pages Heat Rating: 3 flames It is a standalone book and does […]
When you read historical fiction that’s anchored in real events, do you ever wonder where your own ancestors were at that point in time, what their role was, what they were doing? My husband and I each have UK and European ancestors, and we’ve been able to follow some of their lines back farther than […]
I can’t believe the month is almost over! It seems like yesterday that it started with my book release. I was supposed to post this way earlier in the month, but things have gone crazy round these parts (in a good way…more on that in a future post) so I’ve had very little time for […]
Both my husband and I have French Huguenot ancestors. Each of our mothers carried the original immigrant’s Huguenot surname, though anglicized. Not long after the 1685 revocation of the Edict of Nantes, his mother’s ancestor emigrated from Normandy, France, to the Northern Neck of Virginia. He arrived sometime between 1687 and 1693. It is thought […]
This week I’m continuing my reviews of fiction about women across the ages who’ve had an impact on the history of the British Empire. Two weeks ago I reviewed Cathie Dunn’s novel Ascent, focused on the Viking invader Rollo’s hand-fasted wife, Poppa. Poppa is the great grandmother of today’s impactful heroine, Queen Emma. When I […]
Since I wish to focus my next spate of Book Reviews on women across the ages who’ve had an impact on the history of the British Empire, where better to start than the hand-fasted first wife of of Rollo, the the Viking invader of Rouen, whose whose great-great-grandson conquered England in 1066? Historical fiction author […]