This review is the second book in my three review series (so far!) on women who won the war – women without whose contribution we could so easily have lost. Daughters of the Night Sky, by Aimee K. Runyan Goodreads Review The Atomic City Girls, by Janet Beard Goodreads Review Code Girls, by Liza Mundy […]
On my side of the pond, the history lessons I grew up with were woefully inadequate when it came to England. My college Western Civ history began with the Renaissance, as though nothing that came before either was known or would have mattered. I knew nothing about the Norman Conquest or the tribes and kingdoms […]
I was a very young teenager when my mother took me to see the documentary movie Mein Kampf. I’ve never been able to erase those visuals, black and white photographs of concentration camp victims. That was my mother’s point: We must never forget. Perhaps for that reason, though I choose to read a lot of […]
Miss Primm is reading a historical fiction romance series that falls under the time-traveling Highlander subgenre. No, I won’t tell you which one it is,
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My friend Stephanie Dray’s newest historical fiction, The Women of Chateau Lafayette, has a beautiful new cover for its paperback release and I wanted to share it with all of you. My Review I’m currently on my second time reading this book. I don’t know if I have words to tell you how much I […]
It’s a great pleasure to have historical fiction author Tony Riches round today to discuss a new release in his Elizabethan series – a period of history I find fascinating. Thanks for coming all the way to Yorkshire, Tony! Hi Helena, and thank you for inviting me to your blog. Lovely to meet you, even… Continue reading Meet the author, with @TonyRiches, author of the bestselling Tudor Trilogy
You may remember a year or so ago (okay two) when I mentioned I was writing a short story for an anthology to aid survivors of human trafficking. Well, the anthology didn’t come to pass, but my story did and it will hit virtual shelves June 16 in ebook format. It turned out to be […]
It’s a great pleasure to meet author Carol McGrath today, and to welcome her to a spring-like Yorkshire! Where do you live, Carol? There is a question! I live in Oxfordshire, England. I also own a house in the Greek Mani which is where I am at the moment. That sounds – and looks –… Continue reading A new historical novel in the She-Wolf series: interview with author Carol McGrath
My friend and fellow historical fiction author, Stephanie Dray, has a new book out today! She calls The Women of Chateau Lafayette a seven-year labor of love. I know all about books that take years to come to fruition so I can’t wait to read this one. I’ve read her previous books, America’s First Daughter […]