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My ancestor the First Duke of Leinster, and a visit to his stunning home, Carton House, Co. Kildare

This month I’m having a change from my usual posts about writing and editing, to…

Helena Fairfax September 9, 2026 No Comments

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Can You Help Me Solve This Historical Mystery?

Several months ago, I bought a charcoal drawing (or maybe its a lithograph, I have…

Nicole Evelina May 3, 2024 No Comments

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Those Absent, by Jill Culiner @JillCuliner #history #memoir #JewishHistory #Hungary #RuralVillage

In 1999, I was in Budapest, preparing a photographic exhibition about the vanished Jews of…

Adriana Kraft February 26, 2024 No Comments

Adriana's Library American Revolution Blog Fourth of July History Independence Day July 4th must read

#MustRead for #4thOfJuly – Andrew J. O’Shaughnessy, Ron Chernow, Diana Rubino, and Piper Huguley #IndependenceDay #FourthOfJuly #OurHistory #NeverForget #MFRWAuthors

If you’re an American, take a moment today to ponder how we got here. The…

Adriana Kraft July 4, 2023 No Comments

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League of Women Voters Book Release – Feb. 5

I haven’t talked much about this book because it will be of interest to a…

Nicole Evelina February 2, 2023 No Comments

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My Review: Code Girls, by Liza Mundy @lizamundy #WWII #WomensHistory #Review #KU

Code Girls, by Liza Mundy, is the third book in my current series of book…

Adriana Kraft November 19, 2022 No Comments

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#Review: 1066 Turned Upside Down #HistoricalFiction #Midieval #BattleofHastings @AnnieWHistory @HelenHollick

On my side of the pond, the history lessons I grew up with were woefully…

Adriana Kraft October 16, 2022 No Comments

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#Writing: Get Historical Fiction Right

Miss Primm is reading a historical fiction romance series that falls under the time-traveling Highlander…

Miss Primm January 13, 2022 No Comments

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Another Book Contract!

After a lot of waiting and years of research, I’m so happy to announce this…

Nicole Evelina September 9, 2021 No Comments

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Fearless Females: Mary Elizabeth (Eliza) Mahoney

August 1 was the anniversary of Mary Elizabeth (Eliza) Mahoney becoming the first Black woman…

Nicole Evelina August 11, 2021 No Comments

My ancestor the First Duke of Leinster, and a visit to his stunning home, Carton House, Co. Kildare

Can You Help Me Solve This Historical Mystery?

Those Absent, by Jill Culiner @JillCuliner #history #memoir #JewishHistory #Hungary #RuralVillage

#MustRead for #4thOfJuly – Andrew J. O’Shaughnessy, Ron Chernow, Diana Rubino, and Piper Huguley #IndependenceDay #FourthOfJuly #OurHistory #NeverForget #MFRWAuthors

League of Women Voters Book Release – Feb. 5

My Review: Code Girls, by Liza Mundy @lizamundy #WWII #WomensHistory #Review #KU

#Review: 1066 Turned Upside Down #HistoricalFiction #Midieval #BattleofHastings @AnnieWHistory @HelenHollick

#Writing: Get Historical Fiction Right

Another Book Contract!

Fearless Females: Mary Elizabeth (Eliza) Mahoney

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