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A Sitting in St. James

Elizabeth August 1, 2021Book Reviews, Historical Fiction, The Nineteenth Century, Young Adult Fiction Leave a Comment

For many years, Madame Sylvie Guilbert has been mistress of Le Petit Cottage, a plantation in St. James, Louisiana.

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Death of a Lady

Author: Laura Martin

Miss Jane Austen is the unmarried daughter of a respectable clergyman, not yet the famous author she will come to be in the future. In 1795, she atten

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Hauntings: An Anthology

Authors: D. Apple, Jennifer C. Wilson, Judith Arnopp, K.S. Barton, Katie Jewell, Lynn Bryant, Paula Lofting, S.J.A. Turney, Samantha Wilcoxson, Stephanie Churchill

Hauntings is the perfect anthology for history lovers. In this anthology, ten authors write brilliant and bone-chilling stories that will be certain t

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Every Rising Sun

Author: Jamila Ahmed

As a young teenager in 12th-century Persia, Shaherazade, daughter of Vizier Muhammad, witnesses the infidelity of the king’s wife. When she notifies h

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Ithaca

Author: Claire North

Penelope, Queen of Ithaca is a young woman when her husband, Odysseus, leaves home to fight in the Trojan War.

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I am Livia

Author: Phyllis T. Smith

At the start of the story, Livia Drusilla is a woman of advanced years who recounts the events of her life.

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November 19, 2023

A Guest Post by Joanne Major The Masterworks Blog Tour My background is in historical nonfiction. I have authored – and co-authored – six works for Pen and Sword Books. However, I have also just completed an MA in Creative Writing (at the University of Lincoln), during which I have focused on fiction. When the Historical Writers Forum announced the ...

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