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Friday, October 04, 2024

Victoria Thompson's Murder in Rose Hill delves into Gilded Age medical cures and family dynamics

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Anyone conducting research in Gilded Age news archives will note the proliferation of ads for patent medicines: concoctions promoted as cure...
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Friday, September 27, 2024

Historical novels are acclaimed via a number of recent literary awards

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Over the past few weeks, many literary prize announcements have come to my attention via industry news sources or social media.  And histori...
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Tuesday, September 24, 2024

The View from Behind the Camera: My Family and Old Hollywood, an essay by Ginny Kubitz Moyer

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Longtime readers of this blog will know I'm drawn to historical novels inspired by family history, and along these lines, Ginny Kubitz M...
Thursday, September 19, 2024

Marianne K. Miller's cinematic novel evokes a young Hemingway's pivotal time in Toronto

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In her leanly written debut, Miller dramatizes the pivotal months Ernest Hemingway spent in Canada as a reporter for the Toronto Star , imag...
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Saturday, September 14, 2024

A cornucopia of historical fiction reads for fall 2024, all set before the 19th century

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For those seeking to spend the next few months immersed in earlier corners of the past, here are fourteen new and upcoming reads, from publi...
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Thursday, September 05, 2024

Galina Vromen's Hill of Secrets shows the human story within Los Alamos, New Mexico, during WWII

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What happens when varied people, all with their own personal troubles, converge in an unfamiliar location for a hidden purpose, especially w...
Sunday, September 01, 2024

Daphne du Maurier's The Glass-Blowers showcases new facets of the French Revolution

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Daphne du Maurier’s The Glass-Blowers is one of her lesser-known historical novels. Having greatly enjoyed Rebecca , Mary Anne , The House ...
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