In the year 1597, Sir Frances Drake did not discover San Francisco Bay. He did find Drake’s Bay, a rather small cove near Point Reyes. He landed his ship for overhaul and spent more than a month exploring the neighborhood. The natives were friendly, since they yet failed to realize… Read More »How Old is San Francisco Bay? by Steve Bartholomew
INTERVIEWER: Iva Polansky, when did you first become interested in history? IVA POLANSKY: History was always on my radar. I grew up in Prague, a city paved with history. My mother was a high-school history teacher, who strived to make the subject both interesting and amusing. She was a born… Read More »Interview with Iva Polansky about Fame and Infamy
The beauty of the Hortiach Hills: a painting by William T Wood RWS during the Eastern Campaign Just imagine for a moment that you’re a nicely bred young lady used to comforts and a secure quiet home life in Edwardian Britain. You volunteer to be a Red Cross nurse or… Read More »The Nurses War: the Red Cross in Salonika in WWI by Loretta Proctor
The Wandering Horses of Venice by Beverle Graves Myers I received an intriguing email from another author a while back. Mary Reed and Eric Mayer are the collaborating authors behind the John the Lord Chamberlain Mysteries set in sixth-century Constantinople. Mary pointed out that our sleuths—Lord John and Tito Amato—have… Read More »The Wandering Horses of Venice by Beverle Graves Myers
Why I write historical fiction I first tried to write a historical novel in 1976. I’d been a history major in college and had just started reading John Jakes’ bi-centennial series. So chasing my dreams, my first wife and I headed to Maine with our two-year old son. We were… Read More »Why I write historical fiction by Mike Jastrzebski