The Thrills and Spills of Researching the Distant Past By Nan Hawthorne, author of Beloved Pilgrim, a novel of the Crusade of 1101 In history class in college we learn about the difference between primary and secondary sources, but anyone who has tried to research events in the Middle Ages knows… Read More »The Thrills and Spills of Researching the Distant Past by Nan Hawthorne
Creatures of Conscience in a Scary World For such a small historical (84K), The Scattered Proud is difficult to talk about. It’s too personal, I suppose: founded upon questions and subjects that have fascinated me since I was a child. In fact, several years ago, when I first blogged the opening chapters,… Read More »The Scattered Proud by Gev Sweeney
The Guayaquil Conference The South American wars of independence are barely known outside its borders: a bloody, twelve year conflict spanning the entire continent. On one side was a group of poorly armed rebels, mercenaries, and escaped slaves; on the other, the might of the Spanish Empire. Simón Bolívar led… Read More »A Storm Hits Valparaiso by David Gaughran
What was Robert the Bruce really like? On occasion, I have been asked if I would have liked to live in the past. Actually, I don’t think I’d want to live in medieval Scotland (lack of modern comforts being the major factor), but I’d definitely like to visit. Perhaps just long enough… Read More »The Honor Due A King: The Bruce Trilogy, Book III by N. Gemini Sasson
The Year-god’s Daughter by Rebecca Lochlann When I conceived the idea of The Year-god’s Daughter, (and eventually the entire series) most of us relied on dot-matrix printers. I still have a stack of yellowing sheets with holes along both edges, but the story and its author have undergone so many transformations that… Read More »The Year-god’s Daughter by Rebecca Lochlann