19th Century U.S.

Consumed by Consumption in the 19th Century American West – TB and Mercury’s Rise, by Ann Parker

June 17, 2013September 30, 2020

Although most of my Silver Rush historical mysteries are set high in the Rocky Mountains in 1880s Leadville, Colorado, the fourth and latest, Mercury’s Rise, has my protagonist Inez Stannert heading down to Manitou Springs to reunite with her young son and his guardian, Inez’s beloved sister. As I nosed… Read More »Consumed by Consumption in the 19th Century American West – TB and Mercury’s Rise, by Ann Parker

Historical Fiction Books of My Childhood: Here are mine, what were yours?

October 9, 2012September 30, 2020

In the coming months, many of the members of the Historical Fiction Authors Cooperative are going write about the books that influenced their decisions to write historical fiction. In my own case, I was startled to realize the enormous effect the books I read as a child had had on… Read More »Historical Fiction Books of My Childhood: Here are mine, what were yours?

The Century of the Poppy: Opium in Nineteenth-Century America by P. B. Ryan

October 1, 2012September 30, 2020

Taking up a long steel spindle—what had looked before like a knitting needle—Will scooped up a pea-sized dab of opium paste on its tip. He reclined on his side, his head on the chum tow, and rotated the tarry little mass just above the oil lamp’s flame… The little nugget… Read More »The Century of the Poppy: Opium in Nineteenth-Century America by P. B. Ryan

Domestic Service in Victorian San Francisco by M. Louisa Locke

July 16, 2012September 30, 2020

If you are going to write mysteries, as I do, set in urban America in the 19th century, servants are going to play a role, and so it is not surprising that you will find servants as important characters in my Victorian San Francisco mystery series. However, as I have… Read More »Domestic Service in Victorian San Francisco by M. Louisa Locke

The Heart of a Lie by Meg North

May 11, 2012September 30, 2020

“The Heart of a Lie,” by Meg North “Daniel’s Garden” was a huge project that took me many years to research and write. By the time I came to the final draft, I had learned so much about the Civil War era that it was natural to set another story… Read More »The Heart of a Lie by Meg North

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