[Spoiler alert! If you don’t know the story of Les Misérables and want to see the film without already knowing a lot of plot points, including the ending, then stop right now.] I’ll be the first to admit that I am a shameless Les Mis fan. I’ve always loved the story,… Read More »No, It’s Not Actually the French Revolution: Les Misérables and History by Susanne Alleyn
When you research a foreign subject, in my case France in the second half of the 19th century, you usually tend to consult texts written by the natives. Unfortunately for the researcher, the natives rarely stop to ponder facts they consider normal. This is not the case with travelers. They… Read More »The Baffled Americans by Iva Polansky
I have always read historical fiction. When I was a child I associated fiction with times and places far removed from my current suburban routine, from the Little House books to the Great Brain series. As I grew up my fiction continued to be historical. I graduated to the Bronte sisters and Jane Austen.… Read More »Fact and Fiction by Annmarie Banks
[box] With a grating clash, the earth beneath them split, sucking them into a fissure. Chrysaleon, flailing as he fell, caught a protruding root in his right hand and Aridela’s wrist in the left. He strained to hold her, groaning beneath shooting agony in his injured arm and thigh as… Read More »Volcanic Eruption of Callisti–The Lost City of Atlantis? by Rebecca Lochlann
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?