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Into the Lion’s Den: William Hooper’s Harrowing Mission to Crown-Occupied Wilmington, North Carolina by Suzanne Adair

Sometimes a history nugget I find while researching for my Michael Stoddard American Revolution mysteries is so good that I include it in one of the novels of the series. Like the story of what happened when William Hooper, an attorney and one of North Carolina’s signers of the Declaration… Read More »Into the Lion’s Den: William Hooper’s Harrowing Mission to Crown-Occupied Wilmington, North Carolina by Suzanne Adair

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Medieval Moorish Queens of Spain: Butayna and Maryam – Wives and Rivals by Lisa Yarde

Despite living in male-dominated Moorish society during Spain’s medieval period, women often had occasions to shape the course of political events. In the summer of 1359, a coup occurred at Granada’s Alhambra, unseating the young Sultan Muhammad V and forcing him with his mother, loyal courtiers and a cadre of… Read More »Medieval Moorish Queens of Spain: Butayna and Maryam – Wives and Rivals by Lisa Yarde

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Medieval Moorish Queens of Spain: Fatima – Daughter, sister, mother, and powerbroker by Lisa Yarde

In the winter of 1349, the highest court official of the Nasrid Dynasty, based within Granada’s Alhambra Palace delivered the eulogy for a dynasty member who had recently died. Not one of the notable rulers, the Sultans, or even a prince. Rather, a woman, a queen, a Sultana. She would… Read More »Medieval Moorish Queens of Spain: Fatima – Daughter, sister, mother, and powerbroker by Lisa Yarde

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Christmas Pantomimes by Anna Castle

Until I started researching the late Victorian theater for my latest book, Moriarty Brings Down the House, I had never heard of such a thing as a Christmas pantomime. Fellow Americans may be thinking, “Why should you have?” while British readers are thinking, “What?! How is that even possible?” It… Read More »Christmas Pantomimes by Anna Castle

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