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8 Favorite Film Adaptations of Historical Fiction from Around the World
When I was ten years old, my mother told me that a famous American film Gone with the Wind will be playing at the movie theater in my hometown of...
Coming soon – a new Mary Fox adventure
I am convinced that my feisty Tudor heroine Mary Fox hates me. Why? Because I keep putting her into ever more desperate situations, and watching to...
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking
“All happy food memories are alike; all unhappy food memories are unhappy after their own fashion,” writes Anya Von Bremzen, playing on the opening...
Link List – Historical novels with a travel theme
The novel I am currently writing is The River of Fire, the third in my Mary Fox series, and it sees my Tudor-era heroine travelling from Norwich in...
Diversity in action: Women in historical fiction who disguise themselves as men
This blog series is about supporting creators from diverse backgrounds, but I have decided to take a step to one side. I want to focus not on the...
I Happen To Like New York: A Historical Fiction List Link
Just like that most elegant swellegant Broadway bon vivant Cole Porter wrote back in 1930, I Happen to Like New York. And since I like New York and...
Historical Fiction, Family Saga, and Diversity – Korea to Japan
What I didn’t know about Korea Before listening to Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee, I could count on one hand the things I knew about Korea: My father...
Why I Write Historical Fiction – by Guest Blogger LINDSEY S. FERA
PLW NOTE: This is a guest post by historical fiction author Lindsey Fera. Thanks, Lindsey! *** People often ask me what got me into writing...
Who does the thinking? The author or the character?
I was interested to read Anne Beggs's interview last week with her fictional character Lady Aine of Dahlquin, and particularly the point Anne Beggs...
A Dramatic Farm Shootout During WWII
When one thinks of farms nestled in the idyllic English countryside in the 1940s, a police shootout probably isn't the first thing that comes to...
Hidden History: Time Team and Beyond!
If you’re fascinated by hidden history, I have good news for you. Time Team, one of my favorite hidden history television shows, has a goodly number...
Uncovering the Most Decorated Female Civilian of World War II
At first Hidden History stumped me. Hidden history, how would I know? Then I remembered an incredible book about the most amazing woman: a Woman of...
Hidden History of Secret Messages (Cryptography)
Imprisoned and sentenced to execution, Sir John Trevanion had little chance of avoiding his terrible fate. Hours from death, he retained a slight...
Women of the Reformation
My current work-in-progress is set in the 16th century during the Protestant Reformation. In the Western World, we still recognize names of...
Women at Work in the 17th-century Dutch Republic
Picture a seventeenth-century Dutch painting. What do you see? If you're like me, you see a woman inside a home. She might be cleaning or pouring...
Q & A Who’s the Most Fascinating Woman in History (International Edition)?
It seemed only fitting during Women's History Month that we celebrate some of the most fascinating women in history. And since PLW is often so...
The Land Girl on Lily Road is Here!
The final novel in my WWII romance trilogy, Homefront Hearts, was released yesterday! The Land Girl on Lily Road is an enemies to lovers/opposites...
Books set in an international locale
“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” That was L.P. Hartley’s opening line for his 1953 novel The Go-Between. And he...
10 Movies That Portray Everyday Life During WWII
I've always loved history relating to everyday life. That's probably why life on the WWII homefront fascinates me. My WWII romance trilogy,...
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