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Harrowing Historicals: Jane-Emily by Patricia Clapp | A Guest Review by Amy from My Friend Amy
When Nicole asked me to write a guest review for Harrowing Historicals, I immediately put a call out on Twitter for suggestions of YA or Middle Grade books that fit the description (horror stories that take place before 1960). I got quite a variety of responses and added quite a few books to my TBR pile. One suggestion was Jane-Emily by Patricia Clapp and when I spotted it… Continue reading...
Posted in 20th Century, America, Guest Post, Harrowing Historicals
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Harrowing Historicals: How to Mellify A Corpse: And Other Human Stories of Ancient Science & Superstition by Vicki Leon
Today’s Harrowing Historical is: How to Mellify A Corpse: And other Human Stories of Ancient Science & Superstition by Vicki León
Synopsis from the publisher:
From the lofty thoughts of Pythagoras and Plato to the ideas and ingenuity of everyday ancients, How to Mellify a Corpse explores the science and superstition of the
Harrowing Historicals: Review | Captivity by Deborah Noyes
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Unbridled Books
Release Date: June 1st, 2010
Source: I received a review copy from the publisher.
Captivity shines a light on the thrilling experiences of Maggie and Kate Fox, two young sisters living in upstate New York… Continue reading...
Posted in 19th Century, America, Book Reviews, Deborah Noyes, England, Harrowing Historicals, Paranormal
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A Literary Jack the Ripper | A Guest Post by Jen from Devourer of Books
When I was at BEA in May of 2010, I saw a display for an upcoming book from Sourcebooks that I knew I simply had to have. The book was What Alice Knew by Paula Marantz Cohen. Not only did the cover draw my attention, but the subtitle was “A Most Curious Tale of Henry James… Continue reading...
Posted in 19th Century, England, Guest Post, Harrowing Historicals, Jack the Ripper
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Harrowing Historicals: What Alice Knew by Paula Marantz Cohen
Today’s Harrowing Historical is: What Alice Knew by Paula Marantz Cohen
Synopsis from the publisher: Under Certain Circumstances, No One Is More Suited to Solving a Crime than a Woman Confined to Her Bed…
An invalid for most her life, Alice James is quite used to people underestimating her. And she generally doesn’t mind. But
Harrowing Historicals: Lady MacBeth by Susan Fraser King
Today’s Harrowing Historical is: Lady Macbeth by Susan Fraser King
Synopsis from the publisher:
Lady Macbeth as you’ve never seen her . . .Lady Gruadh, called Rue, is the last female descendant of Scotland’s most royal line. Married to a powerful northern lord, she is widowed while still carrying his child and forced to marry her husband’s
Harrowing Historicals: Keeping the Spirits Alive | A Guest Post by Sarah Jane Stratford
The city of York, England, doesn’t need Halloween to spook you. It is one of the most haunted cities in Europe, with over 140 separate ghosts sighted over the years. The richness of the city’s history, both normal and para, made it an obvious home for my sophisticated, ancient vampires (until they moved to London at the dawn of the Renaissance). It’s a city I know well, having done a… Continue reading...
Posted in England, Guest Post, Harrowing Historicals, Historical Fantasy, WWII
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Harrowing Historicals: Review | The Countess by Rebecca Johns
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Crown
Release Date: October 12th, 2010
Source: I received this ARC from the publisher for review.
The Countess by Rebecca Johns takes a realistic look at the life of Elizabeth Bathory (Erzsébet Báthory in Hungarian and… Continue reading...
Harrowing Historicals: Daughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt
Today’s Harrowing Historical is: Daughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt
Synopsis from the publisher: Daughters of the Witching Hill brings history to life in a vivid and wrenching account of a family sustained by love as they try to survive the hysteria of a witch-hunt.
Bess Southerns, an impoverished widow living
Harrowing Historicals: Haunted Historical Fiction | A Guest Post by C.M. Mayo
How thin is the veil between our world and the next? I have no doubt that sometimes, if only for a whisper of a moment, it lifts enough that we can hear, smell, glimpse, even touch those on the other side. Many times, while researching and writing The Last Prince of the Mexican
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