Monthly Archives: December 2010

Giveaway: A Royal Likeness by Christine Trent

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Allie

Christine Trent was our featured December author over at the Historical Fiction Roundtable this month, and in honor of that I have an international giveaway for you readers! Fill out the form to enter for your chance to win your very own copy of A Royal Likeness by Christine Trent, releasing in stores December 28th.

Giveaway rules: Open to international entrants. Ends on New Year’s Eve, December… Continue reading...

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DVD Giveaway: Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Allie

A few weeks ago I featured author Harriet Reisen for a guest post on the similarities between Little Women‘s March sisters and Louisa May Alcott’s own family. I loved reading Little Women as a kid, and I cannot get enough of the 1994 movie with Susan Sarandon and Winona Ryder. I remember going to the… Continue reading...

Posted in 19th Century, Giveaways, Louisa May Alcott | 17 Comments

Review | Queen Hereafter by Susan Fraser King

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Allie
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Crown
Release Date: December 7th, 2010
Source: I received a review copy from the publisher.

Susan Fraser King is a superb writer, and now I understand why her first book, Lady MacBeth, was met with such high acclaim. In… Continue reading...

Posted in 11th Century, Book Reviews, Gruoch of Scotland, Margaret of Scotland, Scotland, Susan Fraser King | 5 Comments

Review | A Royal Likeness by Christine Trent

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Allie
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Kensington
Release Date: December 28th, 2010
Source: I received a review copy from the publisher.

Almost exactly a year ago, I read and enjoyed The Queen’s Dollmaker. Christine Trent was then a debut author, and… Continue reading...

Posted in 18th Century, Art, Book Reviews, Christine Trent, Emma Hamilton, England, Horatio Nelson, Marie Tussaud, The Napoleonic Wars | 5 Comments

Shipwrecks, Riots and Fires, Oh My! How Madame Tussauds Survived Them All | A Guest Post by Christine Trent

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Allie

Madame Tussaud is one of the most fascinating figures to survive the French Revolution. She not only hob-nobbed with the rich and famous, she endured imprisonment, was nearly beheaded, and was forced to make death masks of the recently-guillotined.

But her adventures didn’t stop there. Following the Revolution, Tussaud traveled to England to travel the countryside with her wax exhibition, eventually settling down permanently in northwest London. In the… Continue reading...

Posted in 18th Century, 19th Century, Art, Christine Trent, England, Guest Post, Marie Tussaud | 10 Comments

Birthday Post: Special Author Interview with Sandra Gulland! Plus giveaway!

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Allie

In honor of my birthday today, I have interviewed one of my all-time favorite historical fiction authors, Sandra Gulland! Sandra’s Josephine B. Trilogy (The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.; Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe; The Last Great Dance on Earth) had a tremendous effect on… Continue reading...

Posted in 17th Century, 18th Century, Athénaïs de Montespan, Author Interviews, Charles II - King of England, France, Giveaways, Josephine de Beauharnais, Louis XIV, Louise de La Vallière, Napoléon Bonaparte | 24 Comments

Emma of Normandy, Twice A Queen | A Guest Post by Helen Hollick, plus giveaway

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Allie

Much of what I have written in The Forever Queen is conjecture and imagination. Unfortunately for historians and historical fiction authors, people did not write accurate diaries during the early Medieval years. Or if they did, they have not survived!

With Queen Emma, we do at least have her biography which in itself is a rarity… Continue reading...

Posted in 11th Century, Emma of Normandy, Giveaways, Guest Post, Helen Hollick | 24 Comments