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ROBIN HOOD (2010)
Played by: Eileen Atkins
Starring Russell Crowe in the title role, Robin Hood tells the classic legend of Robin Longstride with a twist. One part of the story that is surely not based on fable, but on fact, is the reign of King John, son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. In the movie (and true… Continue reading...
Review | Exit the Actress by Priya Parmar
Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Touchstone
Release Date: February 1st, 2011
Source: I received this advanced copy from the publisher for review.
One of the first things I noticed upon receiving the press release for Exit the Actress was a quotation from… Continue reading...
Mystery of History: The Princes in the Tower
I started writing my review of Sandra Worth’s Pale Rose of England with what I had intended as a “brief” summary of The Princes in the Tower, when I realized there is no brief way to recount this complicated time in history. So here I offer my very own colorful (AKA highly editorialized and by no means a scholarly rendering of history) version of what went down… Continue reading...
A Rose for All Seasons: The Adventures of a Dazzling Scottish Beauty | A Guest Post by Sandra Worth
Lady Catherine Gordon, daughter of the Earl of Huntly, and cousin to James IV of Scotland, was by all accounts a remarkable woman who became a legend in her own lifetime. She married four times for love in an age when men controlled the destiny of women and her first husband was believed to be the younger of the two princes in the Tower, Richard Duke of York… Continue reading...
Review | A Royal Likeness by Christine Trent
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...
Shipwrecks, Riots and Fires, Oh My! How Madame Tussauds Survived Them All | A Guest Post by Christine Trent
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
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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: 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: 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