The Mad Earl: John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
by Susan Holloway Scott
Both Lizzie and Arleigh have requested today’s blog: more about the charming, tragic Lord Rochester. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647-1680) appears in all four of my royal mistress books. To some of these ladies, he was an annoying gadfly, and to others, [...]
Archive of posts filed under the 17th century category.
Guest Post: Susan Holloway Scott on Lord Rochester
review: The Countess and the King
The Countess and the King
by Susan Holloway Scott
Katherine Sedley is not a well-known name even among history lovers, but a closer look reveals a lady of wit who had the ironic position of being the Catholic King James II’s Protestant mistress. Because her mother was emotionally unstable, Katherine was raised by servants and began accompanying [...]
‘The Countess and the King’ event starts Sept. 1st!
Make sure to join us over at Historical Fiction Bloggers Round Table for an in-depth interview with Susan Holloway Scott, giveaway info and links to our reviews and guest posts! The fun starts September 1st and runs through the 7th, when winners for 6 copies of The Countess and the King will the drawn and [...]
Weekend Finds
I found this one at Borders in their dollar sale bin and snagged it right away because I enjoyed Rose Melikan’s first book, The Blackstone Key.
The Counterfeit Guest
by Rose Melikan
It is 1797, and Mary Finch, heroine of The Blackstone Key, is now a wealthy heiress. Young ladies in her situation ought to marry well — [...]
review: The Secret Confessions of Anne Shakespeare
The Secret Confessions of Anne Shakespeare
By Arliss Ryan
In a death bed confession to her beloved granddaughter, Anne Shakespeare (nee Hathaway) relates the secret life she lead after following her young husband to London when their children were very young. Feeling a burden to her parents-in-law in their already too crowded home, Anne set out to [...]
review: The French Blue
The French Blue
by Richard W. Wise
A narrative of the adventures of the French traveler and gem merchant, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, The French Blue starts off with an exciting sea journey and meeting with the Aborigines of Australia as related by a visiting sea captain. Jean, already an excitable young boy, sets his heart on an enterprising [...]
Guest Post & Giveaway: Mary Sharratt (Daughters of the Witching Hill)
The Pendle Witches: Strong Women are Scary by Mary Sharratt
In 1612, in one of the most meticulously documented trials in English history, seven women and two men from Pendle Forest in Lancashire, Northern England, were hanged for witchcraft at Lancaster. But the most notorious of the accused, Elizabeth Southerns, aka Mother Demdike, cheated the [...]
What makes for a happy book reviewer?
Having one’s review printed in a published book of course! Donna Russo Morin sent me the manuscript for her 2nd novel, The Secret of the Glass, last fall and now that it’s out I snagged a copy at Borders last night…
The Life and Times of Galileo Galilei & giveaway
As part of Donna Russo Morin week at HFBRT I have written an article on the character from THE SECRET OF THE GLASS who fascinated me the most: Galileo Galilei. One of the aspects of reading historical fiction I enjoy most is learning about real people, and I almost always end up researching the characters [...]
Hello, my name is Arleigh... welcome to my book review site! Here you will find author guest posts, book news, reviews and various articles on the genre. My favorite author is Jean Plaidy, of whom I have built a 
