Welcome, Mitchell James Kaplan, to H-F.com! In addition to this insightful article, the author is giving away 2 copies of By Fire, By Water, which is available in bookstores now! See the bottom of this entry for details.
Christopher Columbus’s Vision by Mitchell James Kaplan
Over the course of his life and career, Christopher Columbus donned many [...]
Archive of posts filed under the America category.
Guest Post & Giveaway: Mitchell James Kaplan (By Fire, By Water)
Guest Post & Giveaway with Gabrielle Burton: Impatient with Desire
I’ve been writing off and on about Tamsen Donner, the pioneer heroine of the ill-fated Donner Party of 1846, for nearly 40 years and suddenly, in the last year, I won the lottery–publishing two books about her.
My memoir, Searching for Tamsen Donner, (U. of Nebraska Press, 2009), is about how Tamsen Donner came unexpectedly [...]
new: Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
It doesn’t come out until September, but I’m already excited! I love French Revolution fiction and am not averse to time-travel as long as it’s not too silly. Here’s the book description:
Revolution
by Jennifer Donnelly
September 28, 2010
book description:
“BROOKLYN: Andi Alpers is on the edge. She’s angry at her father for leaving, angry at her mother for [...]
review: The Kitchen House
The Kitchen House
by Kathleen Grissom
This is one of the few books I’ve read where the first half of the book was utterly fantastic, but the ending was so off from what I imagined that I’m left with a slight feeling of disappointment. While I realize the author had let events fall as they did to [...]
A cool find for American history enthusiasts
Martha Peake: A Novel of the American Revolution
by Patrick McGrath
description:
“When Ambrose Tree is summoned by his ancient uncle to the brooding mansion Drogo Hall, he suspects it’s to hear the old man’s dying words and then collect a sizable inheritance. He has no idea he is about to learn the bizarre story of Harry Peake, [...]
Guest Post: J. M. Hochstetler
The Story Behind the American Patriot Series
By J. M. Hochstetler
Back in 1983 I watched a TV movie, the Scarlet Pimpernel, with Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour. I was absolutely swept away. Talk about action, intrigue, suspense, heart-pounding danger, roll on the floor laughter—in fact, every emotion known to man including a really hot romance! [...]
new: The Afflicted Girls
My interest in historical fiction on witches and witch-hunting was sparked through a book I read in 2007 called The Witch’s Trinity, which provides a unique perspective on a poor medieval town bent on blaming their troubles on witches, whether real or imagined. While I’ve been meaning to find similar reads, my TBR just [...]
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 
