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…
Archive of posts tagged Donna Russo Morin
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 [...]
review: The Secret of the Glass
The Secret of the Glass
by Donna Russo Morin
With elegant prose and alluring style, Donna Russo Morin brings 17th century Venice gloriously to life. Based around a glassmaker’s daughter and the invention of the telescope by Galileo Galilei, the story is both a tale of a young woman’s plight when faced with an arranged marriage [...]
The Secret of the Glass event & giveaway(s)
Please proceed over to Historical Fiction Round Table to read up on this event and enter the book giveaway. There is a necklace giveaway to be posted later in the week!
Sunday Salon
This past week I read The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom (read my review) and am a good way through The Bastard King by Jean Plaidy, my second for the Jean Plaidy 2010 Challenge and a read related to the era I am researching (late Anglo-Saxon England).
Amy from Passages to the Past made this lovely [...]
Goodbye 2009, Welcome 2010!
2009 has been a wonderful year in the publishing industry for historical fiction! Some unforgettable books have entered our realm and many of them I have not had the chance to read, though they grace my bookshelves quite nicely. The purpose of this year-end post it to highlight the books I did get the chance [...]
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 
