Historical Fiction

Old Houses of the West

by Sandra Dallas

Novelist Sandra Dallas joins us to discuss the inspiration behind her latest book,…
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The Lost Love Letters of Teddy Roosevelt

by Mary Calvi

“Love at first sight,” a Harvard College student writes in his private journals.…
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Not the Mother: The Relationship Between the Lindberghs and Betty Gow

by Mariah Fredericks

The kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr. shocked the world in 1932. Mariah Fredericks,…
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The Aftereffects of War

by Bill Glose

To fully understand a specific war, one must not only study the casualties…
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Tutankhamun: A Tomb Like No Other

by Tasha Alexander

Few stories in the history of stories are better than that of Howard…
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The Hedgehog in WWII

by P. T. Deutermann

My latest novel, The Last Paladin, out this month, is based on…
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The Anniversary of Hadrian’s Wall

by Ann Cleeves

This year marks the 1900th anniversary of Hadrian’s Wall. According to a history written…
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Faulkner the Pilot

by Taylor Brown

“This was 1915 and ‘16. I had seen an aeroplane and my mind…
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The Echoes of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive

by Jess Montgomery

Throughout my Kinship Historical Mystery Series, I’ve woven events of the 1920s era…
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Three Sisters: How One Family Survived Auschwitz

by Heather Morris

Inspired by a true story, Three Sisters follows the journey of Livia, Magda, and Cibi as…
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Historical Fiction

The Centennial Fire

by Chris Wimmer

The first World’s Fair on American soil ran from May 10 to November…
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War and Reconciliation

by Tom Clavin

Douglas “Pete” Peterson was born in Omaha and raised in Nebraska and Iowa.…
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The Rise of the Weimar Republic

by Susan Ronald

In the following excerpt from Hitler's Aristocrats, author Susan Ronald discusses the Weimar…
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Crary of the North…and South

by Tom Clavin

 It was on May 3, 1952, that a plane landed on the North…
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Meet the White House Plumbers

by Egil "Bud" Krogh and Matthew Krogh

by Laura Dail and Matthew Krogh HBO's new miniseries White House Plumbers imagines the story of…
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A Long Journey Home

by Tom Clavin

During my recent book tour promoting the release of Follow Me to Hell,…
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The Windsors at War

by Alexander Larman

When I finished writing The Crown in Crisis, the book that has become…
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Old Houses of the West

by Sandra Dallas

Novelist Sandra Dallas joins us to discuss the inspiration behind her latest book,…
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