by Jane K. Cleland If you want to know about a society’s values, mores, and conventions, look to the decorative elements common during that era. Join Novelist Jane K. Cleland as she reflects on different objects from the past to…
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A Window into the Past
Tagged with: Antiques, Christopher Colombus, Cultural History, Hidden Treasure, Jane K. Cleland
Posted in Historical Fiction
Posted in Historical Fiction
Recreating WWII Poland: A Novelist’s Trip Back in Time
by Jennifer Rosner “You’re going to Poland in December?” My family and friends asked. “Yes!” I answered, adding yet another thick pair of socks to my pack.
Tagged with: Jennifer Rosner, Poland, The Yellow Bird Sings, WWII
Posted in Historical Fiction, World History
by Jennifer Rosner “You’re going to Poland in December?” My family and friends asked. “Yes!” I answered, adding yet another thick pair of socks to my pack.
Posted in Historical Fiction, World History
The King of Ragtime
by Mariah Fredericks Author Mariah Fredericks sets the scene for her latest novel, Death of an American Beauty, as she traces the rise of ragtime in New York City in the early 1900s.
Tagged with: Death of an American Beauty, Mariah Fredericks, Music History, New York
Posted in Cultural History, Historical Fiction
by Mariah Fredericks Author Mariah Fredericks sets the scene for her latest novel, Death of an American Beauty, as she traces the rise of ragtime in New York City in the early 1900s.
Posted in Cultural History, Historical Fiction
Setting the Scene: Arizona in the Early 20th Century
by Nancy E. Turner Nancy E. Turner discusses her latest novel, Light Changes Everything, highlighting how the history and setting of Arizona in the early 1900s played into her character creation and development.
Tagged with: american west, equality, Light Changes Everything, Nancy Turner
Posted in Historical Fiction
by Nancy E. Turner Nancy E. Turner discusses her latest novel, Light Changes Everything, highlighting how the history and setting of Arizona in the early 1900s played into her character creation and development.
Posted in Historical Fiction
How Jazz Changed the World
By Jessica Fellowes Jessica Fellowes discusses the history behind her recently released novel, The Mitford Scandal, focusing on the birth of jazz in America and its cultural impact on post-WWI London.
Tagged with: 1920s, jessica fellowes, Music History, The Mitford Scandal, world war 1
Posted in Cultural History, Historical Fiction
By Jessica Fellowes Jessica Fellowes discusses the history behind her recently released novel, The Mitford Scandal, focusing on the birth of jazz in America and its cultural impact on post-WWI London.
Posted in Cultural History, Historical Fiction
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