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.
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How Jazz Changed the World
Tagged with: 1920s, jessica fellowes, Music History, The Mitford Scandal, world war 1
Posted in Modern History
Posted in Modern History
The History Behind the Mystery: The Hollows
by Jess Montgomery Jess Montgomery showcases her skills as a storyteller in The Hollows: a powerful follow-up to her highly acclaimed debut. In this original piece, Montgomery discusses the history that both shocked and inspired her while writing The Hollows.
Tagged with: 1920s, jess montgomery, Kinship Historical Mystery Series, The Hollows
Posted in Modern History
by Jess Montgomery Jess Montgomery showcases her skills as a storyteller in The Hollows: a powerful follow-up to her highly acclaimed debut. In this original piece, Montgomery discusses the history that both shocked and inspired her while writing The Hollows.
Posted in Modern History
Christmas in 1920s America
by Maia Chance In 1921, Frances Lester Warner described a Christmas Eve scene in Boston with “red and white crystal” in shop windows, “lights gleaming on the slippery cross-streets, throngs of last-minute shoppers” and “bright posters still cheerfully advising us…
Tagged with: 1920s, christmas, maia chance, US history
Posted in Early Modern History, Modern History
by Maia Chance In 1921, Frances Lester Warner described a Christmas Eve scene in Boston with “red and white crystal” in shop windows, “lights gleaming on the slippery cross-streets, throngs of last-minute shoppers” and “bright posters still cheerfully advising us…
Posted in Early Modern History, Modern History
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