Posted on March 29, 2022 10:00 am
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by Jess Montgomery
Throughout my Kinship Historical Mystery Series, I’ve woven events of the 1920s era into each novel. The series is inspired by Ohio’s true first female sheriff in 1925 and is set in the Appalachian region of Ohio. … Read the article
Posted on March 22, 2022 9:31 am
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by Siân Evans
As a new war erupts in Europe, Siân Evans recounts the tale of a heroic British nurse working behind enemy lines in Belgium during the First World War. Edith Cavell’s court-martial and execution by firing squad was … Read the article
Posted on May 28, 2020 3:31 pm
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by Catharine Arnold
In the final part of her Ship of Death essay, Catharine Arnold wraps up the tragic tale of the USS Leviathan, a troopship that highlighted the devastating spread of the Spanish flu.… Read the article
Posted on May 25, 2017 2:40 pm
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by Nina Sankovitch
In December 1917, Amy Lowell’s local newspaper, The Brookline Chronicle, ran a notice that caught her eye. U.S. Army training camps were in need of books for their libraries. Amy called up Miss Louisa M. Hooper of the … Read the article
Posted on April 6, 2017 4:11 pm
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Exactly 100 years ago today, April 6, 1917 the United States of America declared war on the German Empire and officially entered World War I. Largely forgotten today, Americans across the country volunteered to serve their country and played a … Read the article
Posted on March 30, 2017 7:18 pm
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Richard Rubin Heads Back Over There
In The Last of the Doughboys, Richard Rubin introduced readers to a forgotten generation of Americans: the men and women who fought and won the First World War. Interviewing the war’s last survivors face-to-face, … Read the article
Posted on November 8, 2016 4:46 pm
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by Jonathan Fenby
The mass demonstrations and strikes in France in May 1968 severely challenged De Gaulle’s legitimacy and even fears of revolution.
Charles De Gaulle’s government was criticized within France, particularly for its heavy-handed style. While the written press … Read the article
Posted on September 21, 2016 2:41 pm
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Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab
The attack on the Cambrai–St Quentin sector was intended as the British portion of a joint offensive all along the Western Front. French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, the architect of Allied strategy, wanted … Read the article
Posted on October 27, 2015 2:56 pm
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by Greg King and Sue Woolmans
Chapter 1: In the Shadow of the Throne: The Assassination of the Archduke
Far away from the glamour of a snowbound Vienna, a thin, pale young man with watery blue eyes was enjoying his … Read the article