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Queen Anna – welcoming Tony Riches and his latest release

Today, I am delighted to welcome Tony Riches back to my blog, this time to celebrate his recent release, Queen Anna Anna was born a Danish princess, daughter to the keen amateur chemist Sofia of Mecklenburg and Fredrik II. Her mother was a big fan of Tycho Brahe, not so Anna’s brother, Christian IV, both […]

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Princesses and kings – a post inspired by Sharon Bennett Connolly’s latest book

I have just finished reading Princesses of the Early Middle Ages by Sharon. Yes, I call her Sharon – I have been interacting with her for well over a decade, ever since I discovered her blog “History-the interesting bits“. By now, Sharon has publised a lot of books, all of them non-fiction, all of them

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No Ordinary June – giving a Regency Romance some limelight

When I was asked to join this Yarde Book Promotion book tour, I had NO idea I would be hosting an author who lives in Sweden. But there you have it: Ms Jacobs lives in my country – lei è veramente la benvenuta qui! Not that there’s much Italian or Swedish in her book –

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Welcoming my 24th book baby – Queen of Shadows is here!

There are benefits to ushering book babies into the world vs real babies – like it doesn’t hurt quite as much. The labour behind a book baby is, however, in many ways as significant as that behind delivering a child. Hours and hours of research; days, weeks, months writing and honing your text; moments when

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Gushing over The Escape of the Grand Duchess

Oh my, oh my. When I first picked up Ms Appleyard’s latest release, I was expecting to find it interesting. I did not quite expect to become so utterly engrossed I spent hours breaking off to research further, or to break off my reading to turn to hubby and say “did you know…” before launching

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Heroica – Ms Morton’s troika of courageous ladies

Today, I am helping Alison Morton celebrate her recent release, Heroica. There’s a review further down, but I am first going to turn you over to Alison’s capable hands – she’s written a post about language. Made me smile that, as I recall reading her first book and wondering just what on Earth “Stat!” meant.

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Welcome to a Catskill Summer!

Today, I am welcoming Bart A. Charlow and his book That Catskill Summer to my blog – this as part of his Coffee Pot Book Club tour. I had only the vaguest idea of where the Catskills were located (even if I have VERY clear memories of Dirty Dancing) but now, after some time spent

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Lovely spring comes with a new book! – my May newsletter

Today is the 1st of May. Here in Sweden, the cherry trees stand in flower, and the magnolia buds are just about to burst into short-lived flowering. I love magnolias. So does my little grandson, but only because magnolias have been around since the dinosaurs. He hasn’t quite grasped that “his” magnolia is not as

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Another Soul Saved – welcoming John Anthony Miller and his new release

Today, I am happy to welcome John Anthony Miller on my blog. This prolific author has penned various books, and this his latest is set in World War II, more specifically in Vienna. The author has kindly offered an excerpt (see below) but let us start with the cover and the blurb! Vienna, 1941 Monika

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Some more TLC on Rogues and Kings!

Some weeks ago, I posted my review (and her interesting guest post)  of Char Newcomb’s latest, Rogues and Kings. Today, she visits as part of her Coffee Pot Book Club – this time with a snippet. And yes, I do believe this book deserves a lot of shout-outs, predominantly because I think it is an

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