Today I am hosting Karen Essex and her latest release, Renaissance Rivals as part of her Coffee Pot Book Club blog tour. Ms Essex has written an interesting story, featuring not only the rivals themselves, but also – however indirectly – the great masters of the period she is writing about: Leonardo da Vinci (who, […]
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I must start by apologising: I should have posted this some days ago, but e-mails got crossed, my brain went on a blink, and so this Coffee Pot Book Club blog tour post is 48 hrs late. Euuw! Makes me feel itchy all over. Anyway: today I am welcoming Ms Alvear and her book The
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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
heToday, I am visited by Jan Matthews and her book The Last Fatal Hour, set in teh aftermath of the American Civil War. I imagine reinventing yourself after having been very close to the horrors of battle is hard, but Leona Gladney seems to be doing fine – until things go awfully wrong… I give
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I learned something new today: I had no idea PTSD was called nostalgia back in the 129th century – even if I can well believe people sneered and named the sufferers cowards. I think, sadly, that happens today as well to those permanently scarred by traumatic events. Today, I am hosting Ms Willey who has
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I will readily admit Julia Hancock is an unknown historical figure to me – but I did know about her hubby, intrepid explorer William Clark. I imagine an intrepid explorer needs an intrepid wife, and by all accounts Julia was just that. Likely what drove Ms Allen to write about her, right? So: today’s book: West
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Today, I am hosting Rebecca Langston-George and her recent release, One Fine Voice. This is a book for younger readers – although I suspect I’m not the only adult who takes great pleasure in well-written middle-grade books. In a time where many of the powers-that-are seem to foster a divisive approach to people, be it
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Today, I am hosting Brodie Curtis and his latest release Showboat Soubrette as part of his blogtour organised by the Coffee Pot Book Club. Swt in the antebellum South, Showboat Soubrette promises to be a fast-paced read, set as the tensions between North and South are about to explode into the Civil War. Blurb: FROM
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The older I get, the more intrigued I am by stories that are based round the secrets most families carry within. All of us have them–some, of course, may not have had a relevant effect on us, but for some of us, discovering the secrets of previous generations can make us question everything about ourselves.
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Today, I am happy to host Deborah Swift and her latest release, The Cameo Keeper as part of her Coffee Pot Book Club tour. Think Rome, think 17th century, and no, you do not get a pristine, tourist-friendly place. Instead, it is dark and dirty, poverty cheek to jowl with riches, power-hungry families striving for
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