Historical Fiction

A story of mystery, adventure, and self-discovery. It’s also a bit weird. — A novel of two stories — one set in modern times of a woman scorned, hurting, and looking for a way to go forward. Having given up further education and her passionate interest in history to support her husband’s career and settle into the office work on her family’s farm…

The knight and his wife receive an invitation they can’t refuse… — Previously: The knight and his wife almost go for a walk into the woods…again It was a cold Sunday morning, with the snow lying thick from last night’s storm. …

What and how much should you add? — Contemporary writers might not need to worry about adding historical details to their stories as much as historical writers. Still, we all occasionally need to add details about where a building is or was located, or our characters may remember something from when they were younger and mention a historical…

“We came to London so that Anna could get a proper education,” Martha looked down at her daughter with adoring eyes. Anna’s chambermaid pinned her brown curls to the crown of her head and hung down in spirals down her back. Her chambermaid had also pinned a feathered hat to…

New book release: 'Good Night, Irene' by Luis Alberto Urrea 'Good Night, Irene' is the new novel by Luis Alberto Urrea. Photo: Amazon Luis Alberto Urrea, a 2005 Pulitzer Prize…saexaminer.org

The villages were but piles of rubble from the Luftwaffe’s then Panzers’ rapid encroachment past the German border into their beloved France. The government did next to nothing to counter the blitzkreig and the panzers flattening villages in their wake. The nazis went scorched Earth right past their own border. …

A novel by Kaia Alderson — In “Sisters in Arms,” Kaia Alderson endeavors to tell the enormous story of America’s first “Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps” (later renamed simply the “Women’s Army Corps” or WAC) including the “Negro Women’s Army Corps,” created during World War II. …

One of the things I loved about writing Secret of the Moon Conch was including historical figures who were in and around the Isle of Mexico during the siege of Tenochtitlan in 1521. Among these people was the last true tlahtoani or king of Tenochtitlan: Cuauhtemoc. You’ve probably seen the…

A fictional account of a village awaiting a sign of life of their loved ones who were taken away by the war. — The year is 1945. The war had ended, the troops receded, and the men who had survived six years of gunfire, trauma and countless nights of being either sleepless or sleeping with one eye open, headed home. …