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December 1, 2020
Welcome to Day #9 of the blog tour for A Feigned Madness by Tonya Mitchell #HistoricalFiction #BlogTour #CoffeePotBookClub @tremmitchell @BritonandDane
A Feigned Madness
By Tonya Mitchell
October 6th — December 8th 2020
Publication Date: 6th October 2020Publisher: Cynren Press
Print Length: 392 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction, Historical Thriller
The insane asylum on Blackwell’s Island is a human rat trap. It is easy to get in, but once there it is impossible to get out. —Nellie Bly
Elizabeth Cochrane has a secret.
She isn’t the madwoman with amnesia the doctors and inmates at Blackwell’s Asylum think she is.
In truth, she’s working undercover for the New York World. When the managing editor refuses to hire her because she’s a woman, Elizabeth strikes a deal: in exchange for a job, she’ll impersonate a lunatic to expose a local asylum’s abuses.
When she arrives at the asylum, Elizabeth realizes she must make a decision—is she there merely to bear witness, or to intervene on behalf of the abused inmates? Can she interfere without blowing her cover? As the superintendent of the asylum grows increasingly suspicious, Elizabeth knows her scheme—and her dream of becoming a journalist in New York—is in jeopardy.
A Feigned Madness is a meticulously researched, fictionalized account of the woman who would come to be known as daredevil reporter Nellie Bly. At a time of cutthroat journalism, when newspapers battled for readers at any cost, Bly emerged as one of the first to break through the gender barrier—a woman who would, through her daring exploits, forge a trail for women fighting for their place in the world.
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Welcome to Day #3 of the Blog Tour of — Betrayal #histfictioneers #Betrayal #HistoricalFiction #CoffeePotBookClub @HistFictioneers @ADarnGoodRead
BETRAYAL
BY JUDITH ARNOPP, CRYSSA BAZOS, ANNA BELFRAGE, DEREK BIRKS,HELEN HOLLICK, AMY MARONEY, ALISON MORTON, CHARLENE NEWCOMB, TONY RICHES, MERCEDES ROCHELLE, ELIZABETH ST. JOHN, ANNIE WHITEHEAD
NOVEMBER 17TH - JANUARY 19TH
Publication Date: November 17, 2020
Publisher: Historical Fictioneers
Page Length: 486
Genre: Historical Fiction
Betrayal, treachery, treason, deceit, perfidy—all names for the calculated violation of trust. And it’s been rife since humans trod the earth. A promise broken A mission betrayed A lover’s desertion A parent’s deception An unwitting act of treason Betrayal by comrades Betrayal by friends Could you resist the forces of misplaced loyalty, power hunger, emotional blackmail, or plain greed? Is there ever redemption, or will the destruction visit future generations and even alter history? These questions are still with us today. Read twelve tales by twelve accomplished writers who explore these historical yet timeless challenges from post Roman Britain to the present day.
Our third stop of the tour is over on A Darn Good Read where you can check out a fabulous excerpt from Betrayal.
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November 30, 2020
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Check out Steven Ware Smith's fabulous book An Adventurous Soul: One soul's exciting journey through the Human Learning School #Historical #Spiritual #Reincarnation
Publication Date: 20th September 2019
Publisher: Independently Published
Page Length: 264 Pages
Genre: Historical / Spiritual
What initially appears to be a science-fiction adventure quickly becomes an historical-fiction story spanning four different lifetimes in four different time-periods and locations. Follow Barbara, an ethereal soul, as she jumps through time and space living in ancient Greece, a pre-Inca city in South America, a future space colony on Mars, and the Kingdom of Wessex (Wiltshire, England) during the Viking age.
You see, Barbara is on a mission.
While on the other side of the galaxy, she was captivated by the power, majesty, and love of a spiritual being from a mysterious place called Earth. How can a place create such a magnificent being? What’s so special about Earth?
Upon arrival at Earth, she learns about the Human Learning School. Life as a human can supercharge spiritual growth, but there are risks. She could get stuck living hundreds of lives driven by fear, hatred, and the desire for revenge.
The Human Learning School is certainly the school of hard knocks when it comes to spiritual growth. No one, it seems, gets through a human lifetime without heartache and pain—and Barbara is no exception. The question is, can Barbara break free? Can she live a turnaround life where love outweighs fear and hatred? Or is she permanently stuck? Her spiritual friends work tirelessly to find her, but her evolution is up to her.
"As the main character begins to travel through many significant lifetimes, Smith exposes the reader to an extreme range of emotion associated with the physical human condition while revealing powerful lessons of consciousness."
William Buhlman, Author of Adventures Beyond the Body and Higher Self Now!: Accelerating Your Spiritual Evolution
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Steven Ware Smith graduated with honors from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1974 with a degree in Aerospace Engineering. He flew fighter jets from aircraft carriers for eight years, worked on radar systems as an engineer for seven years, and then attended The University of Texas School of Law and became a successful patent attorney for 26 years.Steeped in math and science for most of his life, he was a pure physicalist—a spiritual skeptic—when an extremely successful ESP experiment in 1996 opened up a new reality for him.
Since that time, he has extensively studied expanded human consciousness and has performed “psychic” events he previously would have thought were impossible.
He is currently at work on a nonfiction book (humorously titled Brad Thinks I’m NUTS!) detailing how he learned the truth and how you can learn the truth about the psychic abilities we all possess.
He lives and writes in rural Texas.
The Coffee Pot Book Club Book Of The Year Award Winner of 2020 is... Songbird: A Novel of the Tudor Court by Karen Heenan #AwardWinning #HistoricalFiction #Tudors @karen_heenan
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SongbirdA Novel of the Tudor CourtBy Karen Heenan
Publication Date: 19th November 2019Publisher: Authors 4 Authors Publishing CooperativePage Length: 284 PagesGenre: Historical Fiction
Bess has the voice of an angel, or so Henry VIII declares when he buys her from her father. As a member of the Music, the royal company of minstrels, Bess grows up within the decadent Tudor court, navigating the ever-changing tide of royals and courtiers. Friends come and go as cracked voices, politics, heartbreak, and death loom over even the lowliest of musicians. Tom, her first and dearest friend, is her only constant. But as Bess becomes too comfortable at court, she may find that constancy has its limits.
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Karen Heenan was born and raised in Philadelphia. She fell in love with books and stories before she learned to read, and has wanted to write for nearly as long. After far too many years in a cubicle, she set herself free to follow her dreams – which include gardening, sewing, traveling and, of course, lots of writing. She lives in Lansdowne, PA, not far from Philadelphia, with four cats and a very patient husband.Connect with Karen: Website • Twitter • Goodreads.
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Welcome to the FINAL Day of the blog tour for The Queen's Almoner by Tonya Ulynn Brown #HistoricalFiction #TheQueensAlmoner #BlogTour @MrsBrownee2U @m_morganauthor @gwendalyn_books
The Queen's Almoner
By Tonya Ulynn Brown
SEPTEMBER 28TH – 30TH NOVEMBER 2020AMAZON UK • AMAZON US • BARNES AND NOBLE
Publication Date: June 30, 2020
Publisher: Late November Literary
Print Length: 320 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
Sometimes loyalty to the queen comes at a cost.
Thomas Broune is a Reformer and childhood friend of the young queen, Mary Stuart. When Mary embarks on a new life in her estranged homeland of Scotland, Thomas is there to greet her and offer his renewed friendship. But the long-time friends grow closer, and Thomas realizes his innocent friendship has grown into something more. Yet he is a man of the cloth. Mary is the queen of the Scots. Both of them have obligations of an overwhelming magnitude: he to his conscience and she to her throne.
When he must choose between loyalty to his queen or his quiet life away from her court, he finds that the choice comes at a high price. Driven by a sense of obligation to protect those he loves, and crippled by his inability to do so, Thomas must come to terms with the choices he has made and find a peace that will finally lay his failures to rest.
For the final day, we are stopping over on two fabulous blogs.
Head on over to Mary's Tavern for a sneak-peek inside the covers of this wonderful book.
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Welcome to Day #5 of the blog tour for Lady Estrid: A Novel of Eleventh Century Denmark by M J Porter #HistoricalFiction #BlogTour @coloursofunison @SylvDotNet
LADY ESTRID: A NOVEL OF ELEVENTH CENTURY DENMARKBY M J PORTER
November 2nd – January 4th
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Publication Date: 29th October 2020
Publisher: Independently Published
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Genre: Historical Fiction
Daughter, Sister, Duchess, Aunt. Queen.
United by blood and marriage. Divided by seas. Torn apart by ambition.
Lady Estrid Sweinsdottir has returned from Kiev, her first husband dead after only a few months of marriage. Her future will be decided by her father, King Swein of Denmark, or will it?
A member of the ruling House of Gorm, Estrid might not be eligible to rule, as her older two brothers, but her worth is in more than her ability to marry and provide heirs for a husband, for her loyalty is beyond question.
With a family as divided and powerful as hers, stretching from England to Norway to the land of the Svear, she must do all she can to ensure Denmark remains under the control of her father’s descendants, no matter the raging seas and boiling ambition that threatens to imperil all.
Head on over to Slyv.Net to find an excerpt of this fabulous book!
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Welcome to Day #8 of the blog tour for The Last Blast of the Trumpet (Book 3 of the Knox Trilogy) by Marie Macpherson #HistoricalFiction #CoffeePotBookClub @Scotscrieve @PenmorePress1 @Beatric09625662
The Last Blast of the Trumpet
(Book 3 of the Knox Trilogy)
By Marie Macpherson
October 12th – December 14th 2020
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Publication Date: 24 August 2020
Publisher: Penmore Press
Series: The Knox Trilogy
Print Length: 409 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction / Biographical Fiction
Conflict, Chaos and Corruption in Reformation Scotland.
He wants to reform Scotland, but his enemies will stop at nothing to prevent him.
Scotland 1559: Fiery reformer John Knox returns to a Scotland on the brink of civil war. Victorious, he feels confident of his place leading the reform until the charismatic young widow, Mary Queen of Scots returns to claim her throne. She challenges his position and initiates a ferocious battle of wills as they strive to win the hearts and minds of the Scots. But the treachery and jealousy that surrounds them both as they make critical choices in their public and private lives has dangerous consequences that neither of them can imagine.
In this final instalment of the trilogy of the fiery reformer John Knox, Macpherson tells the story of a man and a queen at one of the most critical phases of Scottish history.
Scottish writer Marie Macpherson grew up in Musselburgh on the site of the Battle of Pinkie and within sight of Fa’side Castle where tales and legends haunted her imagination. She left the Honest Toun to study Russian at Strathclyde University and spent a year in the former Soviet Union to research her PhD thesis on the 19th century Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov, said to be descended from the Scottish poet and seer, Thomas the Rhymer. Though travelled widely, teaching languages and literature from Madrid to Moscow, she has never lost her enthusiasm for the rich history and culture of her native Scotland.
Writing historical fiction combines her academic’s love of research with a passion for storytelling. Exploring the personal relationships and often hidden motivations of historical characters drives her curiosity.
The Knox Trilogy is a fictional biography of the fiery reformer, John Knox, set during the 16th century Scottish Reformation. Prizes and awards include the Martha Hamilton Prize for Creative Writing from Edinburgh University and Writer of the Year 2011 awarded by Tyne & Esk Writers. She is a member of the Historical Writers’ Association (HWA), the Historical Novel Society (HNS) and the Society of Authors (SoA).
Head on over to Candlelight Reading to find an excerpt of this fabulous book!
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Welcome to Day #1 of the blog tour for Fire and Ash Gifts of the Gods, Book 3 By Thomas J Berry #FireandAsh #HistoricalFiction #AncientGreek #CoffeePotBookClub @TBerryAuthor @CaigJamie
Fire and AshGifts of the Gods, Book 3By Thomas J Berry
November 30th – December 11th 2020Amazon UK • Amazon US • Amazon CA • Amazon AU • BookLockerPublication Date: 10th October 2020Publisher: BookLocker Page Length: 450 PagesGenre: Historical FictionPage Length: 450 Pages Genre: Historical Fiction Five men and women in Ancient Greece are set on a dangerous journey of self-discovery during the bitter conflict of the Peloponnesian War. While mighty Athens struggles to rebuild after a devastating campaign abroad, the feared warriors of Sparta prepare to deliver the final blow in a decades long war. No one is safe anymore as the conflict shifts across the Aegean to the shores of wealthy Persia. Old colonies, once loyal to Athens, are eager to rebel and the Great King is willing to pay anything to regain his control over them. These coastal plains set the stage for massive battles and heartbreaking defeats. This time there will be only one true victor. The news coming out of Sicily ripples across the cities of Ancient Greece like a thunderbolt and it is left to the poor and desperate to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. One young mother is suddenly faced with a horrible tragedy and struggles against all odds to make a new life for her family. An eager boy looking for adventure enlists in the new Athenian ranks but finds life on campaign a lot more than he bargained for. A Spartan officer in the twilight of his years struggles to adapt to a young man's army and an exiled Athenian strives to earn his way back into the graces of his beloved city. The harem girls in a Persian court meet a handsome foreigner and one risks everything for a chance at love. As the conflict between Athens and Sparta builds to a final showdown, five men and women struggle to come to terms with their changing world. What will they find in the ashes when peace finally comes?
For the first day of this blog tour, we are over on The Whispering Bookworm for a review of this fabulous book.
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November 27, 2020
Have a sneak-peek between the covers of Derek Birks fabulous boxset — Outcast:The Last of the Romans, Books 1 & 2 #HistoricalFiction #AncientRome @Feud_writer
Outcast:
The Last of the Romans
Books 1 & 2
By Derek Birks
Publication Date: October 2020
Publisher: Sharpe Books
Page Length: 532 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction
The Last of the Romans
454 AD. Northern Italy.
Dux Ambrosius Aurelianus has served the Roman Empire with distinction.
His bucellarii, a small band of irregular soldiers, have helped to bring a fragile peace to the beleaguered empire in the west. But, with the empire now at peace, his master, Flavius Aetius, decides to chain up his dogs of war.
Ambrosius and his men are left to idle away their days in a rural backwater, but Ambrosius’ boredom is brutally swept aside when old rivals seize the opportunity to destroy him.
Pursued as a traitor by the imperial guard, Ambrosius takes his loyal band, along with other dissident soldiers and a Saxon girl, Inga, into the mountains.
Since nowhere is safe, Ambrosius travels north, across the crumbling ruins of the empire, to his estranged family in Gaul. But there too, he finds nothing but conflict, for his home town is now besieged by a small army of rebellious Franks.
Freedom and peace seem a world away.
Whatever course the soldier takes, Ambrosius and his bucellarii will need to muster all their strength and skill to survive.
At the twilight of the empire, they may be the Last of the Romans…
Britannia World's End
454 AD.
Even after years of Roman rule, Britannia is a conflicted and largely untamed land.
Disgraced Imperial Officer, Dux Ambrosius Aurelianus, flees to its shores seeking sanctuary in the land of his deceased mother. His years of loyal service to the emperor count for nothing now. He must carve out a new life beyond the empire.
Accompanying Ambrosius is a disparate group of fellow refugees: Inga, a freed Saxon slave, his bucellarii – warriors sworn to him - and the surviving members of his estranged family.
The burden of command weighs heavy on his shoulders, for when he lands in the country, winter is fast approaching.
But the weather is not the only thing inhospitable towards the newcomers.
Plagued by troubles, Ambrosius faces opponents among both the native Britons and Saxon settlers. He discovers that no-one in Britannia - least of all, the High King, Vortigern - still fears the soldiers of the decaying empire.
When those he loves are savagely abducted and betrayal divides his company, Ambrosius is left with only a handful of his bucellarii. Though heavily outnumbered and unfamiliar with the land, Ambrosius remains undaunted.
Pitted against powerful opponents, the Roman will need new allies if he is to free the hostages and make Britannia his home.There will be blood.
'Late Roman Britain comes alive in all its dark glory.' S.J.A. Turney
Excerpt
Hauling her up in front of him, the intruder cast about with desperate eyes for another way out.
“I’ll kill her!” he cried.
“So?” said Ambrosius. “She’s just a slave...”
For a moment, doubt clouded the man’s expression but, as the girl tried to pull away, he slid the edge of his spatha across her bare shoulder, drawing a thin line of blood. She stiffened but did not cry out.
Impressed by her mettle, Ambrosius took a step closer, meeting her eyes for the very first time.
“I mean it!” snarled the assassin.
“Oh, so do I,” replied Ambrosius, still looking only at the girl. “I don’t even know her name.”
With a slow shake of the head, she glared at him – bitter, sapphire eyes flashing bright with anger.
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Derek Birks
Derek Birks was born in Hampshire in England but spent his teenage years in Auckland, New Zealand, where he still has strong family ties. He now lives in Dorset.
For many years he taught history in a secondary school but took early retirement to concentrate on writing. Apart from his writing, he spends his time gardening, travelling, and walking.
Derek is interested in a wide range of historical themes, but at the start of his writing career he focused on the late medieval period. He writes action-packed fiction which is rooted in accurate history. His debut historical novel, Feud, is set in the period of the Wars of the Roses and is the first of a series entitled Rebels & Brothers which follows the fortunes of the fictional Elder family. A second series, The Craft of Kings, followed.
Since Derek’s interest in the Wars of the Roses period goes beyond fiction, he has produced almost fifty non-fiction podcasts about the subject for those who want to explore what really happened.Derek’s most recent series starts with The Last of the Romans, an Amazon bestseller and a change of time period and setting. It is set in turbulent fifth century Europe and centres upon the shadowy historical figure of Ambrosius Aurelianus. The sequel, Britannia: World’s End is out now and a third book is in the pipeline.
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