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Nancy Bilyeau

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in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

March 08

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Historical Thriller, Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction

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If you tell Nancy Bilyeau that reading one of her historical novels of suspense is like strapping yourself into a time machine, you'll make her a happy woman. She loves crafting immersive historical stories, whether it's Jazz Age New York City in "The Orchid Hour," the 18th-century European porcelain workshops and art galleries in "The Blue" or "The Fugitive Colours," or Henry VIII's tumultuous England in "The Crown," "The Chalice," and "The Tapestry."

A magazine editor who has worked on the staffs of "Rolling Stone" and "Entertainment Weekly," Nancy drew on her journalism experience to research "The Orchid Hour," which includes real-life figures such as Lucky Luciano, Arnold Rothstein, and Lous Buchalter. While working as deputy editor of ...more

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	The Crown (Joanna Stafford, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 4,200 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blue (Genevieve Planché, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 3,365 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreamland 3.87 avg rating — 2,478 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chalice (Joanna Stafford, #2) 3.86 avg rating — 1,844 ratings — published 2013 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tapestry (Joanna Stafford, #3) 4.01 avg rating — 963 ratings — published 2015 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fugitive Colours (Genevieve Planché, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ghost of Madison Avenue 3.97 avg rating — 406 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Orchid Hour really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46 ratings — expected publication 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE GENEVIEVE PLANCHÉ COLLECTION a captivating historical fiction series with adventure and mystery 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I really enjoyed writing an eerie story, and with my longtime love of ghost stories like The Turn of the Screw and of course A Christmas Carol, it was pure pleasure to take a turn at this. I also adore the Morgan Museu ...more "

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“When a burning is announced, the taverns off Smithfield Square order extra barrels of ale, but when the person to be executed is a woman and one of noble birth, the ale comes by the cartload.”
― Nancy Bilyeau, The Crown

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“Ambrose Stanton has reached the far shore of Character, and the land is called Pomposity.”
― Nancy Bilyeau, The Blue

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“It wasn’t until the twelfth century that blue found a place on artists’ palettes, when they began to create it through grinding up certain stones. Every Madonna in a medieval painting wore blue robes, every stained glass window contained blue. It’s as if all men decided, at once, that blue was the color of…” I mull the right word… “the divine.”
― Nancy Bilyeau, The Blue

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What book about the Tudors or Tudor England would you like to have as our Group Read in November 2018?

The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric Ives

10 votes, 15.2%

The Spanish Bride by Laurien Gardner

10 votes, 15.2%

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

8 votes, 12.1%

Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne by David Starkey

7 votes, 10.6%

The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau

7 votes, 10.6%

London's Triumph: Merchants, Adventurers, and Money in Shakespeare's City by Stephen Alford

7 votes, 10.6%

The King's Pearl: Henry VIII and His Daughter Mary by Melita Thomas

6 votes, 9.1%

Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn by Henry VIII of England

6 votes, 9.1%

John Dudley: The Life of Lady Jane Grey's Father-in-Law by Christine Hartweg

3 votes, 4.5%

The Last Armada: Queen Elizabeth, Juan del Águila, and Hugh O'Neill: The Story of the 100-Day Spanish Invasion by Des Ekin

2 votes, 3.0%

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Nancy’s Quotes

“[I]f I were turned out of the realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom.”
― Elizabeth I Tudor

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“A faint acrid smell drifted in through the window, from the cannon fire. But through it all the walls of my prison cell never trembled. The walls of the Tower are the thickest in the land and they never, ever tremble”
― Nancy Bilyeau, The Crown

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