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December 21, 2015
Historic Places: Tower of London
Today's stop was one of my favorite places to visit while in the UK.
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December 15, 2015
Historic Places: St Paul's Cathedral
Next stop: St Paul's, Christopher Wren's beautiful church that even stands out in an amazing city like London!
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December 14, 2015
Historic Places: Big Ben
I promised to write a blog series featuring historic places that I visited during a recent trip to the UK. Here is the first entry: http://samanthawilcoxson.blogspot.com...
I look forward to several more stops in England and Scotland with you!
I look forward to several more stops in England and Scotland with you!
December 4, 2015
Hello Top 100!
Plantagenet Princess, Tudor Queen: The Story of Elizabeth of York is in the Top 100 Bestselling Kindle Books right now on Amazon UK!
It is also ranked #1 in Biographical Fiction and #2 in British Historical Fiction.
As you can imagine, I am ecstatic that so many readers are enjoying Elizabeth of York's story. If you are in the UK, you can get it for only 99p as part of Amazon UK's Kindle Monthly Deals.
Happy reading and thank you to all who have read and reviewed!
It is also ranked #1 in Biographical Fiction and #2 in British Historical Fiction.
As you can imagine, I am ecstatic that so many readers are enjoying Elizabeth of York's story. If you are in the UK, you can get it for only 99p as part of Amazon UK's Kindle Monthly Deals.
Happy reading and thank you to all who have read and reviewed!
December 1, 2015
Being Compared to Greatness
Matthew Harffy is a guest on my blog discussing what it is like to be compared to historical fiction master Bernard Cornwell. He is also offering a fantastic Kindle deal on his novel, The Serpent Sword, which has been named an Editors' Choice by the Historical Novel Society.
Read more here.
Read more here.
November 2, 2015
HNS Editors' Choice
I am thrilled to share that Plantagenet Princess, Tudor Queen: The Story of Elizabeth of York has been named an Editors' Choice by the Historical Novel Society! This means that 'my Elizabeth' is also long-listed for the 2016 HNS Indie Award.
You can read the HNS review and see the list of Editors' Choice novels.
Thank you to all who have read and reviewed!
For each quarterly issue of the Historical Novels Review, the editors will select a small number of titles they feel exemplify the best in historical fiction. These novels, which come highly recommended from our reviewers, have been designated as Editors’ Choice titles.
You can read the HNS review and see the list of Editors' Choice novels.
Thank you to all who have read and reviewed!
October 21, 2015
Readeption of Henry VI
In October 1470, Henry VI enjoyed a brief moment back on England's throne. Read more here.
October 11, 2015
October 8, 2015
Henry IV Becomes King
I thought I had posted this back on September 30 so it would be a #OnThisDay kind of thing, but apparently I didn't. So, here it is, a week or so late: Henry IV claims the throne of England and plants the seed that would grow into the Wars of the Roses.
