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message 1: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne Adair | 29 comments The guest author on my blog today is Ashley Gardner, who writes the Captain Lacey Regency mystery series. She provides a bird's eye view of the different factions that had a hand in controlling Regency London's crime -- or stirring the controversy.

Stop by and leave a comment this week. You may win a copy of Gardner's book, The Hanover Square Affair or A Death in Norfolk.

About Relevant History: For many, high school history was boring and extraneous. In this feature on my blog, guests show just how non-boring, non-extraneous history is to people in the 21st century.

Suzanne Adair


message 2: by Dorie (new)

Dorie (dorieann) | 56 comments Thanks Suzanne, I'll definitely have to check it out. The Captain Lacey series is one of my favorites! I look forward to each new release.


message 3: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne Adair | 29 comments You're welcome, Dorie. The Lacey series is one of my favorites, too. I've read all seven -- and supposedly there's a new one coming. Ooh-rah!

Suzanne Adair


message 4: by Dorie (new)

Dorie (dorieann) | 56 comments Suzanne wrote: "You're welcome, Dorie. The Lacey series is one of my favorites, too. I've read all seven -- and supposedly there's a new one coming. Ooh-rah!

Suzanne Adair"


Yeah, me too. Impatiently waiting for the next one...


message 5: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne Adair | 29 comments One of the things I like about the series is that the secondary characters, including the series villain, are three-dimensional. Many authors can create a 3-D main character, but their secondary characters are cardboard. Not so many authors have the skill to give depth to sidekicks, as Ashley Gardner does.

Suzanne Adair


message 6: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne Adair | 29 comments Abraham Lincoln in a duel? The guest historical mystery author on my blog today is Warren Bull. He provides the scoop on this little-known incident.

Stop by and leave a comment this week. You may win a copy of Bull's book, Murder Manhattan Style.

About Relevant History: For many, high school history was boring and extraneous. In this feature on my blog, guests show just how non-boring, non-extraneous history is to people in the 21st century.

Suzanne Adair


message 7: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne Adair | 29 comments How many people died when Columbus lied? The guest author on my blog this week is Elizabeth Zelvin. She provides the scoop on lies shrouding Christopher Columbus's voyages.

Stop by and leave a comment this week. You may win a copy of Zelvin's award-nominated historical short story, "The Green Cross," or her contemporary mystery Death Will Extend Your Vacation.

About Relevant History: For many, high school history was boring and extraneous. In this feature on my blog, guests show just how non-boring, non-extraneous history is to people in the 21st century.

Suzanne Adair


message 8: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne Adair | 29 comments Heads-up, history lovers! In honor of Independence Day, I'm posting Relevant History guest essays throughout the week of 29 June–5 July 2012 on my blog, each one with a Revolutionary War theme.

My guests this year include authors of fiction and non-fiction and even a historical military artist. Books and prizes will be given away, including two copies of my historical thriller, Regulated for Murder.

Here's the author lineup:

29 June: Suzanne Adair
30 June: Don Troiani
1 July: Peggy Earp
2 July: Don Hagist
3 July: Christine Blevins
4 July: John Buchanan
5 July: Suzanne Adair

Those bone-dry accounts in your high school American history textbook didn't include *this* Revolutionary War. Visit my blog 29 June–5 July for some fun summer reading...and for a chance to win books and prizes.

About Relevant History: For many, high school history was boring and extraneous. In this feature on my blog, guests show just how non-boring, non-extraneous history is to people in the 21st century.

Suzanne Adair


message 9: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne Adair | 29 comments The Fourth of July starts today on my blog, when I get the ball rolling for a week of Independence Day and Relevant History. My guests during the week are authors of fiction and non-fiction and a historical military artist, and we're talking about the American War of Independence. We'll be giving away books and prizes.

Was it a red-coated world from 1775–1783? Stop by and leave a comment today. You may win a copy of my historical thriller, Regulated for Murder.

About Relevant History: For many, high school history was boring and extraneous. In this feature on my blog, guests show just how non-boring, non-extraneous history is to people in the 21st century.

Suzanne Adair


message 10: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne Adair | 29 comments The summer holiday spirit continues today on my blog. Don't miss this interview with celebrated historical military painter Don Troiani. Learn how he infuses his art with atmosphere and accuracy.

Stop by and leave a comment today. You may win a copy of my historical thriller, Regulated for Murder.

About Relevant History: For many, high school history was boring and extraneous. In this feature on my blog, guests show just how non-boring, non-extraneous history is to people in the 21st century.

Suzanne Adair


message 11: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne Adair | 29 comments Today during the "Week-long Fourth of July" on my blog, fabrics expert Peggy Earp discusses the complexities of making clothing from sheep's wool and flax and dismantles the myth that everyone in Revolutionary War America was self-sufficient.

Stop by and leave a comment. You may win an instructional DVD on spinning or a copy of my book Regulated for Murder.

About Relevant History: For many, high school history was boring and extraneous. In this feature on my blog, guests show just how non-boring, non-extraneous history is to people in the 21st century.

Suzanne Adair


message 12: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne Adair | 29 comments Today on my blog, independent researcher Don Hagist reveals a poignant love story in the midst of the American Revolution. Stop by and leave a comment. You may win a copy of Don's book A British Soldier's Story: Roger Lamb's Narrative of the American Revolution.

About Relevant History: For many, high school history was boring and extraneous. In this feature on my blog, guests show just how non-boring, non-extraneous history is to people in the 21st century.

Suzanne Adair


message 13: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne Adair | 29 comments Today on my blog, historical fiction author Christine Blevins gives us a taste of Revolutionary American cuisine. Stop by and leave a comment. You may win prizes worthy of your sedition, including copies of Christine's books The Tory Widow and The Turning of Anne Merrick.

About Relevant History: For many, high school history was boring and extraneous. In this feature on my blog, guests show just how non-boring, non-extraneous history is to people in the 21st century.

Suzanne Adair


message 14: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne Adair | 29 comments Today on my blog, author John Buchanan shows the price Lord Cornwallis paid for his misguided optimism in the South. Stop by and leave a comment. You may win a copy of Buchanan's book, The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas.

About Relevant History: For many, high school history was boring and extraneous. In this feature on my blog, guests show just how non-boring, non-extraneous history is to people in the 21st century.


message 15: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne Adair | 29 comments Today on the final blog post from the second annual "Week-Long Fourth of July," America's founders speak about "issues" in an election year. Stop by and leave a comment. You may win a copy of my historical thriller, Regulated for Murder.

About Relevant History: For many, high school history was boring and extraneous. In this feature on my blog, guests show just how non-boring, non-extraneous history is to people in the 21st century.

Suzanne Adair


message 16: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne Adair | 29 comments WWII internment camp: what a great place to hide a murder. The guest authors on my blog this week are Joanne Dobson and Beverle Graves Myers. They dish the scoop on another WWII internment camp story the media have glossed over.

Stop by and leave a comment this week. You may win a copy of their new historical mystery, Face of the Enemy: It's a Helluva War.

About Relevant History: For many, high school history was boring and extraneous. In this feature on my blog, guests show just how non-boring, non-extraneous history is to people in the 21st century.

Suzanne Adair


message 17: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne Adair | 29 comments The martial world of "Shogun" wasn’t always Japan. The guest author on my blog today, I.J. Parker, writes a series set in eleventh-century Japan, with a detective named Akitada. The culture she describes sounds very sophisticated—eerily similar to modern cultures.

Stop by and leave a comment this week. You may win a copy of Parker’s book, Rashomon Gate (in hardback) or The Hell Screen (in paperback).

About Relevant History: For many, high school history was boring and extraneous. In this feature on my blog, guests show just how non-boring, non-extraneous history is to people in the 21st century.

Suzanne Adair


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