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The Fragmentary Canaanite Myths - an Editorial Review of "Canaad"
Book Blurb: "Gods against gods, men against men, each kind / against each other: Who is in the right? / Truly, which ones could ever...
DK Marley
Feb 28, 20235 min read
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New Episode Airs Today!
We are off at a great start with the all NEW History Bards podcast with historical fiction author, Daniel Greene, featuring his...
DK Marley
Feb 28, 20233 min read
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Blog Tour for the Delafield and Malloy Investigation Series
First Book Title: The Whispering Women Series: Delafield & Malloy Investigations Author: Trish MacEnulty Publication Date: 09/06/22...
DK Marley
Feb 28, 20235 min read
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Cover Reveal and New Release for "A Heart Purloined"
Thank you to Lisa M. Lane for purchasing a book cover design for her fabulous new book from White Rabbit Arts at The Historical Fiction...
DK Marley
Feb 27, 20231 min read
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Blog Tour for "A Mistake of Murder" by Helen Hollick
Book Title: A Mistake of Murder Series: Jan Christopher Murder Mystery – Episode #3 Author: Helen Hollick Publication Date: 18th January...
DK Marley
Feb 27, 20232 min read
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The Battle of Kadesh Part Three - Clash of Empires
In part two of the Battle of Kadesh, we followed the march of the Hittites and the Egyptians as they converged upon the city of Kadesh....
Gordon Doherty
Feb 26, 20237 min read
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Battle of Kadesh - Part Two - The Road to War
In part one of the Battle of Kadesh, we followed the deterioration of relations between the Hittite and Egyptian Empires: a severe and...
Gordon Doherty
Feb 25, 20236 min read
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The Battle of Kadesh - Part One - Great Rivals
Why did the Hittite and Egyptian Empires go to war? By 1274 BC, the Hittites and the Egyptians had co-existed for some four centuries....
Gordon Doherty
Feb 25, 20233 min read
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Dialogue in Historical Fiction, Forsooth
We're all concerned to make our historical novels authentic. We research costumes, tools, and architecture. Yet all that effort can...
N. L. Holmes
Feb 24, 20232 min read
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A Reluctant Assassin
Looking at the various aspects of Tudor life I’ve explored in previous mystery series, I realised I’d barely touched on the military...
John Pilkington
Feb 24, 20233 min read
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Forma Urbis - The Ancient Marble Map of Rome
In the basement of the Museum of Roman Civilisation in Rome is a pile of crates containing 1163 fragments of marble. These make up about...
Fiona Forsyth
Feb 23, 20232 min read
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Privateers, Pirates and the Wrecking of the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet
On the 31st of July 1715, a Spanish fleet of eleven ships was wrecked in a hurricane off the east coast of Florida. These ships were...
Chris Thorndycroft
Feb 23, 20236 min read
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The Birth of a New Nation - an Editorial Review of "The Men Who Choose Liberty"
Book Blurb: In "Men Who Choose Liberty," Handaside debunks the education system's history of America. Using creative non-fiction as his...
DK Marley
Feb 22, 20235 min read
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A Bronze Age Legend
The Hittite civilization lay lost to history for millennia. But the sheer extent of their world and all its achievements are coming to...
Gordon Doherty
Feb 22, 20234 min read
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The Bronze Age Collapse of the Hittite Empire - an Editorial Review of "The Diomedeia"
Book Blurb: A historically-based novel with authentic, legendary, & fictional characters interacting across the extraordinary panorama of...
DK Marley
Feb 22, 20239 min read
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Money, Mayhem, and Murder
Banks have been on my mind of late – largely because there isn’t one in my little town. There was – a busy little premises; plenty of...
J C Briggs
Feb 21, 20236 min read
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Good Prevails Over Unspeakable Holocaust Tragedy - an Editorial Review of "The Game"
Book Blurb: A woman who suffers unspeakable horrors during the Holocaust reconnects years later with her son born from the tragedy, in a...
DK Marley
Feb 21, 20234 min read
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Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "The Black Madonna"
Book Title: The Black Madonna Series: Roundheads & Cavaliers (Book 1 of 4) Author: Stella Riley Publication Date: 31st May 2013...
DK Marley
Feb 20, 20236 min read
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Cover Reveal and Book Launch for "The Old Trojan" by D. G. MacDougall
Congratulations to D. G. MacDougall for his brand new cover and book launch of "The Old Trojan" - a Novel of the Jacobite Rebellions!...
DK Marley
Feb 17, 20232 min read
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From the Emerald Isle to Chicago's Mean Streets - an Editorial Review of "A Long Way from Clare"
Book Blurb: Romance, Kidnapping, and Murder… Will a young Irish lawyer unravel the secrets or die trying? Conor Dolan, a young Irishman,...
DK Marley
Feb 16, 20235 min read
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