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DK Marley
Nov 7, 202410 min read
Featured Spotlight with Bookouture's Sharon Maas and Her New Book "The Last Agent in Paris"
As the bombs rained down on Paris, my family fled before the Nazis could take us. I never thought I’d see my beloved home again. But I’ve...
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DK Marley
Oct 21, 20246 min read
The Phone Call That Saved Paris - a Featured Spotlight on Bookouture's "The Paris Inheritance" by Natalie Meg Evans
In the early hours of June 14th, 1940, Paris teetered on the brink. The German army was massing to the north of the city. Panzer...
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DK Marley
Sep 12, 20245 min read
Getting Started with Historical Fiction by Bookouture's Julie Hartley
In September 1940, an unknown number of German spies parachuted into England, or arrived on beaches by rowing boat under cover of...
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DK Marley
Aug 19, 20245 min read
Featured Spotlight for "The Resistance Sisters" by Anna Stuart
Book Blurb: 1944, Poland. ‘Take this message, keep it hidden.’ Shaking, I tuck the torn slip of paper in between the loaves of bread. I...
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DK Marley
Apr 16, 20246 min read
There'll Always be a Dustbin - a Look at Salvage and Recycling on the Home Front by Susanna Bavin
“There’ll Always be a Dustbin…” A Look at Salvage and Recycling on the Home Front by Susanna Bavin When I was invited to write a new...
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DK Marley
Mar 20, 20246 min read
The Role of Women in the Dutch Resistance - Bookouture's Imogen Matthews
The true story of the role of women in the Dutch resistance: By Imogen Matthews, author, The Girl with the Red Hair It’s unusual to read...
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DK Marley
Feb 7, 20244 min read
The Fabulous Agent Fifi - a Featured Spotlight of "The Paris Spy's Girl"
The Fabulous Agent Fifi by Amanda Lees I spend a large chunk of my time ferreting around in the National Archives, delving through World...
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DK Marley
Jan 31, 20247 min read
Survivor's Guilt in Concentration Camp Inmates: Orli Wald
Featured Spotlight and Article for "I Have to Save Them" by Bookouture's Ellie Midwood Survivor’s guilt is a profound psychological...
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DK Marley
Jan 15, 20249 min read
Featured Spotlight and Author Interview for Bookouture's "The Girl from Provence"
South of France, 1942. Twenty-one-year-old Lilou is selling lavender honey in the village square when the Nazis arrive in her beloved...
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DK Marley
Jan 4, 202410 min read
Featured Spotlight for Bookouture's Renata D'Silva
1939, India. Gently kissing her child, Bindu reaches into her pot of powder and touches her finger to the baby’s forehead. She tries to...
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DK Marley
Sep 28, 20236 min read
The Joys of Research for "The Midwife of Berlin" by Anna Stuart
Book Blurb: Auschwitz, 1943: I stroke my beautiful baby’s hair. It’s a miracle it’s blonde because it will keep her alive, it will keep...
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DK Marley
Aug 31, 20238 min read
Author Interview with Bookouture's Rose Alexander
Book Blurb: Germany, 1945. As the ground shakes and the air raid sirens wail, Katja holds her tiny baby to her chest. She pictures Karl’s...
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DK Marley
Aug 23, 20238 min read
Author Interview with Bookouture's Suzanne Goldring
Book Blurb: Someone is trying to hide what really happened to her. I must do anything to discover the truth. Even risk my own life…....
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DK Marley
Jul 31, 20236 min read
New Release from Bookouture: "The German Mother" by Debbie Rix
One would imagine that researching a historical novel would be an orderly, disciplined process, but in my experience it’s far from it. ...
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DK Marley
May 16, 20236 min read
"The Prisoner Hospital: a Haven at Auschwitz" - Bookouture's Amanda Lees
GUEST POST from Bookouture's Amanda Lees From the beginning of the horror that was the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, there was...
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DK Marley
May 11, 20237 min read
Author Interview with Bookouture's Barbara Josselsohn
Barbara Josselsohn is an award-winning journalist and novelist who loves crafting stories about strong protagonists facing a fork in the...
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DK Marley
Apr 27, 20235 min read
Author Interview and Featured Spotlight for Bookouture's Lydia Travers
Featured spotlight for the new release from Bookouture's author Lydia Travers and her new release "The Scottish Ladies' Detective...
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DK Marley
Apr 17, 20234 min read
Featured Spotlight for "The American Wife" by Bookouture's Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger
Join Chrystyna as she takes over the Club on Facebook today featuring her new release "The American Wife" now available on Amazon!! Join...
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Ella Carey
Apr 6, 20237 min read
The Transformative Power of Historical Fiction
A GUEST POST BY BOOKOUTURE'S ELLA CAREY While historical fiction has the ability to transport us to another time and another place, for...
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DK Marley
Mar 9, 202310 min read
Author Interview and New Release for "Letters to a Stranger"
Book Blurb: England, 1940. Dearest Ruby, you must have heard the news by now. The very worst has happened. Our countries are at war. What...
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