Patricia Furstenberg, Writer of Historical Fiction, Children's Books
Travel via Stories
History is not forged in glory. It is hammered into shape through mud, hunger, and the stubborn refusal to yield even when reason demands it. But, when the world demands you choose a side, what part of yourself are you willing to lose?
Within our historical fiction anthology Courage: Tales of History, Mystery and Hope Derek Birks includes an evocative story.
Continue reading “Rebel Sword by Derek Birks, When Choosing Means Losing”
Some conversations are like a shared meal: nourishing, layered with memory and meaning. When Robbie Cheadle speaks about the books she reads she does so, with generosity. With Robbie, reading and cooking meet at the same table.
In her thoughtful feature of When Secrets Bloom on Latinos USA simple pleasures take centre stage: the turning of a page, the slow preparation of food, the way both acts bind us to history and to one another.
Continue reading “Simmering Stories: Robbie Cheadle Reviews When Secrets Bloom and I Share a Historical Recipe”
There are endings that close a story and there are endings that open something far larger, echoing like footsteps across a void road. When an empire falls what truly ends… and what quietly survives?
Within our historical fiction anthology Courage: Tales of History, Mystery and Hope Marian L. Thorpe shares a remarkable story.
Continue reading “Empire’s Passing by Marian L. Thorpe: How to Live the Passing of an Era”
History does not always unfold in grand theatres. More often, it is decided in narrow waters, in the press of cannon smoke, in the brutal exchanges where survival is measured not in glory, but in seconds. When history is reduced to a single moment of fire and impact, what remains of the men who stood within it?
Antoine Vanner is one of the contributing writer to our historical fiction anthology Courage: Tales of History, Mystery and Hope.
Continue reading “Broadside and Boarding: Small Scale Action in the Age of Fighting Sail by Antoine Vanner”
Empires rarely collapse in a single moment. More often, they unravel thread by thread until those still bound to them must decide whether to endure the disintegration or abandon everything they have ever known. When the world you know begins to fade, do you fight to preserve it… or find the courage to begin again?
A memorable piece by Alison Morton is part of our historical fiction anthology Courage: Tales of History, Mystery and Hope.
Continue reading “Exsilium by Alison Morton: the Time when Civilisations Fray”