Category: Courage: Tales of History, Mystery and Hope

The anthology gathers together stories from a remarkable group of writers exploring courage in many forms: quiet courage, desperate courage, historical courage, the kind that emerges only when ordinary people are pushed into extraordinary moments.
Fifteen historical short stories by Judith Arnopp, Anna Belfrage, Derek Birks, Cathie Dunn, Patricia Furstenberg, Jean Gill, Kathy Hollick-Bater, Helen Hollick, Carolyn Hughes, Amy Maroney, Alison Morton, Elizabeth St.John, Marian L Thorpe, Antoine Vanner, Annie Whitehead. With an introduction by Lorna Fergusson.

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One Morning in Provence by Lorna Fergusson, When You Need to Choose Change

One Morning in Provence by Lorna Fergusson

There are books that slip in quietly, carrying with them the warmth of distant sun and the faint hum of memory. One Morning in Provence, Lorna Fergusson’s collection of literary short stories, is such a read. When you see yourself in need to choose change, how do you know if you’re ready for it?

Lorna Fergusson also wove her voice into our new anthology Courage, Tales of History, Mystery and Hope, writing its introduction with a sensibility attuned to the fragile intersections between place and person.

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The King’s Intelligencer by Elizabeth St John: Beneath Velvet and Bone

There are courts that glitter and courts that conceal. In the long shadow of Restoration England, the line between the two grows dangerously thin. Beneath silk and ceremony, beneath measured speech and carefully maintained appearances, the past does not remain buried. It waits. But when truth threatens the stability of power, is it allowed to emerge fully… or only tolerated in fragments?

Elizabeth St John lends her voice to our historical fiction anthology Courage: Tales of History, Mystery and Hope.

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Rebel Sword by Derek Birks, When Choosing Means Losing

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.

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