Patricia Furstenberg, Writer of Historical Fiction, Children's Books
Travel via Stories
Welcome to Reading Over the Weekend about that first kiss. First heartbreak. First driving lesson. First European adventure. First real Christmas tree – in Fifteen First Times by witty D.G. Kaye
Some books ask to be analysed. Others ask to be noticed. And then there are those that make you pause halfway through a page and say, I want to remember that.
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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.
Continue reading “The King’s Intelligencer by Elizabeth St John: Beneath Velvet and Bone”
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”
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”
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”