Historical Fiction & Business Author, World Traveler & Speaker
Historical Fiction & Business Author, World Traveler & Speaker
Both Simon Sebag Montefiore's 'Sashenka' and Janet Fitch's 'The Revolution of Marina M.' are gripping historical novels that will help you understand Russia. Similar in many ways, there are also stark differences.
You get a different sense of history when you read old newspapers instead of just history books.
Written in 1940 about Stalinist Russia, Darkness at Noon contains a chilling explanation of the recent trend towards authoritarianism in much of the world. I give it 5 stars.
ChatGPT and its Bing search engine equivalent have an AI version of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. They will tell you lies but sound oh, so convincing.
A must-read if you want to get a real sense of what war is like for those who live in war-torn countries.
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn My rating: 4 of 5 stars Both the writing and the story sparkle like diamonds in this historical novel by Kate Quinn, based on the life of WWII Soviet female sniper, Mila Pavlichenko. If…
If you've grown up in a country like Canada it can be hard to imagine that democracies like ours can fall. Historical fiction helps bring the risks to light. Includes book reviews of "A Long Petal of the Sea" and "It Can't Happen Here".
Am I being naïve in ignoring the disturbances going on in parts of the island?
When writing a historical novel you can get buried in research and never write the book. Sometimes, though, the research discoveries make you so happy!
Shmuel, father of Idel, who was the father of Baruch When you hear the words “genealogical research” what comes to mind? For me, it was a little old lady sitting at her computer trying to find out about her distant…
Scrolling through all the Facebook pictures of fresh faced children headed back to school today, I had three thoughts: I miss that excitement. In my mind, September has always been the true “new year”, unlike that middle of the winter…