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Loyalists: American Refugees

Loyalists: American Refugees

Of course, the British lost the American War of Independence. Of the white Loyalists, about 15 percent fled the colonies after the British surrender, many to Canada or Florida.

Loyalists: American Refugees

Of course, the British lost the American War of Independence. Of the white Loyalists, about 15 percent fled the colonies after the British surrender, many to Canada or Florida.

Road to Corunna: American Loyalists

Road to Corunna: American Loyalists

One of the strong influences on my novel The Spanish Patriot was learning about the American colonists who did not wish to separate from Britain during the revolution and civil...

Road to Corunna: American Loyalists

One of the strong influences on my novel The Spanish Patriot was learning about the American colonists who did not wish to separate from Britain during the revolution and civil...

Getting the Details Right

Getting the Details Right

One of the reasons I chose to write about the Manchester protest later called Peterloo in An Untitled Lady was that there were quite a few good sources on the...

Getting the Details Right

One of the reasons I chose to write about the Manchester protest later called Peterloo in An Untitled Lady was that there were quite a few good sources on the...

Remembering Peterloo

Remembering Peterloo

While writing my sprawling romantic historical An Untitled Lady, I arranged to travel to Manchester, England, the week of 16 August 2010, the 190th anniversary of the big protest march...

Remembering Peterloo

While writing my sprawling romantic historical An Untitled Lady, I arranged to travel to Manchester, England, the week of 16 August 2010, the 190th anniversary of the big protest march...

Killing Your Biggest Darling

Killing Your Biggest Darling

When I started writing fiction, I thought I would never fall into the trap of holding my darling words and phrases tight. Nope, I fell into a bigger trap.

Killing Your Biggest Darling

When I started writing fiction, I thought I would never fall into the trap of holding my darling words and phrases tight. Nope, I fell into a bigger trap.

Napoleon in England?

Napoleon in England?

I love to include real events in my stories. Imagine my delight, when reading about ships-of-the-line and other nautical footnotes, I came across the story of Napoleon’s sailing to England...

Napoleon in England?

I love to include real events in my stories. Imagine my delight, when reading about ships-of-the-line and other nautical footnotes, I came across the story of Napoleon’s sailing to England...