Today, I'm delighted to welcome Paul Rushworth-Brown to the #HistFicThursdays blog as part his Coffee Pot Book Club 's book tour. Today, meet Paul's new book The Lost Voices , and discover your next great read! Read on to enjoy an excerpt from this gripping book! First of all, let's meet the book... Some lives pass through history without leaving a trace. The Lost Voices is a work of historical fiction that brings to light those whose stories were never formally recorded—not because they lacked significance, but because their lives unfolded beyond the reach of power, authorship, and recognition. This is the story of ordinary people forced into extraordinary circumstances—individuals navigating a rigid social order shaped by obligation, fear, and quiet resistance. Here, survival depends as much on silence as on action, and choices are made not in moments of glory, but in private, under pressure, and with consequences rarely acknowledged. The novel explores how perso...
It's #HistFicThursdays again, and this week I'm delighted to be welcoming back N.L. Holmes as part of her Coffee Pot Book Club tour for the final instalment of The Lord Hani Mysteries . Find out about how she engaged with writing this book, and how it felt to complete her series, in the guest post below. But first - let's meet the book... Blurb Hani must secretly obtain a Hittite bridegroom for Queen Meryet-amen, but Ay and the faction behind Prince Tut -ankh-aten are opposed -- to the point of violence. Does the death of an artisan have anything to do with Ay’s determination to see his grandson on the throne? Then, another death brings Egypt to the brink of war... Hani’s diplomatic skills will be pushed to the limit in this final book in The Lord Hani Mysteries . Pilot Who Knows the Water is available via this Universal Link Guest Post What was the hardest thing to research for this book? I think the hardest part of researching the background for this boo...