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#HistFicThursdays - The Lost Voices by Paul Rushworth-Brown - Book Excerpt

  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...
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#HistFicThursdays - A Virtuoso in America: Adrian by Fred Raymond Goldman - Book Excerpt

 Today for #HistFicThursdays, I am so pleased to be hosting  Fred Raymond Goldman  with his latest book,  A Virtuoso in America , as part of  The Coffee Pot Book Club 's book tour. Read on to enjoy an excerpt from this fabulous book! First of all, let's meet the book... How do you reconcile a decision you made in the past when the world erupts in war, threatening the life of someone you love and believe you were protecting? Adrian Mazurek immigrated to the United States from Krakow, Poland, 14 years ago and is now a successful violin soloist and concertmaster of The Eleventh State Symphony Orchestra in New York. But despite his outward success, Adrian is inwardly harboring a shameful secret, one he has not revealed to anyone. However, that is about to change. Adrian plans to propose marriage to Suzanne, but he knows he must tell her the truth about his past before doing so. Riddled with guilt and shame, Adrian can barely look at himself in the mirror. How can he...
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#HistFicThursdays - The King's Champion - Nancy Northcott - Guest Post

It's #HistFicThursdays, and I'm super-excited to be sharing a guest post from  Nancy Northcott ,   as part of her  Coffee Pot Book Club  tour. Find out about the pros and cons of writing a series rather than a standalone book, the different genres she's written, and explore the world of The King's Champion . But first, let's meet the book... Blurb The Boar King’s Honor Trilogy A wizard’s misplaced trust A king wrongly blamed A bloodline cursed until they clear the king’s name. Book 3: The King’s Champion Caught up in the desperate evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from France in the summer of 1940, photojournalist Kate Shaw witnesses death and destruction that trigger disturbing visions. She doesn’t believe in magic and tries to pass them off as survivor guilt or an overactive imagination, but the increasingly intense visions force her to accept that she is not only magically Gifted but a seer. In Dover, she meets her distant cousin Sebastian Mainwar...
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#HistFicThursdays - The Eisenhower Chronicles - M.B. Zucker - Book Excerpt

This week for #HistFicThursdays, I'm delighted to once again be teaming up with  The Coffee Pot Book Club ! Today I'm sharing an excerpt from the brilliant book, The Eisenhower Chronicles  by M.B. Zucker! So let's begin by meeting the book... In 1938 he was a lieutenant colonel stationed in the Philippines; by 1945 the world  proclaimed him its savior. From leading the forces of liberal democracy against history’s most evil tyrant to the presidency, Dwight D. Eisenhower fought for and kept the peace during the most dangerous era in history. The Eisenhower Chronicles dramatizes Ike’s life, portraying his epic journey from unknown soldier to global hero as only a novel could. He is shown working with icons such as FDR, Winston Churchill, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and confronting challenges like D-Day, the Little Rock Crisis, and Sputnik. Eisenhower’s legacy is grounded in defending the world from fascism, communism, and nuclear weapons. This novel shows how he ac...
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#HistFicThursdays - The Girl from Bologna - Siobhan Daiko - Guest Post

It's #HistFicThursdays, and I'm so excited to be sharing a guest post from  Siobhan Daiko ,   as part of her  Coffee Pot Book Club  tour. Find out all about Siobhan's research for her fantastic book  The Girl from Bologna  and the creation of that fantastic tagline: "the past is never past". But first, let's meet the book.. Blurb Bologna, Italy, 1944, and the streets are crawling with German soldiers. Nineteen-year-old Leila Venturi is shocked into joining the Resistance after her beloved best friend Rebecca, the daughter of a prominent Jewish businessman, is ruthlessly deported to a concentration camp. In February 1981, exchange student Rhiannon Hughes arrives in Bologna to study at the university. There, she rents a room from Leila, who is now middle-aged and infirm. Leila’s nephew, Gianluca, offers to show Rhiannon around but Leila warns her off him. Soon Rhiannon finds herself being drawn into a web of intrigue. What is Gianluca’s interest in a far...
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