<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Historical Fiction Company]]></title><description><![CDATA[An exclusive online bookshop for Historical Fiction, and online community / social network for Historical Fiction authors and readers.]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/hist-fic-chickie-blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:27:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Secrets Are a Matter of Survival - an Editorial Review of "The Seer"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Book Blurb: "A passionate, heartwarming novel that effortlessly imbues its historical setting with elements of magical realism...An engrossing, touching novel, perfect for lovers of women's fiction." -- Kirkus Reviews In 1890s Missouri, secrets are a matter of survival. Clairvoyant Sarah Richardson screams as her older sister Katherine is forced into a straitjacket and thrust into a carriage bound for the St. Louis City Lunatic Asylum. She is devastated to learn Katherine has been blamed for...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/secrets-are-a-matter-of-survival-an-editorial-review-of-the-seer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69973062aab309115cb461a8</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[HFC AWARDS BOOK REVIEWS]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:39:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_500a205f704e44feac53a82b6d427a2f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_940,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not Washington, This is Rome. An Editorial Review of "My Agrippa" by William Twersky]]></title><description><![CDATA[Book Blurb: Old certainties have vanished. Laws are flouted, norms discarded. The Senate, once the Republic’s proudest institution, cowers under the shadow of brute force. This is not Washington. This is Rome, 27 BCE. As Rome bleeds itself dry with civil wars and ruthless ambition, two figures who were previously relegated to historical footnotes fight to hold things together. Octavia, sister to Rome’s rising first emperor, and Agrippa, that emperor’s loyal friend and brilliant commander,...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/this-is-not-washington-this-is-rome-an-editorial-review-of-my-agrippa-by-william-twersky</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69972a4c506845fe36d883b9</guid><category><![CDATA[HFC AWARDS BOOK REVIEWS]]></category><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ancient History]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:16:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_2caf70171ba4420eaefa4de2f6053050~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "West of Santillane" by Brook Allen]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOOK EXCERPT Sheheke prodded the fire, and Lodge plopped down next to his mother, shaking a buffalo-bladder rattle and grinning playfully with his sparse teeth. Yellow Corn spoke some solemn-sounding words to Sheheke, and he nodded in obvious agreement, not taking his eyes off of me. Clearing his throat, he said, “I learn much from these years on this journey to see the Great White Father, but my greatest lesson is that the season of my people is changing. It is a storm I cannot stop. None of...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/blog-tour-and-book-excerpt-for-west-of-santillane-by-brook-allen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a73c70ffff75773eb746cf</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:00:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_2d1302bd1d0144429534adafce22ba27~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Both Sides of the Pond"]]></title><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/blog-tour-and-book-excerpt-for-both-sides-of-the-pond</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a73a847c30ee3798309a5c</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:00:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_3bd9b4eed7cb4631872a9f7b1c872af0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "The Green Baize Door"]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOOK EXCERPT She Had to Get Out Chapter 2 — Christmas Day, 1899 “It’s too bad Grandpapa didn’t live longer,” Eliza contributed. “Perhaps Papa would have turned out better.” Mémé stiffened, and Marie broke in, “Isn’t this stuffing delicious, Lizzy? What’s in it?” There were many details Marie didn’t know, but she’d overheard enough arguments between Mémé and Papa to understand that Eliza’s words had struck a nerve. Grand-père had died when her father was still an infant. Mr. Tompkins, Mémé’s...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/blog-tour-and-book-excerpt-for-the-green-blaize-door</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a73962a29c2f981472f9ad</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:43:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_0c38a717df714a7281670bf9990777c0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog Tour for "Love Lost in Time" by Cathie Dunn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Love Lost in Time Cathie Dunn Blurb: A reluctant daughter. A dutiful wife. A mystery of the ages. Languedoc, France, 2018 Historian Madeleine Winters would rather research her next project than rehash the strained relationship she had with her late mother. However, to claim her inheritance, she reluctantly agrees to stay the one year required in her late mother’s French home and begins renovations. But when she’s haunted by a female voice inside the house and tremors emanating from beneath...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/blog-tour-for-love-lost-in-time-by-cathie-dunn</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a5a1e960298c02e5bf9051</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:46:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_c565bfa74953484b80ad8f1ee6293a48~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_426,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "An American Slave in Barbary" by Larry Kelley]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOOK EXCERPT We were only about thirty leagues from the Straits of Gibraltar. Adjusting the sails and riggings of our twelve-man ketch, Intrepid, we made in the morning of August 2, 1801, seven days after we left Greece, ready our departure from the Mediterranean and entrance into the Atlantic. We were on our return voyage to Boston when our passage was blocked by two Muslim pirate ships. Each was a three-masted xebec, with crews of about one hundred and fourteen cannons. They did not fire...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/blog-tour-and-book-excerpt-for-an-american-slave-in-barbary-by-larry-kelley</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a19f3a3a2716aeb21745db</guid><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[HIstorium Press]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:45:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_b2dc5093f08a4e098d3aade545d4a1c7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_900,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "One Fine Voice"]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOOK EXCERPT Chapter 1 “Esther,” Daddy called. “It’s time to go.” I didn’t want to go. I wanted to stay and even though it was the first day of summer, I wanted to go to Meadow Springs School and sit next to Dorothy Hoover just like I, Esther Hopkins, had done ever since my first day of school. Why, the alphabet itself had pre-ordained that we would be best friends for life! But no one ever listened to what I wanted. My voice didn’t seem to matter. When I finally climbed into the backseat, I...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/blog-tour-and-book-excerpt-for-one-fine-voice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a0548bdd752dedab91bf5b</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><category><![CDATA[HIstorium Press]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:13:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_3aa330a54cc745e19e38bebf55267a68~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Test of Courage in a Country Tearing Itself Apart - an Editorial Review of "The Woman Who Drew a War"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Book Blurb: She survived a war by drawing it. The cost was everything else. Pulled from an ordinary life into the violent undercurrents of a nation at war, Isabella’s rare talent for drawing becomes both her refuge and her danger. What begins as a means of survival soon draws her into a hidden world of secret commissions, shifting loyalties, and constant risk, where a single sketch can mean protection, betrayal, or death. As armed conflict spreads, Isabella is forced to move from city to...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/a-test-of-courage-in-a-country-tearing-itself-apart-an-editorial-review-of-the-woman-who-drew-a-w</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698f4b65fd7901dd7257e4e9</guid><category><![CDATA[HFC AWARDS BOOK REVIEWS]]></category><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[WWII]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:00:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_8c7dd4a6974740d6bae64f9d6b5ec723~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_983,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cover Reveal for "Rathuun: King of the Prairie" by David Fitz-Gerald]]></title><description><![CDATA[Congratulations to David Fitz-Gerald for his new book "Rathuun: King of the Prairie"!! Cover design by WHITE RABBIT ARTS at The HIstorical Fiction Company With all the swagger of a classic western, a legendary buffalo claims his rightful place among the genre's most iconic heroes. Meet Rathuun. Born in an idyllic canyon, tragedy strikes on his first day. A grizzly bear scatters the herd, devours his twin, and leaves him to shiver and die. But the buffalo calf with a white spot on his chin...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/cover-reveal-for-rathuun-king-of-the-prairie-by-david-fitz-gerald</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699dc724bf1bf6f6a2a406f1</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BOOK COVERS]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:03:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_1a3a28d7724c4726ba247592b38e23d9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_864,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cover Reveal for "Daughters of Stone &#38; Grace" by Jill George]]></title><description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Jill George for her new release of "Daughters of Stone &#38; Grace" coming soon! Cover designed by White Rabbit Arts at The Historical Fiction Company Book Blurb: They were sold on university lawns and auctioned in the shadow of the state capitol. They built relief networks the federal government would not provide and made legal arguments in courtrooms designed to silence them. They operated as spies inside the Confederate White House, transformed slave jails into schools, and...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/cover-reveal-for-daughters-of-stone-grace-by-jill-george</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699dc22fbf1bf6f6a2a3fa61</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BOOK COVERS]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:09:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_f2c17d17a3f043489c0d8276daee2c56~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_864,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cover Reveal for "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Loretta Miles Tollefson]]></title><description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Loretta Miles Tollefson for her new book "Nothing Lasts Forever" - A Novel of Old New Mexico COVER DESIGN by WHITE RABBIT ARTS at The Historical Fiction Company A STORY OF THE 1847 TAOS REVOLT AGAINST THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF NEW MEXICO On Thursday, January 19, 1847, long-simmering tensions erupted in bloodshed in Taos, New Mexico, brought to a head by the recent American takeover during the Mexican American War. Within 24 hours, almost all the Americans in Taos were...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/cover-reveal-for-nothing-lasts-forever-by-loretta-miles-tollefson</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699dc58491604ab56c31d6eb</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BOOK COVERS]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:41:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_e46cbc58b6d34577b560c745a5642b6d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Staying Ahead of a Kill Order - an Editorial Review of "Burn Notice"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Book Blurb: "In the shadows, there is truth." It’s 1984, at the height of the Cold War, and Colonel Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt IV is a man on the run. A Special Forces legend, fourth-generation soldier, and great-nephew of a president, he led a team of CIA ghosts into the darkest corners of Southeast Asia. When Colonel Roosevelt refused to carry out the last phase of a top-secret mission, powerful men buried him under fabricated charges. The road to redemption is treacherous. Now a hunted...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/staying-ahead-of-a-kill-order-an-editorial-review-of-burn-notice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698f4b47b5fb2c66253aa8ba</guid><category><![CDATA[HFC AWARDS BOOK REVIEWS]]></category><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[Historical Crime & Mystery]]></category><category><![CDATA[Action, Adventure & Mystery]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:00:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_1810ebf0db534c0b9eacb52272e40cd2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_938,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Soviet Circus Arrives in America - a Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Circus Bim Bom"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Book Blurb: 1990. The Soviet Empire is unraveling. A circus has just arrived in America. When the first privately owned Soviet circus arrived in America in 1990, as the Soviet Empire unraveled, its elite performers hoped to build cultural bridges through spectacular shows. Instead, this prestigious troupe faced a perilous journey through Cold War America. Circus director Yuri had to navigate treacherous waters where American mobsters, Soviet agents, and political forces circled like...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/a-soviet-circus-arrives-in-america-a-blog-tour-and-book-excerpt-for-circus-bim-bom</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699723017b02767d8664c4a0</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:31:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_a9af0f55db6f4949931717129e17f6ce~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_918,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Scars We Earn, the Homes We Build - an Editorial Review of "Delivering Apple Pie"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Book Blurb: "A kaleidoscopic tale set around World War II with an international cast of characters. Intrigue and color abound… this is well-researched fiction and the scenes feel authentic. A finely detailed war novel with an outsize cast." - Kirkus Reviews Delivering Apple Pie  interweaves the lives of several fictional characters between 1940 and 1963, from the war in the Pacific into postwar suburbia and the baby boom. Claire forges a strong personal identity during WW2 in the Army Nurse...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/the-scars-we-earn-the-homes-we-build-an-editorial-review-of-delivering-apple-pie</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698f4b2aec9bf7f4acf6fad1</guid><category><![CDATA[HFC AWARDS BOOK REVIEWS]]></category><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[WWII]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:00:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_49c03dddd4c64435910239d26ffc924b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_943,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Axis Rules in an Alternate WWII - an Editorial Review of "Wolves at the Gate"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Book Blurb: Lieutenant Jim Fraser was, in turns, eager and terrified. His Baker Company led the American offensive to liberate Charleston, but would his wife, Florrie, and their twin girls trapped behind German lines survive the coming battle? Wolves at the Gate  is the first of a series of three alternative history thrillers from Bart Stark imagining another World War II. Due to a twist of history during his youth, Adolf Hitler turns west and out to sea against England and the United States...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/the-axis-rules-in-an-alternate-wwii-an-editorial-review-of-wolves-at-the-gate</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698f483dec9bf7f4acf6f2fa</guid><category><![CDATA[HFC AWARDS BOOK REVIEWS]]></category><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[WWII]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:00:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_7e261dbecdbb4174811ef98830cd14b1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_938,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Tale of the Foreign Legion - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "The Deserter"]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOOK EXCERPT From Chapter 7: Setup: After five years of civilian life, Gil is back in training. The first big test is to march through the unforgiving Western Sahara in Algeria. Five years of civilian life made him soft, and he hated it. Rocks. Gravel. Scrub brush. That’s all Gil saw for miles once Fort Ste. Terese disappeared behind the hills. The singing had long since stopped, replaced by the low-level grumbling of soldiers on the march. They reached the top of a low rise that felt...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/a-tale-of-the-foreign-legion-blog-tour-and-book-excerpt-for-the-deserter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6997217ad90893e69ff7e2d9</guid><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 09:00:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_539d008ca8b841259081cd77283d98df~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Robbery Gone Perfectly Wrong - an Editorial Review of "Love and Money"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Book Blurb: 'Tis a truth universally acknowledged that a gentleman in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However, our  Hero is in possession of no fortune whatsoever. And thus, we have a History to relate... 1865. Somerset. Love and Money , those twin pillars upon which the precarious edifice of Mortal Existence rests, have rarely been more at odds. For Mr Francis Sheringham  — a libertine whose charm is far more substantial than his purse — desperate times call for...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/a-robbery-gone-perfectly-wrong-an-editorial-review-of-love-and-money</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6980ae3b396306036eccf0c0</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[HFC AWARDS BOOK REVIEWS]]></category><category><![CDATA[Historical Romance]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:10:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_2165c31b9b5d4ba5885028f76a9aec41~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Stories Behind a Destructive Fire - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Secrets in the Woods"]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOOK EXCERPT As we rode out of the town on the wagon, I noticed that the road ahead was made of logs side-by-side, rattling our teeth and making it nearly impossible to speak. The further away from the houses, the closer to the road the monstrous trees came. I had never seen trees so large or green in my life. The invasive smell of pine nearly erased the odor of smoke. It was dim and the trunks played tricks on my eyes, making me think I was seeing people or animals walking through the woods...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/the-stories-behind-a-destructive-fire-blog-tour-and-book-excerpt-for-secrets-in-the-woods</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699285b5cf429c4fcb4aa2ca</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><category><![CDATA[HIstorium Press]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:00:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_df28705318184cceb9a4c8f89447f938~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The True Story of a Forgotten Hero - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "A Theory in Vienna"]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOOK EXCERPT This excerpt establishes the main theme and the high stakes. Prologue Vienna, July 1847 Helga winces as a contraction ripples through her. She knows it is time. She dresses and then wakes her mother, who will accompany her to the lying-in clinic. Within the half-hour they are ready, shawls wrapped tightly around them. Helga clutches the banisters as she follows her mother down the stairs and out onto the street. Slivers of dawn start to separate the darkness as the women link...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/the-true-story-of-a-forgotten-hero-blog-tour-and-book-excerpt-for-a-theory-in-vienna</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698d376ed558b030957d6d64</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:00:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_ee96cab27b7f456da951d4f1a3adb284~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>