<?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>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:14:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/zh/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Swoon-Worthy Regency Romance - a Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "The Bonnet Brigade"]]></title><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/a-blog-tour-and-book-excerpt-for-the-bonnet-brigade</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac798bb538b269fe4fab9a2</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:00:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_9abad4f2f49949f1b9b13818aa9fdd06~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 Young Queen's Struggle to Balance Duty and Desire - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "What Love E'er Meant"]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOOK EXCERPT December 14, 1558 Elizabeth made her way down the gallery, determined to appreciate the waning hours of her stay at Somerset House and gird herself for the symbolic start to her responsibility. Today was Mary’s funeral, the last Requiem Mass that would be sung in England, and only now would Elizabeth move into an official royal residence. What started out as convenience had turned into brilliant political strategy: with Mary’s final debts presented in the days after her death,...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/a-young-queen-s-struggle-to-balance-duty-and-desire-blog-tour-and-book-excerpt-for-what-love-e-er</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac793587afc2941a722cbdd</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:00:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_462eaaec0f8e4f5eaeb2d1b29dab9932~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[Revealing the Man Behind America's Most Enigmatic Founding Father - an Editorial Review of "The Thunder and the Silence"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Book Blurb: A sweeping historical novel revealing the man behind America’s most enigmatic Founding Father—Benjamin Franklin, whose brilliance built a nation but shattered his family… From Boston’s candlelit print shops to Paris’s glittering salons, The Thunder and the Silence follows Benjamin Franklin’s rise—from runaway apprentice to statesman—and the family torn apart along the way. For readers of Wolf Hall and The Book of Lost Names, this is Franklin’s story as you’ve never seen it: the...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/revealing-the-man-behind-america-s-most-enigmatic-founding-father-an-editorial-review-of-the-thun</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dd7e2338fe3cc70d5a34e</guid><category><![CDATA[HFC AWARDS BOOK REVIEWS]]></category><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_8ffa99325ee7461a8ac7a966e9c70821~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[A Sweeping Italian American Story - an Editorial Review of "Beyond the Copper Horizon"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Book Blurb: What would you do for your family? An epic saga inspired by real lives. BEYOND THE COPPER HORIZON brings a sweeping Italian-American immigrant story vividly to life. Opening at the Battle of Novara in 1849, conscripted farmer Domenico Zanotto returns home to his alpine village of Cuceglio anticipating domestic peace in a burgeoning Italian nation. The war-scarred, cavalryman is instead devastated by lost love and violent nightmares. He questions God and labors in the vineyards in...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/a-sweeping-italian-american-story-an-editorial-review-of-beyond-the-copper-horizon</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dd817cdf183e0230f239e</guid><category><![CDATA[HFC AWARDS BOOK REVIEWS]]></category><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:01:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_65ab195c72754c499c625d040f9709c2~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[Back to the Dangerous Days of Marie de Medici - an Editorial Review of "Serpent's Teeth"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Book Blurb: It's Paris, 1617, and Maria is desperately trying to avert the execution of her physician husband Manuel. Despite her friendship with the young King Louis XIII, his execution cannot be delayed indefinitely. Who could have added hemlock to the medicine Manuel had given the tailor? Concino Concini seems the most likely suspect, but when he is murdered by order of King Louis, and his wife Leonora sentenced to death, all hope seems lost. Leonora denies all knowledge of the tailor's...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/back-to-the-dangerous-days-of-marie-de-medici-an-editorial-review-of-serpent-s-teeth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dd851ff2777f8cf43c864</guid><category><![CDATA[HFC AWARDS BOOK REVIEWS]]></category><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_eb00fbaf5329406fb70084dfdda716aa~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_881,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Women Linked 150 Years Apart - an Editorial Review of "What Time Has Kept"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Book Blurb: Two women, 150 years apart, linked by an enduring archaeological mystery "An intriguing and absorbing novel, meticulously researched." -Fiona Valpy, internationally bestselling author of The Sky Beneath Us In 1870s Scotland, Christian Maclagan--one of Britain's first female archaeologists--struggles for recognition in a world determined to silence her. Emboldened by her acquisition of a rare Neolithic carved stone ball, she becomes obsessed with unlocking its ancient secrets. But...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/two-women-linked-150-years-apart-an-editorial-review-of-what-time-has-kept</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a71ef831f15a1eed0f6314d</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[HFC AWARDS BOOK REVIEWS]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_9f55c419f02942d3b6522c8487accc6b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_907,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three Brothers Swept into the Firestorm of Civil War - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "The Roll of the Dice"]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOOK EXCERPT The memory of the heated arguments of the last two hours between Johan and the President still hung in the room. Johan had volunteered for Andre to be his personal secretary, but because he could not be on active duty, Andre had no choice but to accept. By being with Johan almost every waking minute of the day, he had a front-row seat to Johan’s new “ideas” and Uncle Jefferson’s anger at many of them. Andre sat uncomfortably at Johan’s desk while his friend paced the room. Andre...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/three-brothers-swept-into-the-firestorm-of-civil-war-blog-tour-and-book-excerpt-for-the-roll-of-t</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac793ab077fd9c07f845a2f</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><category><![CDATA[HIstorium Press]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:02:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_7a3cfcf0e6104ec29d85fddd7a5ffe27~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[Artistic Ambition Clashes with Life's Harsh Realities - Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for 'The Lark']]></title><description><![CDATA[BOOK EXCERPT Chapter Nineteen June 7, 1901 Macatawa, Michigan In Michigan, in Michigan, I would that I were rich again. A ticket I'd buy, and away I'd fly, to the far-off fields of Michigan. —From The Wizard of Oz opera, “In Michigan,” lyrics by L. Frank Baum and Glen MacDonough Baum and I boarded the boat for his summer home in Macatawa just after sunset. We stood at the rail for hours, gazing out at the moonless sky and marveling as the stars winked on, at first one by one, but eventually...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/artistic-ambition-clashes-with-life-s-harsh-realities-blog-tour-and-book-excerpt-for-the-lark</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac77454454826a9e94e5d99</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:50:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_ac2e9ceb87454373b8b0431f7fdeab66~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[Featured Spotlight on "Beneath David's Throne" by Melissa Alfredson]]></title><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/featured-spotlight-on-beneath-david-s-throne-by-melissa-alfredson</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac3adf50e8de61d1d0ce47e</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:04:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_054d9c44fa3a4254bf42fe4e9ddcfb96~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[New Releases from Historium Press - War, Intrigue, Spies, and Politics]]></title><description><![CDATA[New Releases from Historium Press Historium Press is excited to announce the latest additions to our catalog, featuring three captivating titles that are sure to engage readers with their unique stories and perspectives. Below is a brief overview of each new release: Murder in Petrograd by Asya M. Pereltsvaig Petrograd, 1916. As Russia is swept up in the maelstrom of war, Oswald Rayner, a bookish Oxford graduate, is sent by British Intelligence to Petrograd. His mission is to curb Rasputin's...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/new-releases-from-historium-press-war-intrigue-spies-and-politics</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6abd3f877908d26646ef46ef</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[Action, Adventure & Mystery]]></category><category><![CDATA[HIstorium Press]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:06:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_f3483afa41b44164a1cb87601fed2be6~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[A Featured Blog Tour for "Sparrow's Song" by Marilee Aufdenkamp]]></title><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/a-featured-blog-tour-for-sparrow-s-song-by-marilee-aufdenkamp</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aab32b2435fe3ebd8e3ba2a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_4609545352a14fba962398ecb4755462~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 Story of Two Worlds - an Editorial Review of "Island of Silver"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Book Blurb: A story of two worlds – one of darkness as the First World War rages in Europe – and one of ineffable light, where a little girl named Lorley lives through her jewel bright imagination. Lorley has a golden life on the island of Guernsey. Blessed with a wondrous imagination, she sees magic all around her. She dreams of mermaids in the waves and angels in the mist, a young girl who sees heaven in the wildflowers. But beyond this tiny island in the sea, the First World War begins,...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/a-story-of-two-worlds-an-editorial-review-of-island-of-silver</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dd835c6495acaaf3238de</guid><category><![CDATA[HFC AWARDS BOOK REVIEWS]]></category><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_7a84ef46170e4b9fbd86f5532e3cbec6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_964,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Became of a Lost Colony - an Editorial Review for "A Strange and Terrible Wonder"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Book Blurb: Eleanor Dare, daughter of Roanoke's Governor John White, has no choice but to accompany her overly ambitious husband Ananias and her idealist, yet inexperienced father to England's new colony.  Manteo of Croatoan wants nothing more than to cast off his association with the English and return home. Haunted by memories of an unexplainable event, he sets out to find the truth about what was brought to Roanoke by the English two years before as a weapon against the Spanish. Based on...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/what-became-of-a-lost-colony-an-editorial-review-for-a-strange-and-terrible-wonder</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dd6e9ff2777f8cf43c52f</guid><category><![CDATA[HFC AWARDS BOOK REVIEWS]]></category><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[EDITORIAL REVIEWS]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_601725b4a581454dbb911f2e1f1b5a2b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_986,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>DK Marley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Featured Blog Tour for "Golden Flight" by Lisajoy Sachs]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOOK EXCERPT Anka walked beside the rattling wagon along the uneven road to Odessa. Her face calm and her mind racing. She watched Berta pull her shawl tighter to ward off the morning chill, unaware of the treasures in her trunks. She longed to comfort Berta, but knew that the truth would have to wait until the time they parted. And when that time came, she would pull her aside, away from Solomon’s watchful eye, and tell her about the valuables.]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/a-featured-blog-tour-for-golden-flight-by-lisajoy-sachs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aaae363ae76983300747e80</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><category><![CDATA[HIstorium Press]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 08:00:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_111cc1d3eabb42dea0646bec48be2bff~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[Where the War Doesn't End - an Editorial Review of "Blueland"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Book Blurb: April 1865. Before the Civil War draws its final breath, Captain Alden Zur deserts the Union Army with three hardened soldiers: men fleeing the brutality of what they’ve seen, haunted by what they’ve done. With his family in tow, Alden leads them west—not in search of hope, but distance from a nation unraveling. The journey is unforgiving. Hunger gnaws. Violence stalks. Lawlessness erodes any semblance of order. Trust becomes a gamble, mercy a risk, and with every mile, Alden and...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/where-the-war-doesn-t-end-an-editorial-review-of-blueland</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9dd635ff2777f8cf43c380</guid><category><![CDATA[HFC AWARDS BOOK REVIEWS]]></category><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[EDITORIAL REVIEWS]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 12:00:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_e961cdd8088e425ea3639376987960d0~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[In 1912, Women Weren't Meant to Fly - an Editorial Review of "Beyond the Sky's Edge" (Hold Sept 8)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Book Blurb: They tried to keep her grounded. Livvie Newcomb dreams of more than what society dictates. When a tragedy strikes, she is drawn into the daring new world of aviation at Kinloch Field in St. Louis, where flying machines promise freedom unlike anything she has ever known. Yet in 1912, women weren't meant to fly. Facing ridicule, financial hardship, and fierce opposition, Livvie refuses to abandon the sky. As mysterious acts of sabotage threaten her training and long-buried secrets...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/in-1912-women-weren-t-meant-to-fly-an-editorial-review-of-beyond-the-sky-s-edge-hold-sept-8</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5a76ad0d39a4adf280e9dd</guid><category><![CDATA[HFC AWARDS BOOK REVIEWS]]></category><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[EDITORIAL REVIEWS]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_a7ba2be869184eeaaf64d315d1145f5f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_984,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 "Poole of Honour"]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOOK EXCERPT London, February 1965. Daniel Poole, a young criminal barrister, and his wife Mary are running late for the Royal Film Performance at his family’s flagship cinema in Leicester Square. ‘See those searchlights?’ says the cabbie. ‘Royal premiere in Leicester Square.’ Shaftesbury Avenue has surrendered to a sluggish tide of headlights, the cab nudging forward only to be trapped again. The tiny white digits inside the metal meter box keep turning with their almost cheerful insistence,...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/blog-tour-and-book-excerpt-for-poole-of-honour</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa73f5af448a9cd17b9afe1</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:00:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_a4702cec3f1d4b0c8da5bf8fce8bf0bb~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[Featured Spotlight Blog Tour for "London Tales"]]></title><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/featured-spotlight-blog-tour-for-london-tales</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa740dcf688f98da0f0f6cb</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:00:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_a2b1c2dc7880490cbd4871220991994b~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[Featured Blog Tour for "Braving the Dawn"]]></title><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/featured-blog-tour-for-braving-the-dawn</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9ddcd6cdf183e0230f2ed3</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:00:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_3b134f77d62c4410bc16dc710c7edf39~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 "Fraying Skeins"]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOOK EXCERPT: Fraying Skeins – A Stupefying Dilemma. Sitting down alongside him, Margaret forced his attention. “Johnny. There’s something bothering you. It’s been a problem brewing for ages but we have to talk about it.” His eyes when they slid towards her were guarded. “There’s nothing wrong.” She grabbed the fingers of one of his hands and squeezed to get some reaction from him. Refusing to back down, she forced him to maintain his gaze on her. “I vowed after living with Sandy’s lies and...]]></description><link>https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/blog-tour-and-book-excerpt-for-fraying-skeins</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9ddbb1338fe3cc70d5acd9</guid><category><![CDATA[FEATURED SPOTLIGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[BLOG TOURS]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:00:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24d954_09ce5ae914c34f1db44ba73f9cb37105~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>