Category: Behind the stories
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The Hawaiʻi of the 1820s was a kingdom in transformation. Discover the political, religious and cultural world behind Mirà Kanehl’s historical novel A Half Flower.
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Jean Laffite’s smuggling empire depended on more than pirate ships. Follow the cargo from Grand Terre through Barataria, New Orleans, Bayou Lafourche and Donaldsonville—and discover how geography, customers and some remarkably accommodating paperwork kept the network alive.
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The cobblestones of revolutionary Paris echo with more than just the clatter of wooden wheels and hurried footsteps—they resonate with the thunderous applause of readers who’ve discovered the intoxicating world of Revolutionary France in historical fiction. Like a perfectly aged Bordeaux (assuming you could afford one before the Revolution made such luxuries rather… problematic), these…