Joyce Moore's Historical Books Blog

Journal entries mostly about historical fiction

Friday, February 27, 2015

Always the Music

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Always the Music  is the story of Cosima, born in 1837 to the Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt and his mistress, Marie d’Agoult...
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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Julia Augustii

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Julia Augustii, daughter of the man who inherited his power from Julius Caesar, was born in 39 BC. As an infant, she was betrothed to Marc A...
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Sunday, November 13, 2011

History of Coffee

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The history of coffee can be traced back to at least the 13th century, but if may have been used for years before that. After the 16th ce...
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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Coffin Portraits

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The protagonist in my current work-in-progress is from Warsaw, and in doing research about the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, I ran across...
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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Review of an Historical Mystery

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I loved mysteries as a teenager, but somewhere along the way, I turned to historical novels, my first love. However, not long ago I took the...
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Saturday, August 20, 2011

History of Keyboards

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As early as the 8 th century, musical instruments have had keys, though the keyed instrument Emperor Constantine sent to King Pepin of ...
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Friday, July 15, 2011

Are Conferences Worth the Price?

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 HNS Reception - photo by Adelaida Lucena-Lower  Recently I attended the Historical Novel Society's conference in San Diego, where ...
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