Our family reads so many living history books! In some ways, you could say we are shaped by them…. Here are some of our favourite history authors for all ages: Laura Ingalls Wilder. Of course! Her books have probably changed the face of North America. As you probably know, there’s a recipe book, a song […]
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Review: The Soldier of Virginia, A Novel on George Washington
While delivering a message to the French—a message that meant war—young George Washington encountered a sad French beauty whom he was destined to meet again. However, his heart was all for the lovely Martha Dandridge of Williamsburg. Martha loved him too, but because he did not dare show her his feelings before he went […]
Review: By Far Euphrates by Deborah Alcock
Young Jack travelled to Armenia with his beloved father who hoped to find ancient manuscripts, a passion that resurfaced after his wife died. Father and son, Christians, took rooms with Armenian Christian families who nursed them when the dreaded fevers struck. Jack became one of the family, in sorrow as well as joy. His English […]
Review: An Unlikely Suitor by Nancy Moser
When the Scarpelli family’s rickety tenement building is slated for destruction, widowed Mama prays while Lucy ventures forth to find a home the family can afford on sweatshop wages. She finds not only an apartment, but also positions—for Mama, Lucy, and teenaged Sophia—in Madame Moreau’s Fashion Emporium. A wealthy client, Rowena Langdon, befriends Lucy, […]
Review: Two Novels on William the Silent by Marjorie Bowen
William the Silent, father of the Netherlands, believed that “The mind and soul are not in the keeping of king nor priest—no man has a lordship over another man’s conscience. All history has proved that.” Through the eyes of a Renee, a waiting-woman, Marjorie Bowen paints the heroic life of William the Silent, Prince of […]