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Was the Magna Carta a Failure?
Historian Sharon Bennett Connolly explains
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A Young Girl Weds an Infamous King
Behold the Bird in Flight—a lush, nuanced novel set in the English Middle Ages
Jun 5
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May 2025
Today Is Pub Day—The Queen’s Musician Is Out in the World
Coming next week to Historical Magic, a smitten King John . . . yes, that King John
May 27
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Will People Read My Book If They Already Know the End?
Historical novels often tell familiar tales. Why would readers be interested?
May 15
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A Young Musician Waits for Death
I wrote a novel about some history that haunts me
May 1
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April 2025
Turning to History to Send a Message
Witch hunts, revolutions, and 1950s TV offer parables for our time
Apr 17
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Do You Remember the Opening Pages of Your Favorite Novels?
Does a crackerjack opening guarantee a good book?
Apr 3
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March 2025
Would You Sneak Out to See a Dashing Young Courtier
If you were married to Henry VIII?
Mar 20
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Conclave: This Movie Is Gorgeous
But the book delivers more suspense
Mar 6
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February 2025
A Young Etonian Signs Up for a Cruel Job
And then he becomes George Orwell
Feb 20
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My Valentine to Some Favorite Novels and Authors
And more on The Queen’s Musician. Some of you have been kind enough to ask.
Feb 6
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January 2025
A Dazzling Writer's Affair Shatters His Children's Lives
Louis Bayard’s Superb Historical Fiction—The Wildes
Jan 23
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