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Tag: History

March Meme Madness, Week 1

Defiance comes out in a month! To celebrate, I’m posting memes with quotes from the novel. I took a day … More

Defiance, Freedom, Historical Fiction, History, human spirit, Humanity, Literature, Nazis, POWs, Survival, WWII

A Personal Connection to WWI

When I started work on The Spider and the Sparrow, I began a ton of research about World War One. … More

Family History, Great War, History, WWI

Tolkien Was a Genius

I recently finished Daily Life in the Byzantine Empire, by Marcus Rautman. While reading about military life, I came across … More

Byzantine Empire, History, J.R.R. Tolkien, Literature, Lord of the Rings, Return of the King, writing

Pictures of the Great War

I had a pleasant surprise while researching my latest novel, The Spider and the Sparrow. It turns out that a … More

75 mm field gun, artillery, French Trenches, French Women in War, Great War, Historical Fiction, History, Literature, Munitions Factory, Propoganda Posters, Royal Flying Corps, Second Battle of Artois, Soixante-Quinze field gun, Sopwith Pup, Spies, The Spider and the Sparrow, WWI

100 years ago today . . .

100 years ago today, a sickly young man with a mission wandered the streets of Sarajevo. Gavrilo Princip, a young … More

Archduke Ferdinand, Gavrilo Princip, Great War, History, WWI

The 70th Anniversary of D-day

Seventy years ago today, American, British, and Canadian troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France in the largest amphibious invasion … More

Bedford Boys, D-day, Gold beach, History, Juno Beach, Merville Battery, Omaha Beach, Paratroopers, Pegasus Bridge, Pointe du Hoc, Ste.-Mère-Eglise, Sword Beach, The Longest Day, Utah beach, WWII

Things not to do if you’re an agent in a Nazi-occupied country

This past summer I read a nonfiction book about several British agents who went into France during WWII as part … More

History, Prosper Network, SOE, SOE F Section networks, Special Operations Executive, Spies, WWII

A Post About Alexanders

This blog post revolves around two very different subjects that have come up for me this month. Their connection: the name … More

Alexander Pope, Alexander the Great, Ancient History, History, Quentin L. Cook, Religion

The 69th Anniversary of D-day

Last year I posted some pictures my sister took of the WWII memorial in Washington DC. Now that another anniversary … More

D-day, History, WWII, WWII Memorial

Sweeney Todd, Sherlock Holmes, and Stephen Ambrose

A friend of mine asked me about the name of one of my characters, Sherlock. He’s in Sworn Enemy, a … More

Character Development, History, Nicknames, Paratroopers, Pegasus Bridge, Sherlock Holmes, Stephen Ambrose, Sweeney Todd

What’s in a Name? Part Two: Commander Courage and Other Names That Border on Perfection

I recently read an article about the first naval battle of Narvik, which took place in April 1940 between British … More

History, Narvik, Naval Battles, Norway, Ofotfjord, Royal Navy, WWII

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