Happy Holidays!
As readers of History Imagined are aware, I take the month of December to reflect on the past months and recharge my batteries for the new year. Needless to say, the last nearly… Continue reading
As readers of History Imagined are aware, I take the month of December to reflect on the past months and recharge my batteries for the new year. Needless to say, the last nearly… Continue reading
It was an already sweltering late-July morning in 2018 that I was led through the cavernous Legacy of the Plains Museum in Gering, Nebraska to a tidy archives closet. Hours later, after sifting… Continue reading
Even casual students of the Gilded Age are aware that the period 1865-1913 in the US was one of tremendous industrial and territorial growth where a small number of individuals amassed unimaginable fortunes.… Continue reading
Not long after the nation of Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, sending the United States to war, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the “internment” of Japanese American citizens and immigrants.… Continue reading
The two frescoes depicted here are arguably the world’s most famous examples of Italian High Renaissance art. Even persons not particularly knowledgeable are usually able to identify Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel (left) and Leonardo… Continue reading
Authors of historical fiction do a great deal of research and we sometimes find ourselves racing down research rabbit holes. Often, they have little to do with the topic of our original quest,… Continue reading
You live out in the country, on land your family has owned for generations. Suppose you were at home on a cold winter’s morning, still tucked in with your children. It’s freezing outside,… Continue reading
by Linda Bennett Pennell This was my first ever post for History Imagined and I thought the topic was worth visiting again. I believe that historical fiction is experiencing a renewed popularity and… Continue reading