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Join the Sweet 'N Spicy Chicks podcast community and listen along as these hilarious ladies take a crack at reviewing Historical Fiction content including books, movies, and TV shows to ultimately help you decide if they are a STUD or a DUD!
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Author Jack Cavanaugh on the making of Christian historical fiction. Author of 26 published novels. Two-time Christy award-winner for excellence in Christian fiction. Informative for those who love reading history and historical fiction, and those who write novels.
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This interdisciplinary conference takes the recent popularity of the historical novel as a starting point to explore the relationship between history and fiction. The plenary speaker, Booker Prize-winning author Hilary Mantel (“Wolf Hall”), will appear in conversation with Mary Robertson, former Huntington chief curator of British historical manuscripts. The conference was held at The Huntington May 12–13, 2017.
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Today I’m sharing a conversation with Amanda Cox. We discuss her latest book, The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery and how this novel brought out the dynamic between mothers and daughters. We also talk about her background in counseling and how that affects the development of characters in her books. Here’s a description of the novel, from Revel…
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Susan Westhafer Furukawa, "The Afterlife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Historical Fiction and Popular Culture in Japan" (Harvard UP, 2022)
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Popular representations of the past are everywhere in Japan, from cell phone charms to manga, from television dramas to video games to young people dressed as their favorite historical figures hanging out in the hip Harajuku district. But how does this mass consumption of the past affect the way consumers think about history and what it means to be…
< __truncato_root__> Christian Historical Fiction Talk is listener supported. When you buy things through this site, we may earn an affiliate commission. This week, Biblical novel author Mesu Andrews joins us to discuss her fascinating new book, Potiphar's Wife. This is the story of Joseph seen through the eyes of the woman who had him falsely accu…
Listeners! Feel free to CRASH our new website launching this week. Visit us and join our monthly newsletter group so you can stay up-to-date on all the upcoming episodes ! www.SweetnSpicyChicks.com In honor of Mother's Day we wanted to take some time to recognize all you HOT mommas and caretakers out there! Join us as we share some off the cuff que…
Christian Historical Fiction Talk is listener supported. When you buy things through this site, we may earn an affiliate commission. I am so pleased to welcome Misty Beller to the podcast this week. Misty is a fabulous author who specializes in Western and Rocky Mountain historical fiction. We talk about how a South Carolina author ended up writing…
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Historical Fiction: Unpacked
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Mystery and Intrigue Set in the Victorian Ballet—with Joanna Davidson Politano
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Today’s episode is a long-overdue chat with Joanna Politano about her book A Midnight Dance. We discuss how Joanna comes up with the intricate mysteries in her books, what was going on in France during the Victorian era, and how she went from knowing nothing about dance to being able to write a book set in the Victorian ballet. Purchase A Midnight …
Karin Tanabe and I talked about her book, A Woman of Intelligence, which released last summer. In this episode, Karin shares that she wanted to write about the difficult aspects of motherhood. We also discuss the inspiration for her novel, the fact that the protagonist is based in part on American spy Elizabeth Bentley, and how historical fiction i…
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Episode 78 - The Rise of Split Time Fiction with Morgan Tarpley Smith
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Christian Historical Fiction Talk is listener supported. When you buy things through this site, we may earn an affiliate commission. This week we have the fabulous and very knowledgeable Morgan Tarpley Smith with us to talk about split time, time slip, and dual time fiction. She'll define each of those terms for us, tell us how and when and what au…
Lea Roback was a feminist and labor activist who was raised in a large Jewish family in Quebec, Canada. In the novel Lea (Linda Leith Publishing, 2022), Ariela Freedman describes a strong, vibrant woman whose life spanned the 20th century. Lea Roback spoke four languages, and wherever she was in the world, she fought for workers’ rights, votes for …
Set against the backdrop of coal-rich, hard-scrabble West Virginia and "civilized," segregated Virginia, W. Jeff Barnes' Mingo (Little Star, 2021) reveals the deep divide between corporate might and those seeking a fair wage for an honest day's work. The novel plumbs the depths of brotherly love, betrayal, and the power of reconciliation amidst the…
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Shining a Light on Historical Events—with Milree Latimer
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Milree Latimer is a Canadian expat from Ontario who currently lives in central Oregon. On today’s show, we talk about her latest book, Out of Place, which released last year. We discuss Irish Home Children, PTSD, and the importance of person-to-person research as well as Milree’s own story of finding a second chance at love and a new career as an a…
Christian Historical Fiction Talk is listener supported. When you buy things through this site, we may earn an affiliate commission. This week, prolific author Gabrielle Meyer joins us on the podcast as her newest release, the first one she's written for her dream publishing house, hits the shelves. She discusses the unique plot for the novel, the …
Today’s episode is a BONUS episode! I talked with debut author Janyre Tromp about her novel Shadows in the Mind’s Eye. This book deals with combat PTSD after the Second World War, and Janyre is a fount of knowledge about PTSD, anxiety, and panic disorder. You don’t want to miss this fantastic conversation, which I’m sharing today in honor of Mental…
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Irina Shapiro, "Murder on the Sea Witch: A Redmond and Haze Mystery Book 7" (2022)
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Jason Redmond, a US Civil War surgeon, never expected to step into his father’s shoes as the heir to an English earldom. When he first shows up to claim his inheritance, with a scrawny twelve-year-old former drummer as his ward, Jason plans to inspect the property, then return to his home in New York. But the discovery of an obviously murdered body…
Listeners tune in and have some fun with us! Join us as we close out the review of Netflix #1 Historical Fiction show, Bridgerton Season 2!! In Part 2 of the review, we cover episodes 5-8 and highlight (OK.. poke fun at) our favorite Anthony Bridgerton and Kate Sharma moments + we take a sharp right turn over to crazy town to discuss the Feathering…
Like last week’s episode, this episode focuses on nature. Ann H. Gabhart was a delight to speak with. Her sweet southern accent soothes the soul. Our discussion ranged from ravens delivering gifts to little girls to the way the Lord uses nature to heal our pain if we allow him to. Ann’s newest book, When the Meadow Blooms, releases next Tuesday, Ma…
Jean-Luc Guéry is a man down on his luck. Middling journalist, gambling addict, alcoholic. Yet when news of his brother’s murder in Saigon reach him in France, Guéry drops everything and travels to French Vietnam to investigate. Guéry is not the kind of main character you’d think would star in a detective novel like Bede Scott’s Too Far From Antibe…
Christian Historical Fiction Talk is listener supported. When you buy things through this site, we may earn an affiliate commission. This week, author Ashley Clark joins us to talk about her new book, Where the Last Rose Blooms. This fabulous read is a dual time novel set in present-day New Orleans and Charleston, South Carolina at the time of the …
Regina Scott is the author of more than 50 works of warm, witty historical romance. A lover of history, she has driven four-in-hand, sailed on a tall ship, and learned to fence. In today’s conversation, we talk about her novel A View Most Glorious, which released last October, and was inspired by Fay Fuller, who was the first woman to reach the sum…
In this rebroadcast, John and Brandeis neuroscientist Gina Turrigiano (an occasional host and perennial friend of Recall this Book) speak with Madeline Miller, author of the critically acclaimed bestseller Circe. Elizabeth Ferry is Professor of Anthropology at Brandeis University. Email: ferry@brandeis.edu. John Plotz is Barbara Mandel Professor of…
Christian Historical Fiction Talk is listener supported. When you buy things through this site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Editor and debut novelist Janyre Tromp joins us this week to chat about her new release, Shadows in the Mind's Eye. We talk about PTSD, how being an editor affects her writing, and how her grandparents not only inspir…
The Lamps of Albarracin tells the story of Sarita, who looks back on her life before and after the Inquisition arrived in her town. It’s 15th century Spain, and Sarita is the daughter and assistant of the town’s Jewish doctor. She recalls living in a warm, loving household with her sisters and brother and Torah lessons taught by Solomon the Aged. S…
Listeners this is it!! Join the Sweet 'N Spicy Chicks as they review Netflix #1 Historical Fiction show, Bridgerton Season 2!! In Part I of the review, April and Jill review episodes 1-4 and highlight their favorite Anthony Bridgerton and Kate Sharma moments! Expect a ton of laughs and a little bit of outrage (We are looking at you 19th century mal…
Secretly his unconscious body, still flickering with life, is spirited away by to an island monastery in the Venetian lagoon where he recovers his health and joie de vivre. From there he begins a series of adventures that include Auguste Rodin, a romance with an English aristocrat, a new lover, a session with Sigmund Freud, and an heroic death. I s…
Today’s conversation is with Todd M. Johnson. He has been a practicing attorney for over 30 years. Todd’s passion for writing blends well with his legal career, and his novels are drawn closely from his personal experiences as a trial lawyer. We talk about the real life inspiration for his novel, The Barrister and the Letter of Marque, why this boo…
This week by popular request The Sweet N' Spicy Chicks peel back the recording curtain to share a little bit about who we are and the why behind starting a podcast! We explore our family life, hobbies + scratch the surface around what shrinks and grows as we age!!!???? You heard us right !! We sincerely hope you enjoy this week's BONUS episode wher…
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Erica Ruth Neubauer, "Danger on the Atlantic" (Kensington, 2022)
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From the years leading up to and into the French Revolution, we move forward in time to 1926. In Danger on the Atlantic (Kensington Publishing, 2022), Jane Wunderly, who left her home in the United States earlier in the year on a journey that took her first to Cairo, then to the English countryside, is heading back home in the company of Redvers, t…
Today I’m sharing a conversation with multi-published award-winning author Renee Ryan. Her novel The Widows of Champagne released last July. “For readers of Lilac Girls and The Lost Girls of Paris comes a captivating novel of resilience, as three generations of women battle to save their family’s vineyard during WWII.” In this episode, we discuss t…
The Sweet 'N Spicy Chicks are headed to Egypt for a good old- fashioned whodunnit? Join April and Jill as they take a hilarious crack at reviewing the film adaptation of Agatha Christie's classic novel, Death on the Nile and find out what happens when a 1937 YOLO Honeymoon goes terribly wrong!! #MURDER, #MYSTERY, #COMEDY Here we come!…
Today’s episode is a conversation with Adele Myers, author of The Tobacco Wives. We discuss the tobacco industry’s deceitful ad campaign, along with Adele’s family history, which inspired this novel. Adele Myers grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, and has a journalism degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She currently work…
Christian Historical Fiction Talk is listener supported. When you buy things through this site, we may earn an affiliate commission. A Rose for the Resistance by Angela K Couch A French Woman and German Soldier Create a Truce Full of intrigue, adventure, and romance, this new series celebrates the unsung heroes—the heroines of WWII. With her father…
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Joan Schweighardt, "River Aria" (Five Directions Press, 2020)
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Today I talked to Joan Schweighardt about her novel River Aria (Five Directions Press, 2020). It’s 1928 and Estela Euquério Hopper, of Manaus, Brazil, is the star vocal pupil of a world-renowned musician who’d come to revive a magnificent opera house. It had been erected during the heady years when rubber seemed likely to change Brazil’s fortunes. …
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Ed Davis, "The Last Professional" (Artemesia Publishing, 2022)
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This is a story of America! Lynden Hoover, a young man on the brink of a new beginning, cannot embrace it without confronting the traumas of his past. Help comes from The Duke, an old loner who calls America's landscape his home. He clings to an honor code, but in fleeing from Short Arm, his merciless enemy, his code is being tested. At the end of …
Today I'm bringing you a conversation with USA Today Bestselling author Misty M. Beller. The first installment in her Brides of Laurent Series, A Warrior's Heart, released last August. Misty and I talked about how this series was inspired by a podcast about Viking Shield Maidens as well as why she loves the Rocky Mountains and keeps writing about t…
Christian Historical Fiction Talk is listener supported. When you buy things through this site, we may earn an affiliate commission. The Spark of Love by Amanda Cabot When a spurned suitor threatens her, heiress Alexandra Tarkington flees New York for Mesquite Springs in the Texas Hill Country, where her father is building a hotel. But the happy re…
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Eva Stachniak, "The School of Mirrors" (William Morrow, 2022)
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France in 1755 is a country of extremes. The streets of Paris are filled with the poor and downtrodden, whereas just a few miles away lies the Palace of Versailles, with its renowned Hall of Mirrors where courtiers under the eye of Louis XV while away the hours amid endless extravagance. Once known as Louis the Well-Loved, the king has steadily los…
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Leslie T. Grover, "The Benefits of Eating White Folks" (Jaded Ibis Press, 2022)
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Today I talked to Leslie T. Grover about her book The Benefits of Eating White Folks (Jaded Ibis Press, 2022). The Sickness, a disease with unknown origins, is killing white children in the antebellum South, but Perpetua, a Black enslaved woman, is facing something much more devastating: Her daughter Meenie is missing. What she finds in her search …
In this episode April and Jill (a.k.a. the Sweet ‘n Spicy Chicks of Historical Fiction) take a crack at reviewing the film version of Francine River's famous story, Redeeming Love. Journey with them as they take you back to 1850s California during the Gold Rush where a humble but HOT farm boy falls heads over heels in love with a gorgeous prostitut…
On this St. Patrick's Day, I bring you a conversation with Jennifer Deibel about her newest book, The Lady of Galway Manor, which released in FebruaryFrom the publisher (Revell):New to the historical romance genre, novelist Jennifer Deibel made her mark on readers in 2021 with A Dance in Donegal, a stunning debut full of romance and mystery in the …
Christian Historical Fiction Talk is listener supported. When you buy things through this site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Counterfeit Love by Crystal Caudill Can this undercover agent save the woman he loves--or is her heart as counterfeit as the money he's been sent to track down? After all that Grandfather has sacrificed to raise her, …
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Ruta Sepetys, "I Must Betray You" (Philomel Books, 2022)
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Ruta Sepetys is an acclaimed “crossover” author (read by both young people and adults) of historical novels. In her latest novel I Must Betray You (Philomel Books, 2022) published by Philomel Books in 2022, she dramatizes the last days of the communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu in Romania in 1989. A 17-year-old boy, Cristian Florescu, feels…
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Tania Bayard, "Murder in the Cloister" (Severn House Publishers, 2021)
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There is a great temptation, when writing about the past, to sanitize its circumstances and attitudes to make the characters more palatable to present-day readers. Tania Bayard, who has written four mystery novels set in fourteenth-century France, does not make that mistake. Her Paris is filthy and smelly, with muddy streets and refuse lying in hea…
Today I'm sharing a conversation with debut author Crystal Caudill. Crystal and I met last year when we both decided to join Kimberly Duffy's Bible Recap group. Crystal's debut novel, Counterfeit Love, releases next Tuesday, so we talk about where she got the idea for her novel, what kind of research she did, and how she became a writer even though…
Christian Historical Fiction Talk is listener supported. When you buy things through this site, we may earn an affiliate commission. I was thrilled to welcome prolific author Tracie Peterson to the episode this week. We chatted about her book, Along the Rio Grande, about how Christian fiction has changed but still influences people around the world…
Today I share a conversation with historical fiction author Laura Frantz. I also had Laura on the show in late 2020. You can find that episode here. Today we discuss her newest book, A Heart Adrift. We also talk about the history of Acadia and how we can learn from our mistakes throughout historyHere's a description of Laura's novel from Revell, th…
Christian Historical Fiction Talk is listener supported. When you buy things through this site, we may earn an affiliate commission. This week, Jennifer Deibel stops by to chat with us about her newest release. There is a fabulous story behind the story you don't want to miss out on, and Jennifer shares with us a little bit about the Gaelic languag…
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Bryn Turnbull, "The Last Grand Duchess: A Novel" (Mira, 2022)
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Interest in the events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 has only increased since the centenary of the Romanovs’ assassination in 1918. Bryn Turnbull tackles this familiar story from the perspective of Emperor Nicholas’s eldest daughter, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna (1895–1918). The novel opens with a prediction, apparently made on the …
Today's conversation is a great one. I talked with Sarah Sundin about her latest release, Until Leaves Fall in Paris. The novel tells the story of American expat Lucie Girard during WWII. Lucie stays in Paris during the German occupation to run a bookstore for her Jewish friends who've wisely decided to find a safer place to reside. Lucie's story w…
Christian Historical Fiction Talk is listener supported. When you buy things through this site, we may earn an affiliate commission. This week Jody Hedlund stops by to discuss her book, Never Leave Me. We also talk about how she learned a lot about history when she homeschooled her kids and how to get your husband to do the grocery shopping. Never …
Today I'm bringing you a conversation with Jill Eileen Smith about her newest book, The Prince and the Prodigal. The novel focuses on Old Testament Joseph and his brother Judah. Jill and I talked about the story of Joseph (the prince) and Judah (the prodigal), why she chose to focus on Judah, her passion for sharing the truth of the Bible and Jesus…
