Reading the Past
Sarah JohnsonNews, views, and reviews of historical fiction.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issues | 1931 | Subscribers | Read | readingthepast.substack.com |
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A woman's adventures in Gold Rush California
Reinvention is the name of the game in Smathers’ fabulous epic of Gold Rush California, which sees her heroine, Juanita Castro de la Cruz, forced to reboot her life repeatedly while her forebears’ homeland changes before her eyes.
Twenty years of Reading the Past
I started posting regularly at Reading the Past (the Blogspot version, that is) twenty years ago this week, in late March 2006. This was during the heyday of blogging. The historical fiction blogosphere was a vibrant place, with new reviews...
A problem like Medea
Unless you’ve been chained to a rock off the Mediterranean coast for the past decade, you’ll likely have seen the growing cluster of new novels reinterpreting the lives of women (goddesses included!) from classical mythology. They look at t...
Self-discovery in Tudor England, times two
If you love reading author’s notes in historical novels, learning about the background to writers’ research processes and the factors affecting their choices, Wendy J. Dunn’s Shades of Yellow will be an ideal choice for your TBR pile.
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Academic librarian, longtime historical fiction reader/reviewer, and reference book author living at the foothills of Mt. Level.
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