N.J. Mastro
Nov 5, 2022
Dorothy Kirwan Thomas, Queen of Demerara
One today can never know what it was like to be a Black woman born into slavery in Montserrat in the late 18th century. But author...
N.J. Mastro
Oct 7, 2022
Margaret Maher: Keeper of Poems
Emily’s House by Amy Belding Brown is a novel based on the true story of the relationship between the Emily Dickinson and Margaret...
N.J. Mastro
Sep 7, 2022
Forged in Revolution: Adrienne Lafayette
“There are places in this world where the past still echoes in the stones.” So begins The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray, a...
N.J. Mastro
Feb 20, 2022
Sylvia Beach, Booklegger
Certain people stick with you, whether you meet them in person, or, as with historical fiction, you meet them on the page. Such is the...
N.J. Mastro
Dec 30, 2021
A Historical Fiction Reader's Booklist
Let's talk books! Find recommendations for historical fiction and other genres here.
N.J. Mastro
Nov 14, 2021
A River Trip With Margaret Mead
When was the last time you paddled up a river in a remote area on an island in the Pacific while hungry, cold, bleeding from insect...
N.J. Mastro
Oct 3, 2021
The Wine Widow: Veuve Clicquot
April 1814 The widow popped the cork on a bottle of her prized 1811 cuvée. A comet that year had brought her good luck. From then on,...
N.J. Mastro
Sep 5, 2021
Annie Londonderry: Con Artist or Master of Inventing One's Self?
I love to travel. Unfortunately, the coronavirus pandemic has put opportunities to roam the globe on hold for a lot of us over the past...