The Seeds of War

Highlighting Historical Romance with Jude Knight’s thoughts on war and seeds of war at the Cape of Good Hope In 1806, the British fought and won a battle near Cape Town. At stake was the control of the only port in Southern Africa for ships making the long journey from Europe around the Cape of […]

The Biggest, Longest Party

Highlighting Historical Romance with Nina Beaumont and insights into the Congress of Vienna. I have just released SAPPHIRE MAGIC, book 1 of my 5-book Fearless Women Historical Romance Series. The story takes place during the Congress of Vienna, and I would like to tell you a bit about this fascinating period. If my heroine, Arabella […]

Gun Rights and Armed Retainers

Highlighting Historical Romance with Jude Knight on gun rights and constitutional law in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. I was researching English gun rights before the recent massacre in my peaceful little country. I wanted to know what English law said about armed retainers in the early nineteenth century, because I want my characters […]

It’s How You Look at It

Travel broadens. It always does. On the road in Ottawa, I’ve been sopping up information about Canadian government and history like a sponge. I had a lot of gaps to fill. I came in great part to see the places I had already researched while writing The Renegade Wife. The Rideau canal locks are every […]