Author of Historical Fiction and Mysteries
The massacre of mill workers that occurred on 16 August 1819 in Manchester, England - and resulted in 18 deaths and hundreds of injuries - is not one of those immediately recognizable, watershed moments in history. To be honest I had never heard of it until I read The Song of Peterloo, and I have been... Continue Reading →
Guest post by Erika Mailman The House of Bellaver arose out of two things. One was learning that an early California governor, Governor Henry H. Markham, had vetoed suffrage after it passed the House and Assembly in 1893.* That fact boggled my mind because in California, suffrage didn't pass until 1911. It appeared like one... Continue Reading →
