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The Betrayed series is a historical thriller series by American author Carolyn McCray. The series is considered to be revisionist historical fiction, challenging Dan Brown in the controversy department.
Carolyn McCray is the pen name of American author Cristyn West. Growing up in San Francisco, Carolyn has always had an overactive imagination and has parlayed that into a career writing historical thrillers, mysteries and action-adventure novels. She has also dipped her toe into other genres such as horror and romance. She writes several series, […]
The Kent Family Chronicles is a historical fiction series by American author John Jakes. The series was written to commemorate the bicentennial anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The books follows the Kent family, beginning prior to the American Revolution. Phillipe Charboneau travels from France to England and then to the United States, changing his […]
John Jakes is an American author of historical fiction (including historical romance and western fiction) as well as science fiction and fantasy. His career began upon graduation, selling stories to pulp magazines. Following that, he worked in the advertising while writing on the side and in 1971, moved to full-time. He first gained widespread notice […]
The Blackwood Family is a series of historical/military fiction by British author Douglas Reeman. The series is also known as the Royal Marines Saga. It follows the Blackwood family from the 1850s all the way to the 1970s, including World War II.
Richard Bolitho is the central character in a series of historial naval adventure novels by British novelist Alexander Kent (Douglas Reeman). The series is often referred to simply as the “Bolitho Novels,” as the series also follows Richard’s son Adam. Richard Bolitho is an officer with the Royal Navy during the 18th and 19th centuries. […]
Douglas Reeman is a British author of historical naval fiction, both under his real name and as Alexander Kent. In real life, Reeman enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1940 when he was 16 and served during World War II and the Korean War. He writes the Richard Bolitho series as well as the Blackwood […]
Titus “Scratch” Bass is the central character in a series of western fiction by American novelist Terry C. Johnston. The series is set during the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade, written in the first-person. Johnston was so attached to the Titus Bass character that he felt that if he ever killed Titus off, he would die […]
The Plainsmen is a western fiction series by American novelist Terry C. Johnston. The series follows central character Seamus Donegan during the U.S. Army’s struggle with the Native Americans. The series starts in 1866, with the last several novels set in 1877.
Andre Norton (1912-2005) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy. She wrote for both adults and young adults. She was the first female to win the Gandalf Grand Master Award in 1977 and was also awarded the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award from the SFWA in 1983. Norton started out writing historical […]