History Bards

Author Interview with Sarah V. Barnes, historical author of "She Who Rides Horses" Book blurb: Set more than 6,000 years ago, She Who Rides Horses: A Saga of the Ancient Steppe (Book One) begins the story of Naya, the first person to ride a horse. Daughter of a clan chief, bolder than the other girls but shunned by the boys because of her unusual appearance, Naya wanders alone through the vast gra...

Today's episode features award-winning author, Alina Rubin, as she discusses her book "A Girl with a Knife" - Blurb: Winner of the Illinois Soon To Be Famous Author Contest Women could not be surgeons. She did it anyway. After the heartbreaking loss of her mother and a cruel attack by her drunken father, Ella Parker decides that dishonesty is fine when it serves her needs. At a time when wealthy y...

Featured Spotlight - the history behind Helena P. Schrader's book "Moral Fibre" The RAF Pilots of WWII and the Stigma of the Label "LMF" or "Lacking Moral Fibre" ***** Riding the icy, moonlit sky-- They took the war to Hitler. Their chances of survival were less than fifty percent. Their average age was 21. This is the story of just one Lancaster skipper, his crew, and the woman he loved. It is in...

Alfred Nicols received undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Mississippi. Following military service, he had a career as a lawyer, a state trial judge, and a federal judge. He and his wife Mary live on rural acreage in Mississippi, where their two sons have second homes. "Lost Love's Return" and its reader guide were written to leave his children and grandchildren, maybe others, ins...

Author Interview with Owen Pataki, historical author of "Searchers in Winter: A Novel of Napoleon's Army" Owen Pataki graduated from Cornell University in 2010 with a degree in history. In 2011, Owen joined the Army, and in 2014 was deployed to Afghanistan, serving with the 10th Mountain Division. Following his military service, he attended the MetFilm School in London. His first novel, Where the...

The History Bards first content episode for the 2023 Season! Today's episode features history on the fabulous Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, about the intriguing furnishings, artwork, and about the man who built it, George Vanderbilt. Plus, who was the pink-haired heiress who abandoned the estate to pursue her bohemian dreams? For those who wish to watch the episode, you can visit o...

Welcome to the new season of History Bards podcast! Today's episode features historical novelist, Daniel Greene, and his American Civil War Northern Wolf Series of books. You can purchase Daniel's books here: DANIEL GREENE'S NORTHERN WOLF SERIES You can view the live Youtube interview which corresponds to this audio version at our channel: THE HISTORICAL FICTION COMPANY YOUTUBE CHANNEL Don't forge...

VEH Masters was born and grew up on a farm just outside of St. Andrews, Scotland. The first time she was inside St. Andrews Castle was when her history teacher, Miss Grubb, took the class on a visit, aged 12.‘I was fascinated, especially when we crept down the siege tunnel, and peered into the bottle dungeon where Cardinal Beaton’s body is said to have been kept, pickled in salt.’The siege of St A...

Verity Bright is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing partnership that has spanned a quarter of a century. Starting out writing high-end travel articles and books, they published everything from self-improvement to humour, before embarking on their first historical mystery. They are the authors of the fabulous Lady Swift Mystery series, set in the 1920s. You can buy the first book in the s...

Author Interview with Jean Gill, historical fiction author of "The Ring Breaker" and the Troubadour Series Released in 2021 on The Hist Fic Chickie podcast. Re-releasing 2/7/2023 Jean Gill is an award-winning Welsh writer and photographer living in the south of France with two scruffy dogs, a beehive named 'Endeavour', a Nikon D750 and a man. For many years, she taught English and was the first wo...

Author Interview with Juliane Weber, author of "Under the Emerald Sky" and "Beneath the Darkening Clouds" - Historical romance set in beautiful 18th century Ireland. Previously aired in 2021 with The Hist Fic Chickie Podcast. History Bards Podcast is the official podcast for The Historical Fiction Company www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com

Author Interview with Alessandra Woodward, author of "The Defender's Throne" and "Night Born Sisters". Alessandra is a Writer, Author, Intuitive Coach, and Creatrix—aka a Renaissance Woman. She currently lives and writes from the traditional and unceded territory of the Syilx peoples in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, with a rescue horse named Piglet, a fierce Chihuahua named Zoë, a Marem...