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Book Review: 1892 by Paul Butler

1892 by Paul Butler1892 by Paul Butler

Pennywell Books (imprint of Flanker Press, St. John’s, NL, Canada)

Published: June 2008

ISBN: 978-1-897317-28-0

Price: $16.95 (paperback; 165 pages)

Genre: Historical Fiction (romance)

About the Author: Paul Butler is the author of several novels including Cupids, Hero, NaGeira, Easton’s Gold, Easton and Stoker’s Shadow. Born in the UK, he currently lives in St. John’s, NL.

Author’s Website: http://www.paulbutlernovelist.com

THE REVIEW

Cover (4/5): The cover suited the book. It grabbed my attention while at the bookstore hunting for a Christmas gift for my mother. I specifically targeted books about Newfoundland because she’s from there. I found the cover uncluttered, and I could easily read the title and the author’s name.

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Book Review: Writing Historical Fiction

Diane Lynn Tibert

Once Upon a Time, it was now . . .

I just finished reading The Art and Craft of Writing Historical Fiction by James Alexander Thom. The first part of the book was a little boring but surprisingly a pleasure to read. Does that make sense? Can something be a wee boring, still a pleasure?

Perhaps I felt a little bored because the first part of the book covered much of the same material I had read many times before: research, libraries, getting your hands on the documents, getting your facts straight, what is history, staying true to history . . .

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Posted by Diane Tibert on March 24, 2011

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