![]() Similar to my love of reading the acknowledgement sections of books, it’s always fun to look inside the private worlds of the well-known, even if they’ve been dead for hundreds of years. It also included other literary figures of the time, Ralph Waldo Emerson being a good example, and reading about these names that you’re familiar with bring a sort of inclusiveness to the work, so you feel not only proud of yourself for recognizing them, but curious to learn about them as people, rather than writers in history. Although I don’t typically pick up this genre, the book interested me because it was based on real people ( Edgar Allan Poe being the most obvious). ![]() Lynn Cullen is an American writer who writes historical fiction as well as children’s books. Another reason I feel a bit of urgency? We’re inching our way closer to Christmas as the hours tick by, and I think this would be a great gift for that historical fiction lover on your list. Poe, and I’m sure many will not be familiar with it, so I wanted to get the word out right away. ![]() ![]() ![]() I just finished reading this book a few minutes ago, and raced to my computer to write a review so I could share it with my readers (yes-both of you!) as quickly as possible. ![]()
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