Monthly Archives: November 2014

Brothers in Arms – The Siblings Who Went to War

  The movie Saving Private Ryan was much feted when it was first released for its realistic depiction of the sheer terror experienced by those who took part in the D-Day landings on Normandy’s ‘Omaha Beach’. The plot – which … Continue reading

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Fact, Fiction and Family Ties…

I’d like to welcome historical fiction novelist Deborah Lincoln to historywithatwist. Deborah’s novel Agnes Canon’s War was inspired by her own family’s extraordinary ancestors. It also turned out that, in creating other characters for her novel, Deborah unknowingly had closely … Continue reading

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