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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚

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Writer. Medievalist. Blogger. 🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷 Author of #historicalfiction, mystery & romance at https://linktr.ee/cathiedunnwrites Organiser of #BookPromotion at the #CoffeePotBookClub 🥰📚 https://linktr.ee/thecoffeepotbookclub

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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 5d

Book your Passage to the Past – and discover fabulous novels that take you on a riveting, unforgettable reading journey back in time!

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#HistoricalFiction #BooksWorthReading #RecommendedReading

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Arthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · 1d

Goodnight🌟

Lebanese artist Hrair Diarbekirian
The Red Angels, 2021

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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 18h

Coming soon on #blogtour with The Coffee Pot Book Club:

💫The Cameo Keeper by Deborah Swift💫

Discover an intriguing new tale in the enthralling series about infamous poisoner Giulia Tofana!

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#HistoricalFiction #Renaissance
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WG Saraband 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇹 @wgsaraband.bsky.social · 1d

Have a look through my website wgsaraband.com and get yourself some handmade, unique art made with all the strengths, faults and emotions of an actual human being.

Added bonus of supporting an independent Portuguese-Scottish artist 😉

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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 1d

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 1d

And we're sending a fabulous 💐THANK YOU💐 to all the lovely hosts, who joined us on our blog tour with this poignant novel.

Check them out! 🥰📚

#HistoricalFiction #TheCoffeePotBookClub

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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to the final day of our blog tour for

༻*·The Blackest Time·*༺
by Ken Tentarelli!

Check out our last tour stops, with a bright spotlight and a great review for this highly recommended tale!

thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/08/blog...
#HistoricalFiction #Medieval #Florence #Plague

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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 1d

And we're extending a great, bright 🌼THANK YOU🌼 to all the wonderful tour hosts, who helped us share this compelling novel.

Check them out! 🥰📚

#HistoricalFiction #TheCoffeePotBookClub

Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to the final day of our blog tour for

༻*·Tailored Truths·*༺
by Nancy Jardine!

Check out our final stops, with bright spotlights, enticing excerpt, historical articles – and fab review!

thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/08/blog...
#HistoricalFiction #FamilySaga
@nansjar23.bsky.social

Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful dashes of colour. Lovely. 😍

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Rosemary Griggs @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Nerines and some rather battered dahlias keeping the show going in my Devon garden.

#FlowersonFriday #garden

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Elizabeth St.John 📚💙📜Author and Historian @elizabethstjohn.bsky.social · 1d

On my blog today...an excerpt from The Came the Summer Snow, an extraordinary book detailing America's nuclear age. #MustRead #HistoricalFiction #GreatHistoricalFiction @cathiedunn.bsky.social
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Then Came the Summer Snow | A Poignant and Sweeping Novel of the Nuclear Age by Trisha T. Pritikin - Elizabeth St.John

Then Came the Summer Snow Trisha T Pritikin In 1958, Edith Higgenbothum, a housewife in Richland, Washington, downwind of the massive Hanford nuclear weapons production site, discovers that the milk h...

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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 2d

Welcome to Day 3 of our blog tour for

༻*·Then Came the Summer Snow·*༺
by Trisha Pritikin!

Check out our tour stops, sharing fascinating articles, a great author chat and enticing excerpt!

thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/08/blog...
#HistoricalFiction #Downwinders #AtomicJustice

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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 2d

Welcome to Day 9 of our blog tour for

༻*·The Blackest Time·*༺
by Ken Tentarelli!

Check out today's tour stops, with bright spotlights, interesting articles, enticing excerpt & fab author interview!

thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/08/blog...
#HistoricalFiction #Medieval #Florence #Plague

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Mercedes Rochelle @authorrochelle.bsky.social · 4d

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🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 "Intrigue, suspense, great story line and I very much appreciate the sweet romance..."

Follow me to the Scottish Highlands in times of rebellion, upheaval, and adventure!
@cathiedunn.bsky.social

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Elizabeth St.John 📚💙📜Author and Historian @elizabethstjohn.bsky.social · 4d

🌟NEW BOOK RELEASE🌟
Enjoy an excerpt from a powerful new historical fiction novel set during Italy's medieval plague years.
#CoffeePotBookClub
@cathiedunn.bsky.social
#MedievalSky #GreatHistoricalFiction
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The Blackest Time | Powerful Medieval Italian Historical Fiction by Ken Tentarelli - Elizabeth St.John

The Blackest Time by Ken Tentarelli Set in the 1300s during the devastating black plague, The Blackest Time is a powerful tale of compassion, love, and the human spirit’s ability to endure immense adv...

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Mercedes Rochelle @authorrochelle.bsky.social · 2d

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Historical Fiction & History @cathiedunn.bsky.social

I'm thrilled to share my review of

🛡️Shield of Mercia by MJ Porter!🛡️

ruinsandreading.blogspot.com/2025/10/revi...

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maryanneyarde.bsky.social 💙📚📜 @maryanneyarde.bsky.social · 2d

❀༻ Books Worth Reading ༺❀
Read with #KindleUnlimited

✦ * . * The Blackest Time
(A Novel of Florence During the Black Plague)
By Ken Tentarelli * . * ✦

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#HistoricalFiction #BooksWorthReading #MustRead 💙📚
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maryanneyarde.bsky.social 💙📚📜 @maryanneyarde.bsky.social · 2d

❀༻ Books Worth Reading ༺❀
Read with #KindleUnlimited

✦ * . * Then Came The Summer Snow
By Trisha T. Pritikin * . * ✦

maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2025/10/then...

#HistoricalFiction #BooksWorthReading #MustRead 💙📚
@cathiedunn.bsky.social

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Mary @marysbookcase.bsky.social · 2d

Join The Coffee Pot Book Club on tour with: Then Came The Summer Snow by Trisha T. Pritikin.

marysbookcase.blogspot.com/2025/10/join...

#TrishaPritikin #HistoricalFiction #Downwinders #AtomicJustice #AtomicDystopia #AtomicFeminist #1950s #BlogTour @cathiedunn.bsky.social

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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 3d

I'm thrilled to share my review of

🛡️Shield of Mercia by MJ Porter!🛡️

If you enjoy riveting medieval intrigues, feuds, and Viking attacks, it's well worth checking out!

ruinsandreading.blogspot.com/2025/10/revi...
#HistoricalFiction #Mercia #RecommendedReading
@mjporterauthor.bsky.social

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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks so much. I'm glad you enjoyed this novel. 🥰

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Left on the Shelf Book Blog @leftontheshelf1.bsky.social · 4d

On the blog today is my stop on the blog tour for The Blackest Time by #author Ken Tanterelli and I have a book review.

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The Blackest Time by Ken Tentarelli - #bookreview #blogtour

Left on the Shelf Book Blog Book Reviews Book Information Recommendations Writing Reading Books for Children Books for Adults Books for Teens Fiction

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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 4d

Welcome to Day 7 of our blog tour for

༻*·The Blackest Time·*༺
by Ken Tentarelli!

Check out our tour stops today, sharing fascinating historical background articles and a fabulous new review!

thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/08/blog...
#HistoricalFiction #Medieval #Florence #Plague

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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 5d

Welcome to Day 6 of our blog tour for

༻*·The Blackest Time·*༺
by Ken Tentarelli!

Check out today's fabulous tour stops, sharing intriguing excerpts from this compelling story!

thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/08/blog...
#HistoricalFiction #Medieval #Florence #Plague #TheCoffeePotBookClub

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