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Sunday, December 9, 2012

1st Annual Historical Holiday Blog Hop

Posted on 9:00 PM by Unknown

Welcome all to my little part of the 1st Annual Historical Holiday Blog Hop - hosted by Amy Passages to the Past!!!

This is such a great idea for the holiday season.  A great collection of historically focused blogs are participating with giveaways - at last count there were 38 blogs participating - from today to December 17th!  Please be sure to visit all of the participating blogs to get in on all of the fun.  You can find the list of blogs here (or below) and many are doing international giveaways.



Also, at Passages to the Past there will be 4 massive book prize packs and a $25 gift card to Amazon or Barnes & Noble:

Prize Package #1

The Sumerton Women by D.L. Bogdan (PB)
The Kingmaking by Helen Hollick (PB w/Signed Bookplate)
What You Long For by Anne Clinard Barnhill (PB)
The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig (Signed PB)
Claude & Camille by Stephanie Cowell (PB)
Selene of Alexandria by Faith L. Justice (eBook, author will send)
A Dance of Manners: A Regency Anthology by Susan Flanders, Kristi Ahlers, Gerri Bowen, Cynthia Breeding and Erin E.M. Hatton (PB)
By Fire, By Water by Mitchell James Kaplan (PB)
The King's Daughter by Barbara Kyle (PB)
The Darling Strumpet by Gillian Bagwell (PB)
Four Sisters, All Queens by Sherry Jones (PB)
The Fever Tree by Jennifer McVeigh (ARC, sponsored by Penguin Publishing)
The Queen's Daughter by Susan Coventry (PB)
I, Jane by Diane Haeger (PB)
Cascade by Maryanne O'Hara (Signed HC)
Illuminations by Mary Sharratt (HC)
The King's Agent by Donna Russo Morin (Signed PB)

Prize Package #2

The Master of Verona by David Blixt (HC)
The Forever Queen by Helen Hollick (PB w/Signed Bookplate)
At the Mercy of the Queen by Anne Clinard Barnhill (PB)
The King's Grace by Anne Easter Smith (Signed PB)
Oleanna by Julie K. Rose (PB)
The Sumerton Women by D.L. Bogdan (PB)
Rebel Puritan by JoAnn Butler (Signed PB)
The Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen (Audiobook)
The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchahan (ARC, sponsored by Penguin Publishing)
The King's Concubine by Anne O'Brien (PB)
The September Queen by Gillian Bagwell (PB)
The Secret Keeper by Sandra Byrd (PB w/Tower of London Tea Sachets)
Selene of Alexandria by Faith L. Justice (PB)
The Virgin Queen's Daughter by Ella March Chase (PB)
The Sign of the Weeping Virgin by Alana White (PB)
The Queen's Mistake by Diane Haeger (PB)
The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig (Signed HC)
The Secret of the Glass by Donna Russo Morin (Signed PB)

Prize Package #3

The Book of Lost Fragrances by M.J. Rose (HC)
Sea Witch by Helen Hollick (PB w/Signed Bookplate)
The Mistress of the Sun by Sandra Gulland (Signed PB)
Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan by Robin Maxwell (Audiobook)
Pale Rose of England by Sandra Worth (PB)
A Thing Done by Tinney S. Heath (PB)
The Sumerton Women by D.L. Bogdan (PB)
By Fire, By Water by Mitchell James Kaplan (PB)
Royal Romances by Leslie Carroll (PB)
The Rose of York: Love & War (Book 1, War of the Roses trilogy) by Sandra Worth (PB)
The Plum Tree by Ellen Marie Wiseman (Signed PB)
Above All Things by Tanis Rideout (ARC, sponsored by Penguin Publishing)
Teaspoon of Earth and Sea by Dina Nayeri (ARC, sponsored by Penguin Publishing)
Three Maids for a Crown by Ella March Chase (PB)
The Queen's Rival by Diane Haeger (PB)
The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau (Signed PB)
The Courtier's Secret by Donna Russo Morin (Signed PB)

Prize Package #4

A Place Beyond Courage by Elizabeth Chadwick (PB, US Edition)
Marrying Mozart by Stephanie Cowell (PB)
The Queen's Vow by C.W. Gortner (PB, UK Edition)
The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell (PB)
The Lady's Slipper by Deborah Swift (PB, UK Edition)
Before Versailles by Karleen Koen (PB)
The Secret History: A Novel of Empress Theodora by Stephanie Thornton (PB w/Theodora Bookmark)
The Forgotten Queen by D.L. Bogdan (ARC)
The Sister Queens by Sophie Perinot (PB)
Movement of Stars by Amy Brill (ARC, sponsored by Penguin Publishing)
Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn (PB)
Second Lisa by Veronica Knox (eBook)
To Serve a King by Donna Russo Morin (Signed PB)
Into the Path of Gods (Book 1, Macsen's Treasure Series) by Kathleen Cunningham Guler (PB)
In the Shadow of Dragons (Book 2, Macsen's Treasure Series) by Kathleen Cunningham Guler (PB)
The Anvil Stone (Book 3, Macsen's Treasure Series) by Kathleen Cunningham Guler (HC)
A Land Beyond Ravens (Book 4, Macsen's Treasure Series) by Kathleen Cunningham Guler (HC)

And as for the giveaway being hosted here - I have two gently used copies of the first two books in Lauren Willig's Pink Carnation series - The Secret History of the Pink Carnation and The Masque of the Black Tulip.  The giveaway is open to the USA and Canada.  Ends at midnight on Monday December 17th.  Fill out the Rafflecopter below to enter!

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