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Proud of her relationship to many of her books characters, author Millicent Hughes swears she fell in love with the real-life Lambert Lockwood. A mover and shaker of the retail world in post Revolution CT, Lockwood seems an admirable lover of books, having started a library in his Bridgeport hardware store that blossomed into a bookstore and then a publishing company.
Hughes felt deeply for such unknown heroes who were only doing their jobs during the strange days of 1777, when the war had almost slipped into apathy until a fire began in a small CT town.

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1777 - Danbury on Fire!

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Plutarch's Lives

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M.H.B. Hughes said: " Most amusing in places because it's tongue in cheek. Some of the famous ancient Greek leaders seem more out of control than any dictator today! And some of them (read Alcibiades) got away with everything. (Plutarch does occasionally mutter that a cer ...more "

Nov 26, 2019 07:06AM · see review

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M.H.B. Hughes made a comment on Patrick Martin’s review of 1777 - Danbury on Fire! " Read the "After the War" section in the back of the book! ...more "
Oct 27, 2025 03:18AM · see review
M.H.B. Hughes liked Patrick Martin's review of 1777 - Danbury on Fire!: "I was pleasantly surprised by this book. Over the summer I attended a living history event and was able to meet the author. After a brief discussion I decided to purchase her book and I'm glad I did. This is historical fiction, it's told from the vie" Read more of this review »
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