Historicalfiction Quotes

“Just because I survived doesn’t mean I could live”
― E.J. Wood, The Forgotten Man

“But a novel, different from a history book recounts factual touch points of the past, tells a story and does so through character. What does this character think and feel? Now we are in the realm of fiction—historical fiction.”
― Paul Rushworth-Brown, Skulduggery

“Five years ago, I set about writing a different kind of book. A book that I felt wasn't available, a book that I wanted to read. An honest story that pulled no punches about the lives of people living on the moors of Yorkshire in the 16 and 17th centuries. These people were my ancestors and probably yours, the poor peasants lost to time but now found.”
― Paul Rushworth-Brown, Red Winter Journey

“Well then?' He bent down from his towering height, until I could feel the hard muscles of his chest against mine, and his mouth almost brushed my lips. I could barely breathe, so thick with delicious tension was the air around me.
' What is your answer? Miss Linton, will you be my wife?”
― Robert Thier, In the Eye of the Storm

“This isn’t about justice. It’s about power, and it appears you’ve just handed her yours!”
― Elyse DeBarre, Rise of the Magi

“A port arrival makes you feel so free ...To realize what it is to be a free man, with a world before him;”
― Barnaby Allen, Pacific Viking

“Tonight she had pulled on a dark blue cap, and matching gloves, as much to avoid touching her surrounds as it was for any standard of fashion. As the sun had fled the area, these garments were almost like a cloak of nocturnal invisibility, strategically blending her into the shadows. Only her stocking-clad calves and ankles were exposed, and her trusty stacked-heel Oxfords – shoes she could wear in most acceptable establishments, and could run in. One never knew when such qualities might matter.

- Chapter 2, The Ghosts of Paris”
― Tara Moss, The Ghosts of Paris

“Michael is an excellent storyteller and has done a wonderful job depicting Luther, and the other black characters in this book. He has done his homework and depicts many historical facts about Nicodemus in a most enlightening and creative way. It has been a pleasure working with someone who has made a concerted effort to get things right.

Angela Bates
Nicodemus Descendant/Historian
Executive Director
The Nicodemus Historical Society and Museum”
― Michael L Ross, The Founding

“A gallows, at least, was honest. With a gallows, you knew exactly when you would die.

--Mike Doyle, from the opening paragraph of Anywhere But Schuylkill.”
― Michael Dunn

“THIS BOOK IS WONDERFUL - RAY BRADBURY

FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARS! "Wonderful story. War Eagles is a really good adventure story." amazon reader

"WW2 with a dash of fantasy! I really enjoyed stepping back in time as the race for air travel was developing. One could truly feel the passion these pilots and engineers had for these magnificent machines. The twist of stepping back into a land of Vikings and dinosaurs was very well executed." amazon reader”
― Debbie Bishop, War Eagles

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“Brenda Storm strolled down the line, examining each camel carefully. When she reached the fifth one, it emitted a guttural sound and unexpectedly span on her shirt. She summoned all the strength and delivered a forceful punch to the side of the camel's snout causing the camel to collapse unconscious onto its side. "I'll take this one." Brenda said. "Do you really think that was necessary?" "Well..." Brenda began, "She'll think twice about spitting on me again!”
― Michael E. Coones, Brenda Storm: Finding Amelia Earheart

“Tulip. Tulipa. Meaning: I declare my love for you.”
― Laura Wood

“We cannot change the past, only live with its consequences.”
― Elsie Sinclair, Feuding Hearts: The Feud of Hearts Book 1: An Enemies to Lovers Clean Regency Romance

“. . . she found herself longing to know more of the vampiress, and the unbridled freedom she must enjoy, stalking the dark streets of London alone and unafraid, the subject of fear rather than its object.”
― B. Lawson Hull, Emelyn Morley and the Waking Dark

“AI-powered review generated by OpenAI’s language model (GPT-4), based on the full manuscript as follows:
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― Tedatom Nguyễn Mạnh Cường, The Emperor & Financial Game

“Ernest, your name shall be Hengest which is the Germanic name for a stallion.”
― Michael G. Kramer, Full Story of the Anglo-Saxon Invasion

“Our independence is still fragile. To seize power is difficult, but to preserve it is more difficult!”
― Michael G. Kramer, The Full Circle for Mick

“No ideas will be rejected out of hand and all ideas will be considered.”
― Michael G. Kramer, The Full Circle for Mick

“We must remain ever vigilant… We have to present a united solid front as a determined people.”
― Michael G. Kramer, The Full Circle for Mick

“After I return to Australia, I promise you that I shall… qualify as an engineer and then return here and help your people out.”
― Michael G. Kramer, The Full Circle for Mick

“It is a matter of record that I was diagnosed as suffering from PTSD.”
― Michael G. Kramer, The Full Circle for Mick