Defending the Legacy

I will begin with the end summary first: this is one of the best books about the American Revolution that I have read in a long time. ...

Readers of this blog will have noticed a number of different posts related to this recently-published World War I spy novel, including ...

J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis share many things in common.  They were both Christian authors, they both wrote incredibly popular works ...

Throughout the past several months, this blog has followed a soon-to-be released World War I spy novel called War of Loyalties .  Yesterday...

In June, a friend of mine wrote a guest post for Defending the Legacy in which she described the historical background of her upcoming nove...

This was a book I picked up at a local library’s Used Book sale. World War II has fascinated me, especially the Royal Air Force during t...

In honor of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins' birthday today, here is a poster version of Bilbo's Last Song, which he sings when departing Mi...

In J. R. R. Tolkein’s well-known novel The Hobbit , three common types of characters are seen: good ones, evil ones, and ambiguous ones. ...

One of the many covers of Mere Christianity No copyright infringement intended. Once, I had been an ideological crusader, dead-set on a...

A friend of mine, Schuyler M., has written a World War I spy novel called War of Loyalties. She kindly agreed to share the fascinating his...

In January of this year, I reviewed Alicia Willis's 18th Century novel Grace Triumphant (see the original review at http://defendingthel...

How far would you go to defend the life you knew in the past? The year is 1562, and Europe is at war with the Ottoman Turks. The climax ...

While most of my reading focuses on historical nonfiction, I do enjoy a good work of historical fiction—if I can find it. At a recent conv...

Bonnie Dundee: For King and Conscience by Magnus Linklater and Christian Hesketh Among those who know the name of John Graham of Claverh...