Thank you @archaeolibrarian.bsky.social for hosting me today @cathiedunn.bsky.social

'I have been a femme entretenue, a flagellant, a penitent, a streetwalker, an inhabitant of night houses, a demimondaine... The rules are different for such as I.' #blogtour with @archaeolibrarian.bsky.social archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post... (Images Dutton NY & StJohnsCantab WikiComms)

Thank you, Char!

Read about Lucie Dumas's earlier life in the silk city of Lyon on @helenhollick.bsky.social's #blogspot ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-c... Photo: Lyon silk pattern book, 1861, credit La Canute @cathiedunn.bsky.social @historia-hwa.bsky.social @histnovsoc.bsky.social #historicalfiction

Imagine the life of a young woman working in a #CoventGarden brothel in #victorianlondon, in this excerpt from #LucieDumas on charlenenewcomb.com/2026/04/luci... Holman Hunt's The Awakening Conscience, Wikicommons Tate Britain @stairwellbooks.bsky.social #historicalfiction @cathiedunn.bsky.social

Welcome to Day 3 of our #blogtour for

༻*·Lucie Dumas·*༺
by Katherine Mezzacappa!

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

thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog...
#HistoricalFiction #WomensFiction #WomenInHistory
@katmezzacappa.bsky.social

Lucie Dumas by Katherine Mezzacappa Lucie Dumas By Katherine Mezzacappa Publication Date: March 30th, 2026 Publisher: Stairwell Books Pages: 278 Genre: Historical Fiction Londo...

You can read an excerpt here - those all-important opening pages of my new novel #luciedumas @stairwellbooks.bsky.social on #blogtour with #thecoffeepotbookclub @maryanneyarde.bsky.social maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2026/04/luci... #historicalfiction @historia-hwa.bsky.social @cathiedunn.bsky.social

Thank you, Char, for this lovely review.

Read my #q&a on #luciedumas @stairwellbooks.bsky.social @whisperingbookworm.bsky.social's #blog thewhisperingbookworm.blogspot.com/2026/04/on-t... St Mary's Cemetery, Kensal Green image BDS685 Wikicommons @cathiedunn.bsky.social #historicalfiction

Book Spotlight: Lucie Dumas by Katherine Mezzacappa London, 1871: Lucie Dumas of Lyon has accepted a stipend from her former lover and his wife, on condition that she never returns to Franc...

Thank you @maryannbernal.bsky.social for featuring #luciedumas on your blog today maryannbernal.blogspot.com/2026/04/book... @cathiedunn.bsky.social #historicalfiction #victorianlondon #womensfiction

Love this review from @shadosofthepast.bsky.social thorough, perceptive and considered #blogtour #LucieDumas @stairwellbooks.bsky.social #historicalfiction #womensfiction #victorianlondon @cathiedunn.bsky.social

Lucie Dumas by Katherine Mezzacappa — RACHEL ELWISS JOYCE, MULTI-AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF HISTORICAL FICTION The Coffee Pot Book Club Blog Tour

Lovely start to my #blogtour for #LucieDumas with @rachelelwjoyce.bsky.social www.rachelelwissjoyce.com/rachels-blog... 'What sparked my interest was that this was the story of a ‘fallen woman’. When have we ever heard of the story of a ‘fallen’ man?' Exactly! @stairwellbooks.bsky.social

Love this review! First day of my @blogtour for #LucieDumas @shadosofthepast.bsky.social @stairwellbooks.bsky.social

Read an excerpt from Lucie Dumas by Katherine Mezzacappa Lucie Dumas By Katherine Mezzacappa Publication Date: March 30th, 2026 Publisher: Stairwell Books Pages: 278 Genre: Historical Fiction Londo...

Delighted to feature on Mary's Bookcase #blog today with this excerpt from my latest novel, #LucieDumas @stairwellbooks.bsky.social #historicalfiction #womensfiction #victorianlondon marysbookcase.blogspot.com/2026/04/read... #coffeepotbookclub

Just under a week to go for a packed #blogtour for #LucieDumas @cathiedunn.bsky.social @stairwellbooks.bsky.social #womensfiction
#coffeepotbookclub #historicalfiction #victorianlondon

Delighted that #TheBalladofMaryKearney is on #kindlepromotion 99c until Sunday #histriabooks #historicalfiction #Ireland

Thank you! I am of course asking the publisher to put it in for this year's Gold Crown... 🥰

Thank you, Rod, and thanks for reposting!

It's #publicationday #LucieDumas #historicalfiction @stairwellbooks.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/Lucie-Dumas-... 1871: Samuel Butler takes a young French streetwalker as his mistress, later sharing her with his best friend. A tale from the shadows of Victorian literary life, based on true events.

Not long now! #publicationday 30th March #historicalfiction #victorianlondon @histnovsoc.bsky.social @historia-hwa.bsky.social @cathiedunn.bsky.social @stairwellbooks.bsky.social

Yes, it's all of those things and that's why I loved it.

Loved doing this #podcast with #askfosca #foscainflorence www.askfosca.com/podcast/the-... Fosca is a fantastic interviewer #historicalfiction #writingcommunity #firenze www.askfosca.com/sustainable-...

Stoneleigh Community Library is run by a group of dedicated volunteers. I'm delighted to have been able to donate my books - the contact was made through @historia-hwa.bsky.social @zaffrebooks.bsky.social @fairlightbooks.bsky.social @romaunce.bsky.social #Histria #writingcommunity #historicalfiction

Very good news from @fairlightbooks.bsky.social #TheMaidenofFlorence is number 1 #bestseller currently on Amazon US kindle for Italian #historicalfiction. And there's an ebook discount for US readers until Thursday. I'm up there with John Banville and Kate Quinn! #writingcommunity

I'm touched that you quoted me on the cover of Annie's Day. 😻

My #bookreview of Bill Hodson's Worktown for @histnovsoc.bsky.social historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/work... #historicalfiction #1930s #bolton the lives the volunteers assiduously recorded on paper... are recounted with an empathy both uncompromising and devoid of sentimentality.

My #bookreview Richard Dennis's Rumbling of the Waters @histnovsoc.bsky.social #historicalfiction #1920s 'an absorbing historical and psychological thriller... warning of what happens in a democracy when the rule of law is subverted and instrumentalised.' historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-...

My #bookreview of Martin Campbell's The Insanity Inspectors for @histnovsoc.bsky.social 'Individual case notes are heartrending, taking the reader into a world remote in time and geography' #historicalfiction #scottishhistory #insanity historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-... #victorian

My #bookreview of Rosemary Griggs 'The Mistress of Dartington Hall' for @histnovsoc.bsky.social 'Griggs’s achievement lies in her ability to evoke vividly an intimate portrait of life in a 16th-century West Country manor house' historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/mist... #historicalfiction #devon

My #bookreview Pnina Shinebourne's Love in the Time of the Medici for @histnovsoc.bsky.social: a tragic story, in which Livia is punished for her attempt to exercise free emotional will in defiance of patriarchal convention #historicalfiction #renaissance historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/love...