Death Makes No Distinction Blog Tour - 25 November to 1 December 2019

Seven Days – Twenty One Blogs!

Death Makes No Distinction is on a blog tour this week. The novel is the third in the Dan Foster Mystery series, which follows the fortunes and cases of Bow Street Runner and amateur pugilist, Dan Foster.

When Dan’s old rival, John Townsend, requests Dan’s help to investigate the murder of a former mistress of the Prince of Wales, Dan is ordered to abandon the case he was working on – the murder of a beggar woman, found savagely murdered in the outhouse of a London tavern. Dan won’t let the death of an unknown woman go unavenged, and is determined to get to the bottom of both murders.

But as his enquiries take him into both the richest and the foulest places in London, and Townsend’s real reason for requesting his help gradually becomes clear, Dan is forced to face a shocking new reality when the people he loves are targeted by a shadowy and merciless adversary…

Find out more by joining the Death Makes No Distinction Blog Tour! (Follow the links to read the full reviews.)

Monday 25 November 2019

ShortBook and Scribes - "An authentic historical story."

JessicaBelmont -
"The pacing is great and I didn’t want to put the book down until it was finished."

JaneHunt Writer -

"An absorbing walk on the dark side of Georgian London, with a likeable detective and heinous crimes."

Tuesday 26 November 2019

Behindthe Sentence -
"Kept me intrigued".

TheBook Magnet -
"A superb historical murder mystery with a down to earth and realistic protagonist."

ChezMaximka -
"A skilfully crafted historical mystery."

Wednesday 27 November 2019

FourMoon Reviews -
"Lucienne does an amazing job at bringing her characters to life."

HistoricalFiction With Spirit -
"An addictive slice of historical crime."

Bertyboy123 -
"A superb story."

Thursday 28 November 2019

Caramerrollovesbooks -
"[Dan] Foster...is an intriguing character."

What Cathy Read Next -
"Engaging, atmospheric mystery."

DevilishlyDelicious Book Reviews -
"A clever, well-written mystery."

Friday 29 November 2019

BooksandEmma– The Twist and Turn Book Blog -
"Intriguing historical crime mystery."

WhatRebecca’s Read -
"A wonderful detective story."

NorthernReader -
"An engaging hero."

Saturday 30 November 2019

Just4 My Books -
"A well-written story, beautifully told in glorious detail."

CathieDunn writes… -
"An engaging mystery...highly recommended."

Books,Life and Everything -

"If the story isn’t going to revolve around characters who are just moderns in fancy dress, it’s necessary to try to understand the attitudes, values and beliefs of a particular era. But how do I go about discovering mindset?" - a guest blog musing on the challenges of reflecting "mindset" in historical fiction.

Sunday 1 December 2019

JaffaReadsToo -
"Beautifully written and intricately plotted."

RosieWrites… -
"It's great to see the gritty reality of the times brought so vividly to life."

TheDivine Write -
"This is the first Dan Foster book I have read, although it won't be the last."

The blog tour has been organised by Rachel’s Random Resources

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Dickens and Chickens

On 17 April 1860, in fields near Farnborough, Charles Dickens joined an audience amongst whom were the Prince of Wales and the Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, as well as a number of MPs and clergymen, to watch the American John Carmel Heenan and England’s Tom Sayers (the Brighton Titch) beat one another blind and bloody in a bare-knuckle fight that lasted nearly two and a half hours. The fight ended in a draw when Aldershot police stormed the ring, forcing the fighters and their illustrious spectators to flee the scene. It was the brutality of this match that signalled an end to the bare-knuckle era and prompted the development of the Marquess of Queensberry’s rules. Dickens’s interest in pugilism was of long standing. In 1848 Dombey and Son , which had been published in serial form over the preceding two years, came out in book form. One of many of his novels that draws on the world of the prize fighter, it introduces the unforgettable Mr Toots, a would-be man about town, an

The Bristol Boys: The Bare Knuckle Champions and The Hatchet Inn

The Hatchet Inn on Frogmore Street in Bristol is all that remains of a row of seventeenth-century timbered houses dating back to 1606 – making it one of the city’s oldest pubs. It was substantially altered in the 1960s, and these days it stands on a traffic island. But at one time it boasted extensive grounds – and amongst the facilities on offer was a bare-knuckle boxing ring. Plaque at The Hatchet Inn, Bristol The pub’s connection with Bristol’s boxing heroes is commemorated in a plaque illustrating five of Bristol’s champions – one of whom, Hen Pearce, features in Bloodie Bones: A Dan Foster Mystery. Hen Pearce (Detail) Bristol born Hen Pearce, The Game Chicken (1777 – 1809), a former butcher’s boy, became champion of England in 1805. He was a hero inside and outside the ring. In 1807 he climbed onto the roof of a building in Thomas Street, Bristol to rescue a servant girl from a fire. Always a popular figure, this courageous act inspired many eulogies in pr

'We will have a fire': arson during eighteenth-century enclosures

Join our Winter Solstice Blog Hop! Thirty writers throw light on a dazzling range of topics . Follow the links at the end of this article to be enlightened and brightened by our blogs... “Inclosure came and trampled on the grave Of labours rights and left the poor a slave And memorys pride ere want to wealth did bow Is both the shadow and the substance now.” John Clare, The Mores On 1 May 1794, the writer Hester (Thrale) Piozzi of Streatham Park recorded in her diary that the furze on the common had been set on fire in protest at the enclosure of land “which really & of just Right belonged to the poor of the Parish”. Yet even while she acknowledged that the protesters had justice on their side, she criticised them for not “going to Law like wise fellows” and concluded: “So senseless are Le Peuple , & so unfitted to be souverain”. The senseless poor of Streatham were not unique. During the eighteenth century, enclosure resisters throughout the

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