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Welcome, and thanks for stopping by my little corner of the Internet. You'll find info and excerpts from my books, as well as photos and interesting facts about the real people and places that are in them. And some historical recipes—yum! (Well, some of the ones my daughter and I have tested turned out to be truly disgusting, but I've only posted the good ones!)

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