Having had a great time at the Sunshine State Book Festival a few weeks ago, I’m packing up for the Amelia Island Book Festival at Fernandina Beach, FL February 17-18, 2023. Celebrity authors David Baldacci, Kate Quinn, Scott Turow and Jeannette Walls headline the event, which benefits literacy programs for children and adults in Nassau County, Florida. I will be there as well, and look forward to seeing you! For more information, please visit the website at https://tinyurl.com/bdzjsmsa
Who were Charles and Nancy Wollstonecraft? Charles was the youngest brother of Georgian era British author Mary Wollstonecraft’s (VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN and more) , and a major in the American Army during the War of 1812. Nancy (also known as Anne Kingsbury Wollstonecraft) was a little known American botanist and writer. I’ve posted an article about them on the English Historical Fiction Author’s blog HERE. You can see a page of Nancy’s recently discovered SPECIMENS OF THE PLANTS AND FRUITS OF THE ISLAND OF CUBA below. (The whole 3-volume work has been digitized and is well worth examining.)
Botanical illustration and description by Nancy Anne Kingsbury Wollstonecraft of the Cuban Blue Passion Flower, Vol. I, Pl. 25, ca. 1826
Image is from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) HERE
The World of HEYERWOOD 