The Mortecarni by Kelly Evans has a prologue set in the future that shows the military forcibly entering a church to enable archaeologists to investigate the tomb where Brother Maurice of Montgomery, an early fourteenth-century monk, lies. He has a crucifix with an Arabic engraving...

The Drums of Dundurn is a historical mystery novel for children and preteens written by Kelly Evans. Nine-year-old Minnie wondered if her sister and Aunt Boo had heard the drumming which had kept her up most of the night. At first, it had frightened her,...

I loved the twists and surprises in The Strange Tale of Miss Victoria Frank by Kelly Evans. Nikola Tesla is the real-life star of this fiction story set in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Victoria Frank is a young girl who grabs Tesla’s attention...

The Beggar Queen is a work of historical fiction by Kelly Evans. Born into nobility in seventh-century England, Bathilde is captured by invading French forces and sold into slavery. A kind, caring, hardworking young woman, Bathilde draws the attention of the mayoress, the wife of...

Born into an artistic family in Bologna, Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665) is gifted with skills beyond her years, skills that demonstrate her talent at a very early age. Her father, Giovanni Andrea Sirani, has a prosperous studio, but at first, he refuses to train his daughters....