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Sherry Jones

Sherry Jones is the internationally best-selling author of THE JEWEL OF MEDINA, THE SWORD OF MEDINA, WHITE HEART, and FOUR SISTERS, ALL QUEENS as well as a journalist and public speaker on topics including free speech, the Middle Ages, Islam, and women’s rights. In particular, she aims to empower girls and women with her tales of extraordinary women in history. Her new novel about the tragic medieval lovers Abelard and Heloise, THE SHARP HOOK OF LOVE, debuts in October 2014.

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Redeeming Josephine: Heather Webb and the Empress of the French

When men write the history, how do women fare? In Josephine Bonaparte’s case, not very well, says author Heather Webb. In researching Becoming Josephine, her novel about the first Empress of the French, Webb read a number of male-generated tales of the Revolution-era femme fatale that she found incredulous—and far…
Sherry Jones
February 9, 2014