Virtue's Lady Bonus Features: History, Setting, and Characters

London , 1543. The view from the south bank. Mark's house would have been near the bottom right corner.
We are winding down to the end of the alphabet now, and the end of my blog tour for Virtue's Lady. I have been lucky enough to visit the blogs of some wonderful authors with interviews and guest posts, and for that I'm truly grateful. Just for fun, I've made a short list of some of these posts and some of my history posts closely related to the book so you can get the whole picture before (or after!) you read it. Be sure to start with the video at the top of the list -- it's amazing.

 Introduction

 See the Setting of the Southwark Saga (animated video)
Why the Restoration is a Great Period for Romance: Guest Post for Ute Carbone
Spotlight on Virtue's Lady on LOVExtra

 Characters

 Meet Mark Virtue: Working Class Hero
Character Sketch: Mark Virtue on Romance Lives Forever
Character Interview: Mark Virtue on Tami Lund's Blog (from Tyburn)
Character Interview: Lady Jane on Annette Mardis' blog
Can Working Class Heroes Work in Romance? Guest Post for Shauna Roberts

 Related Historical Posts

 Female Fighters in Restoration London: Guest Post for Elizabeth Andrews
Seventeenth Century Marriage: Guest Post for Susan R. Hughes
Guy Fawkes Day: 400 Years of Fire and Madness
A Fortune on Friday Street: Finding the Cheapside Hoard
Drinking Coffee in the Seventeenth Century
Newgate

Author Interviews

 Interview with J.J. DiBenedetto
Interview with Christina Tetreault

And of course, the links for Virtue's Lady are here:

 Amazon | Liquid Silver | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | iTunes | ARe | Goodreads

If you enjoy these, a little directory of my history posts is under the above tab, Seventeenth Century History Posts. 

 I hope you all have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

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