Ann Rinaldi - Historical Fiction Author

I have read the three following books and HIGHLY recommend them!

"The Coffin Quilt:  The Fued Betweenthe Hatfields and McCoys" 

Young Fanny McCoy lives in the shadow of violence. Her late-1800s West Virginia^-Kentucky community is the hotbed of the infamous Hatfield-McCoy feud that has inflamed her family with fear and suspicion and set off killing rampages. When Fannys older sister, Ro, elopes with Johnse Hatfield, the stage is set for escalating hatred and tragic results. The roots of the vitriolic conflict stem from the Civil War days, with insult upon injury following until the why of the conflict no longer seems to make sense.

"Or Give Me Death" 

Patrick Henry traveled through the American colonies, advocating independence from the British. But at Henrys plantation in Virginia, his family faces a challenge of their own when Sarah, Henrys wife, becomes mentally ill and tries killing her infant son. Knowing her mother is a danger to herself and the family, Sarahs oldest daughter Patsy confines Sarah to the cellar.

Nine Days a Queen

Jane, related to the Tudors through her mother, becomes third in line to the throne following the death of her cousin, King Edward. Unfortunately, Jane is betrothed to the son of a nobleman who is determined to keep Mary, who is Catholic, from assuming the throne. Finagling puts Jane on the throne for nine days--after which she is beheaded.