WWI Trilogy

Navigating the Heartache WWI Brings

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Origins of Angel Surnames: Accuracy in Historical Fiction Writing

April 28, 2016 By Melina Druga Off

In the course of writing Angel of Mercy, I did some research into the origin of the family’s surnames.

This is what I found out:

Bartlette – English with some pockets in Scotland

Steward – Scottish-English

Goodwin – English

Grey – Anglo-Saxon

Taylor – English with French origins

Winthrop – from Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire

Appleton – a locational name referring to any of several English towns named Appleton

Hill – English

Morris – English and French

Where to Purchase the WWI Trilogy

This post is a companion piece to Melina Druga’s WWI Trilogy: Angel of Mercy, Those Left Behind and Adjustment Year.  The trilogy focuses on Hettie and her family as they navigate the challenges and heartbreak World War I brings.

Angel of Mercy:  A nurse reluctantly sacrifices her career for marriage. An impending war will change her, and her husband’s, life forever.  Available in eBook, paperback and hardcover.  Click here for a full list of retailers.

Those Left Behind:  The brewing winds of war will soon rip the family apart. Available in eBook, paperback and hardcover.  Click here for a full list of retailers.

Adjustment Year:  A war nurse returns home. Society expects her to carry on as if the Great War never happened. But how can she?  Available in eBook, paperback and hardcover.  Click here for a full list of retailers.

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About The Author

Melina Druga writes about the past because although school history classes may have been boring, the past was not.  Her era of expertise, and obsession, is 1890-1920 with a particular focus on the Great War and how it affected the lives of ordinary people.  Druga is the author of the WWI Trilogy.