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Megan Marshall

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Megan Marshall's biography The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism (2005) won the Francis Parkman Prize, awarded by the Society of American Historians; the Mark Lynton History Prize, awarded by the Anthony Lukas Prize Project jointly sponsored by the Columbia School of Journalism and Harvard's Nieman Foundation; the Massachusetts Book Award in nonfiction; and [more]

October 24, 2009

Three writers share the stories behind their riveting historical novels set in and around Boston. Kathleen Kent's debut novel, The Heretic's Daughter, is based on the life of her ancestor who was hanged as a witch in Salem in 1692.

Celebrating Boston Athenaeum Writers Past and Present I

Philip McFarland

September 26, 2006

As part of a bicentennial series celebrating Boston Athenaeum writers, Jill Ker Conway discusses the work of Samuel Eliot Morison; Megan Marshall discusses Hannah Adams; and Philip McFarland discusses Francis Parkman. William M. Fowler acts as master of ceremonies.

Peabody Sisters: Igniting American Romanticism

Megan Marshall lectures on Elizabeth, Mary, and Sophia Peabody, the subjects of her 20 years in the making biography, The Peabody Sisters. Marshall focuses on the period during which the Peabody sisters made their indelible mark on history.

The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism

Author: Megan Marshall

Publisher: Mariner Books (2006)

Binding: Paperback, 624 pages

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