by Adriana Licio | Aug 31, 2026 | Unlikely Rebels
Part of the Unlikely Rebels series — stories of women you thought you knew: gentle, reassuring, harmless. They were anything but. Daphne du Maurier is often remembered as the romantic novelist behind Rebecca. I discovered a fiercely independent woman who escaped...
by Adriana Licio | Aug 30, 2026 | Unlikely Rebels
Part of the Unlikely Rebels series — stories of women you thought you knew: gentle, reassuring, harmless. They were anything but. Louisa May Alcott is remembered as the gentle author of Little Women. I discovered an abolitionist and suffragist, a Civil War nurse, a...
by Adriana Licio | Aug 30, 2026 | Unlikely Rebels
Part of the Unlikely Rebels series — stories of women you thought you knew: gentle, reassuring, harmless. They were anything but. Shirley Temple is remembered as Hollywood’s dimpled child star, forever singing on the Good Ship Lollipop. I discovered a diplomat...
by Adriana Licio | Aug 30, 2026 | Unlikely Rebels
What do Agatha Christie, Shirley Temple Black, Beatrix Potter, Daphne du Maurier and Louisa May Alcott have in common? I didn’t know either… until I started writing this blog. When I started, I thought I was simply writing about the places behind my novels...
by Adriana Licio | Aug 30, 2026 | Unlikely Rebels
Part of the Unlikely Rebels series — stories of women you thought you knew: gentle, reassuring, harmless. They were anything but. Agatha Christie is remembered as the Queen of Crime, a proper Victorian lady dispensing murder with the tea. Reading her...
