Alyssa MaxwellMar 7, 202219 minExcerpt: Murder at Beacon RockNewport, RI, July 1900 The high-sprung carriage, pulled by a matching pair of Cleveland bays, crossed the bridge that spanned a vast,...
Alyssa MaxwellJul 9, 20218 minExcerpt: Murder at WakehurstSeptember 14, 1899 The seemingly impossible had happened, and with so little fanfare it might almost have gone unnoticed. Except that the...
Alyssa MaxwellOct 8, 20203 minWonders Come in Small Packages: An Overview of Kingscote(First posted on Victoria Magazine's Victoria Vignettes blog, 9/24/20) Kingscote, on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, RI, was built in 1838...
Alyssa MaxwellSep 12, 20202 minChoosing Kingscote for a Gilded Newport MysteryPreviously appeared on The Wickeds blog, Sept. 7, 2020 I’m often asked how I choose each house I write about. My reasons vary, actually....