History Blueprint

Dive right in and give us a scene from the era you’re highlighting. Hook the reader with immediacy and detail. It can be from any portion of the story, but pick something exciting, engaging. Treat it like the first lines of a fiction book, a thriller if possible. You want people to think “What happens next?” even if they know (it’s history, after all; they’re only a Wikipedia article away from knowing what happened. It’s your job to make them want to read your book instead of the article).