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For King and Country – Editor’s Choice at the Historical Novel Society
Gotta love 3 day weekends. One more day to get the usual chores done, and of course, spend a few more hours working on Book III of my Battle Scars series. My habit on writing weekends is to stay away from the Internet for the morning except to post the English Historical Fiction Authors weekly round…
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Review: Men of the Cross (Battle Scars, #1) by Charlene Newcomb
Christoph Fischer has written a wonderful review of Men of the Cross. Thank you, Christoph!
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Talking about the book: Days of Sun & Glory by Anna Belfrage
Title: Days of Sun & GloryAuthor: Anna Belfrage A tidbit about the authorBorn in Sweden, raised in Peru & Colombia. Anna notes that where her classmates in Bogota “were constantly talking about the future (or football, at which I excelled) I was mostly dreaming about the past. I had no desire to become a business woman…
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Historical Nottingham, York, and more – blog trotting adventures
“A breathtaking gallop through Richard the Lionheart’s England.”–Sharon Bennett Connolly on The Review blog The knights have returned from the crusade to the Holy Land in For King and Country and face enemies at home that will take them from Lincolnshire to York to Nottingham, climaxing with the siege of Nottingham in 1194. Writing about these…
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For King and Country official launch day!
Traitors to the crown pit Henry de Grey and his friends against dangerous enemies. For King and Country is now available on Amazon in print and for Kindle Read Chapter OneRead The Review. Comment there for a chanceto win an e-copy of For King and Country. Let me take you away to life in 12th…
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Talking about the book: Perfiditas by Alison Morton
Title: PerfiditasAuthor: Alison Morton A tidbit about the authorAlison Morton lives in southwest France and, according to one recent interview, writes “in a bat cave in the semi-basement of our house.” She was a captain in a special communications regiment in the Territorial Army. The storyBaddies are conspiring to overthrow the Roma Nova government and implicating Captain…
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Men of the Cross – reviewed by Hoover Book Reviews
A wonderful review for Men of the Cross! When I started this book I expected a story about the Third Crusade; one that would bring to the fore the majesty and the folly of the venture. Those elements were certainly on display as the author leads the reader on an exciting, entertaining and surprisingly evocative…
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Visiting with author Anna Belfrage and other news
Anna Belfrage invited me to visit with her last week (on her blog, that is). We talked “Of sodomists, sex, and sin in the Middle Ages – not as clearcut as you think.” We take a look at the Church’s definitions of sexual sins and talk a bit about how we have handled gay characters in…