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talking about the book: Devil’s Brood
Title: Devil’s Brood Author: Sharon Kay Penman A tidbit about the authorOne-time tax lawyer. An animal rights enthusiast. Supporter of gay rights. Penman is a best-selling novelist known for her meticulous research. She has written 13 books. Her first, The Sunne in Splendour, published in 1982, is a novel of Richard III (whose bones, you’ll recall,…
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Is the world ready for another Robin Hood tale?
Authors Steven A. McKay and Angus Donald have huge successes with their recent novels exploring new tales of Robin Hood. McKay’s Forest Lord series features Robin in 14th century England. He’s a Yorkshire lad – not of noble birth – during the tumultuous reign of Edward II. Donald writes a 12th century Mafia-style Robin in his Outlaw Chronicles.…
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Feeling war through a character’s eyes
Let me take you to Outremer with the knights of Richard the Lionheart… The term PTSD – post-traumatic stress syndrome – was given its name in the 1970s during the Vietnam conflict. Shakespeare has a scene in Henry IV, Part 2¹ (written in 1597) that describes it, though generations have ignored or glossed over it for…
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talking about the book: Shadow on the Crown
Title: Shadow on the CrownAuthor: Patricia Bracewell A tidbit about the authorShe’s a California girl who majored in English literature in college and taught high school – bless her! She notes that teaching is “the most challenging and rewarding careers that anyone could have.” The storyThe year is 1002. Emma of Normandy, who many will know…
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a great review of Men of the Cross
A wonderful review of Men of the Cross posted on Tales of the Fiction House and copied here. (Thank you, Mark!) WAR’S TENDER MERCIES Posted on July 25, 2014by Mark Rogers, Editor (Taking a break from Mr. Raji Singh’s whimsical Lore of the Lindian Woods animal tales: They’ll return next week. A national news commentator’s sad remarks…
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talking about the book… The Greatest Knight
The Greatest Knightby Elizabeth Chadwick A tidbit about the authorElizabeth participates in the medieval reenactment group Regia Anglorum, who explore the life and times of people of Britain from the Viking Days through the times of Richard the Lionheart. The scene that made you laugh out loud or cheerThe young Prince Henry ‘borrows’ William Marshal’s…
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tagged! favourite historical fiction
Mary Tod, over at A Writer of Fiction, tagged me to participate in naming my 5 favourite historical fiction novels. Mary was originally asked to name her favourite books. She chose to stick to the historical (and now I need to add more to my “to-read” shelves). *sigh* Like Mary, I struggled to remember books…
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talking about the book… Blessed Isle
Blessed Isleby Alex Beecroft A tidbit about the author:I love reading Alex’s “about the author” page: “… Alex lives…in a little village near Cambridge and tries to avoid being mistaken for a tourist… Alex is only intermittently present in the real world. She has lead a Saxon shield wall into battle, toiled as a Georgian…
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talking about the book… Tales of the Fiction House
TALES OF THE FICTION HOUSEby Raji Singh A tidbit about the author: Raji has a brilliant imagination. Kids from from 3 to 90 will get whisked away into the worlds he creates and may not want to come back to reality. Discover this yourself as you follow the adventures of his colorful characters in his…