Tudor period novelist, Judith Arnopp, offers a guest post about the portraits of Katheryn Parr, one of Henry VIII’s wives. She includes an excerpt from her novel Intractable Heart that takes place in front of one of the portraits.
My weekly post of links I enjoyed is back: archaeology from Vikings to Egypt to Cyprus, historical fiction new releases from Donis Casey, Deb Swift and Susan Spann, along with other HF news.
My Cyprus exploration takes me to the Bronze Age site of Maa Paleo-Kastro, much debated as to its function and residents.
Cyprus Adventures Part 2, we explore the Akamas Peninsula via boat and dig into the Bronze Age site of Kition.
Adventures in Cyprus: Part I My research trip and explorations in Larnaca and the Pierides Museum.
Travel news from RT Booklovers in New Orleans and a thrilling moment for me as an author.
Guest post by Mark Wiederanders about Stevenson’s Treasure, his novel about Robert Louis Stevenson. When is it best to follow your heart?
Favs from around the web this week: Kate Quinn’s Lion and the Rose gets a great review by Stephanie Thornton, Deb Swift on the expulsion of Muslims fr 17th C Spain, dynamiting ancient tombs in Turkey (what!?), Heather Webb on pulling Josephine, Napolean’s Empress, out of the salacious mud, & choosing language for historical fiction by Josh Getzler.
My favorites from around the web this week: Egyptian pyramids, Florentine marbling, love of reading, mystery humor, and symbolic pomegranates.
See the cover of Hand of Fire & read about Vikings, food in fiction, St. Francis’s female sidekick, an interview with Fireship’s leader, how not to behave as an author, and how to prep for research travel–and what to do with all that research once you’ve done it!
