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Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Oct 27-Nov 2
Announcing Fireship’s online book tours, expert’s overview of Historical Fiction, ancient foodie recipes, deciphering an historical mystery fr pollen counts, & a haunted Florentine tale.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom October 19-26
Upcoming AZ Historical Novel Society meeting Nov 2 with Patricia Bracewell, Hittite and Canaanite archaeology goes wild, Amazon’s HF categories explained , humorous hats of the Renaissance. How’s that for assorted topics?
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom October 12-18
An amazing archaeological find of great importance to the study of Hittites, what you’ve been missing in your ebooks, book interviews with Gillian Bagwell and David Blixt, the most essential survey from the HNS about your reading habits and more!
Review of The Chalice by Nancy Bilyeau
The Chalice follows Joanna Stafford after Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries out into the secular world and into a complex conspiracy against the crown, involving mysterious prophecies, spies and danger for the people Joanna loves most.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom October 5-11
Oldest known books, Iliad on the stage, Blixt on writing war, Ramses II uncovered and more. My favorite fr the web this week.
My first “author” interview!
I’ve been interviewed about the long journey of writing a novel and getting it published on Karen Randau’s blog.
Review of The Golden Dice by Elisabeth Storrs
The Golden Dice is the second novel in Storr’s series about the Etruscans and their conflicts with the Romans during the early period of Roman history. Vel Mastarna, the general of Etruscan Veii and his Roman wife, Caecilia, strive to overcome both the Roman army and those enemies inside Veii who would gladly destroy them. Through three female narrators we see Roman and Etruscan life and motives from both ends of the social stratum.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Sept 28-Oct 4
Posts around the web I found interesting this week. A mixture of historical fiction and history/archaeology.
Weekly Roundup of History, Archaeology and Writing Wisdom Sept 21-27
See what I found interesting this week on the web about historical fiction, writing, history and archaeology.