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Historical Fiction Research: December 2014
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Adventures, misadventures and serendipity in doing the research that underlies a historical novel. Tuesday, December 9, 2014. Angry words. Words intended to give offense, to hurt. To damage, whether feelings or reputation. We have no shortage of angry words in the world today, but I've recently run across a few things in the course of my research that set me to wondering if it has ever been any different. You're lying in your throat, filthy, rotten woman. Ugly, rotten pimp. Go and get f* *ed. The commone...
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Historical Fiction Research: Welcome!
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Adventures, misadventures and serendipity in doing the research that underlies a historical novel. What I'm hoping to achieve by writing this blog is to find myself in a conversation with others who've been bitten by the research bug. If you've ever picked up a book and read through all the footnotes and. What this blog is not: I won't be reviewing historical novels or posting links to other historical fiction sites. I do read those blogs and make use of the reviews in planning my own reading, and I'...
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Historical Fiction Research: Our Greek Odyssey I: Athens
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Adventures, misadventures and serendipity in doing the research that underlies a historical novel. Sunday, April 5, 2015. Our Greek Odyssey I: Athens. I was supposed to begin this blog with a picture of the Parthenon. I mean, isn't that what every spiel about a trip to Greece is supposed to start with? Classic, timeless, tasteful, sublime. This one's Athens. So here's that Parthenon:. The new Acropolis Museum is spectacular, and has very pointedly left some obvious places to display the Elgin Marbles.
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Historical Fiction Research: May 2014
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Adventures, misadventures and serendipity in doing the research that underlies a historical novel. Sunday, May 25, 2014. Medieval Moms III: The Sinner. Francesca da Rimini, the third woman in my Medieval Moms series, was a sinner. (Last week was the saint: see here. How do we know she was a sinner? Especially throughout the 19th century, stories, plays, operas, tone poems, and numerous other treatments of the tale proliferated. Wikipedia lists no fewer than 20 (! Rodin's famous sculpture The Kiss. Howeve...
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Historical Fiction Research: August 2014
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Adventures, misadventures and serendipity in doing the research that underlies a historical novel. Monday, August 18, 2014. St Julian: TripAdvisor of the middle ages, or Lizzie Borden meets the Bates Motel? St Julian the Hospitaller (Piero della Francesca). But how to ensure he'll find what he needs? One very common tactic: offer a prayer to Saint Julian the Hospitaller. St Julian, Domenico Ghirlandaio. We find an example of this practice in Boccaccio's Decameron. So who was Saint Julian? Has told him hi...
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Historical Fiction Research: Our Greek Odyssey 2: Nafplio, Epidaurus,Tiryns, Mycenae
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Adventures, misadventures and serendipity in doing the research that underlies a historical novel. Wednesday, April 8, 2015. Our Greek Odyssey 2: Nafplio, Epidaurus,Tiryns, Mycenae. This post concerns the second phase of our recent trip to Greece. Anyone who missed the bit on Athens can find it here. We picked the lovely seaside town of Nafplio. Both for its undeniable charm and for its proximity to two of the archaeological sites we most wanted to see: Epidaurus and Mycenae. Was another archaological si...
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Historical Fiction Research: April 2015
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Adventures, misadventures and serendipity in doing the research that underlies a historical novel. Monday, April 20, 2015. Our Greek Odyssey 4: Malia (and the British Museum). Meet the kitty who photobombed the ruins of ancient Malia, a Minoan city on Crete. This little charmer appointed herself our guide, and proceeded to show us around in a most proprietary way. For anyone wanting to catch up with the earlier three posts in this series, follow these links for posts about Athens. As many of you will rec...
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Historical Fiction Research: Our Greek Odyssey 4: Malia (and the British Museum)
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Adventures, misadventures and serendipity in doing the research that underlies a historical novel. Monday, April 20, 2015. Our Greek Odyssey 4: Malia (and the British Museum). Meet the kitty who photobombed the ruins of ancient Malia, a Minoan city on Crete. This little charmer appointed herself our guide, and proceeded to show us around in a most proprietary way. For anyone wanting to catch up with the earlier three posts in this series, follow these links for posts about Athens. As many of you will rec...
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Historical Fiction Research: Our Greek Odyssey 3: Crete (Siva, Knossos, Phaistos, Aghia Triada)
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Adventures, misadventures and serendipity in doing the research that underlies a historical novel. Sunday, April 12, 2015. Our Greek Odyssey 3: Crete (Siva, Knossos, Phaistos, Aghia Triada). This is Part 3 of what is now my four-part post about our recent trip to Greece. (Unless it turns into five parts, which is entirely possible.) If you'd like to read about Athens, see Part 1 here. If you'd like to read about Nafplio, Epidaurus, and Mycenae, see Part 2 here. Cassandra: "Go that way! We started off ele...
