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Historical Fiction Influences

The Hospitallers by Priscilla Royal

Sometimes, contrarian that I am, I just can’t help myself. Despite being a pacifist at heart, the military Orders in medieval Europe have long fascinated me. I find it difficult to understand how a faith that says forgiveness is its base could ever justify violence. Yet there they were: Brother… Read More »The Hospitallers by Priscilla Royal

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Out of the Fog by Michael Llewellyn

Most historical novelists know the rush of unexpected inspiration, of stumbling across an obscure tidbit from another time and place that switches on that creative lightbulb. My most unusual encounter came in the French Quarter when I did something as innocuous as venture onto the second-floor gallery of the 1833… Read More »Out of the Fog by Michael Llewellyn

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