Repost of an interview that Steve Donoghue, managing editor of Open Letters Monthly and an HNS American editor, did with Andrew Levkoff…our newest HFAC author. Open Letters: Your new book, Blood of Eagles, brings to a close the trilogy telling the story of Marcus Crassus and his slave Alexandros. How… Read More »Interview of Andrew Levkoff
What would you think if suddenly people you’ve known for years begin to look at you with suspicion, for no other reason than the fact that your brother is a liberal leftist, or you have a foreign-sounding name, or you said something critical about the government? You have to be… Read More »The Green Corn Rebellion by Donis Casey
How my hero ruined his family and the dynasty, and lost his kingdom in Muslim Spain January 2, 1492, marked the official surrender of Muslim Spain’s last bastion, the city of Granada in southern Andalusia. Those who are familiar with the history of those turbulent final years or the readers… Read More »The unluckiest of heroes by Lisa Yarde
Historians are not in agreement as to whether or not the ‘real’ Arthur—the living, breathing, fighting human being—ever existed. The original sources for the legend of King Arthur come from a few Welsh texts. These are: 1) Y Goddodin—a Welsh poem by the 7th century poet, Aneirin, with its passing mention… Read More »King Arthur—Fact or Fiction? by Sarah Woodbury
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