Enjoy this BLOG HOP
Dreamed up and Organized by the indefatigable
HELEN HOLLICK
Helen Hollick is the prolific author of historical books about Medieval England
as well as rollicking sea stories.
(More about her below)
(More about her below)
Thank you, Helen.
Ten of us historical fiction writers will be
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Week Four - 26th October:
Ladies of the Storm...And stormy these ladies are indeed.
In Helen Hollick's Sea Witch Voyages, her lovable rogue-pirate Jesamiah "finds it difficult to keep his breeches buttoned."
Read more about it here:
More stormy sea stories are on the blog of Anna Belfrage
https://annabelfrage.
and Linda Collison's Barbados Bound.
Helen_Hollick
(King Arthur’s women --
and, are they different
from the usual romantic descriptions!)
Week Two - 13th October:
Week One:
6th October: Helen_Hollick (Queen Emma) with
Pat Bracewell and me...(below)
Princess Nefret
from
Khamsin, The Devil Wind of The Nile
Khamsin, The Devil Wind of The Nile
(Book 1 - Legends of the Winged Scarab)
Princess Nefret, King Aha’s Royal Daughter and Heiress, was still so young, but her
eternal soul was already old for it was a reawakened Ba.
This essence, having lived through paradise and cataclysms, was
destined yet to live through many other storms for it was a sinner’s soul which had still not found atonement on this earth.
She is just a girl, precocious and full of mischief. But for her first sixteen years, King Aha all but ignores his lively daughter leaving her upbringing mostly to Amma, her nurse-maid from the day she was born to her dying mother.
She is just a girl, precocious and full of mischief. But for her first sixteen years, King Aha all but ignores his lively daughter leaving her upbringing mostly to Amma, her nurse-maid from the day she was born to her dying mother.
Her
education is guided by Ramose, the munificent High Priest of Ptah, a powerful
force among the temples along the Nile. Still there are rumors from those who
wish him toppled.
”Why, in a world of dark looks, do his eyes blaze like the
daytime sky?” And Nefret’s own blue gaze adds fodder to the gristmills of suspicion.
Storm
clouds gather over Nefret’s head as the
gentle dew of the girl's awakening into a woman brings dark shadows when her forbidden
love for the young surgeon priest Tasar drives her to unspeakable deeds. Not even Ramose dares to save her from this
trespass against the laws of Ma’at.
Young Tasar must grapple with his conscience over the innocence he blemished so heedlessly. He has to choose between his priestly calling
or whether he should flee from his ancient land with the young princess he has come to cherish.
A fledgling khamsin grows into adolescence over the
desolate sandy expanses of the great desert. When
at last the Devil Wind’s hot fury is spent, all life among the dunes seems to have
vanished - or has it?
Nefret's golden death mask
is exhibited at the Cairo Museum.
Will this old soul, this sinner's Ba,
be reawakened to brave as yet another storm?
Find out in
Sirocco, Storm over Land and Sea (2),
After the Cataclysm (3), and
The Crystal Curse (4).
Look for Book 5 later this Fall.
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Helen’s view of Emma…
A woman married at the age of thirteen to a man she despised; when he died the only way to survive and retain her status was to marry the man who had been her enemy.
Forever Queen (US Edition Title)
More fascinating insight on Helen's own Blog:
be reawakened to brave as yet another storm?
Find out in
Sirocco, Storm over Land and Sea (2),
After the Cataclysm (3), and
The Crystal Curse (4).
Look for Book 5 later this Fall.
* * * * *
During this hopping about with our Shining Ladies some wear hooped skirts while others have donned a toga, a pleated linen sheath, or even swashbuckling pirates' boots.
On this, our first Tuesday, I am partnered with
Helen Hollick and Patricia Bracewell.
Both are shining their light on Emma of Normandy - from different viewpoints.
On this, our first Tuesday, I am partnered with
Helen Hollick and Patricia Bracewell.
Both are shining their light on Emma of Normandy - from different viewpoints.
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Helen Hollick
Helen lives on a thirteen-acre farm in Devon, England. Born in
London, Helen wrote pony stories as a teenager, moved to science-fiction and
fantasy, and then discovered historical fiction.
Published for over twenty
years with her Arthurian Trilogy, and the 1066 era, she became a ‘USA Today’
bestseller with Forever Queen. She also writes the Sea Witch Voyages,
pirate-based fantasy adventures.
As a supporter of Indie Authors she is Managing Editor for the
Historical Novel Society Indie Reviews, and inaugurated the HNS Indie Award.
A woman married at the age of thirteen to a man she despised; when he died the only way to survive and retain her status was to marry the man who had been her enemy.
Forever Queen (US Edition Title)
A Hollow Crown (UK Edition Title)
More fascinating insight on Helen's own Blog:
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On to
Patricia Bracewell, and her EMMA.
Patricia taught high school English before pursuing a writing
career. The Price of Blood, is the second book in her trilogy about the 11th
century queen of England, Emma of Normandy. Her first book, Shadow on the
Crown, has been published in the UK, Australia, Italy, Germany, Russia and
Brazil as well as in the U.S and Canada. She continues to travel extensively
for research, and in the fall of 2014 she served as Writer-in-Residence at
Gladstone’s Library, Wales. She is currently at work on the final novel of her
Emma of Normandy trilogy. She lives in Oakland, California.
Meet Patricia's Emma
in
The Price of Blood
Emma of Normandy lived in an age ruled
by the sword – an age when even women’s hearts had to be forged from steel.
Warrior’s daughter, bride of kings, mother and peace-weaver, she was England’s
only twice-crowned queen whose strength of spirit would bind the wounds of a
shattered kingdom.
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For the next three October Tuesdays, more
Shining Ladies!
For one, the man she most despises is the man who owns her
heart.
For another, a district nurse must cope with the tragedies of World War
II,
and another faces the horrors and tragedies of the American Civil War.
I can't wait to read about all of our Shining Ladies.
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