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Tag Archives: Historical Fiction
FROM AUNTY IVY TO KHUBILAI KHAN
My primary school teacher’s name was Mrs Boyne. She once told my mother at a parent interview: “Your son is a complete dreamer. He’ll never amount to anything in this life.” I still think that was a pretty harsh judgment … Continue reading
DISAPPOINTMENT AND BOURBON ARE HARD ON THE HEART
Errol Flynn was a legend in his own lifetime. He was a swashbuckling, devil may care movie heartthrob of the thirties and forties, a silver screen adventurer and real life playboy with an enlarged heart, a morphine problem, chronic tuberculosis … Continue reading
IF YOU WRITE THAT, I’LL KILL YOU
So, religion. Is it about God or is it about women’s rights? Egypt’s Moslem Brotherhood recently spoke out against a UN declaration on women’s rights, saying it could “destroy society” by allowing a woman to travel, work and use contraception … Continue reading
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FAILURE AND HEADY, UNDREAMED-OF SUCCESS?
Between washing dishes in a Chinese restaurant and treading the red carpet at the Oscars? Not very much. Ask Michael Blake. Through the late seventies, he turned out one unproduced screenplay after another. But in 1981 a friend of his … Continue reading
IT’S 1929. LET’S GO CLUBBING
Your girlfriend is late, as always. There’s a newspaper on the hall table and you look at the headline: “TWO WOMEN IN FIGHT, ONE STRIPPED, OTHER EATS BAD CHECK”. What is this? The Evening Graphic. Of course. You reach for … Continue reading
WHEN DO WE START BURNING BOOKS?
Here’s a question for you: what kind of books should we burn? Mein Kampf? The Satanic Verses? Harry Potter? (Yes, it’s happened.) I have just finished reading The Jewel of Medina, Sherry Jones’ best-selling novel about the Prophet Muhammad’s child … Continue reading
CAN YOU CONTROL YOUR DESTINY – OR IS YOUR FATE ALREADY DECIDED?
Can we control our fate – or is our destiny carved in stone? It’s the basic question of life, of all philosophy and religion. Those who believe in Fate say that we only find peace through acceptance and that struggle … Continue reading
WHAT IF YOUR PARENTS HAD MURDERED YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER?
Some time past your thirtieth birthday you discover that your godfather arrested and possibly tortured and murdered your mother. You also find out that your parents are not your parents at all, that they have hidden your real identity from … Continue reading
HAVE YOU EVER FALLEN VICTIM TO THE EVIL EYE?
Walking through the Christmas market in Piazza Navona a couple of years ago, I was surprised to see several small children clustered around one of the stalls, captivated by small puppets of witches on broomsticks. ‘They’re befana,’ my friend explained … Continue reading
THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY IS THE NEXT BIG THING
Elizabeth Storrs, author of The Wedding Shroud, has tagged me in the author blog hop, The Next Big Thing. Like me, Elisabeth is from the Land Down Under but her heart is in Italy. Her wonderful novel, The Wedding Shroud, … Continue reading
