Nancy Bilyeau, a long time writer friend whose historical thrillers are first-rate, has just put out her third novel featuring artist and spy Genevieve Planche. I hope you enjoy reading about Walpole’s faux Gothic castle that provided the inspired start of this engaging read–and the start of gothic novels.
It seems amazing that archaeologists can find new tombs in Egypt, but this time it’s even more intriguing because this is the tomb of someone from the “lost” dynasty. Have a fun look.
Who drank wine at Troy? Was it an elite beverage or the common person’s every day drink? You’d think we couldn’t answer that definitively. And yet… If this sounds intriguing, read on.
The case of the pyramid peppermint–truth or plunder? As someone who depends on a lot of scholarly assertions, I found this mystery and the clever sleuthing of two eminent Egyptologists highly entertaining. I hope you will, too.
I hope you enjoy my interview with Simon Rose about his latest YA historical fantasy novel with a dangerous trip back in time to WWII. Time travel can wreak havoc on history!
I went to Skyros to locate a missing Mycenaean palace in a way that only being on site could accomplish. I hope you enjoy the adventure. I’m also sharing my busy October author event info.
I’ve been traveling on an obscure island in Greece and it’s been lovely. The internet connection didn’t permit posting, but I’ll make up for that now. Find out what I was up to on Skyros, land of mythology and gorgeous beaches!
I’m spotlighting a historical novel that will intrigue many of you, Rebel Empress. Author Faith L. Justice captures the lives of Roman women who have often been ignored–and very much shouldn’t be.
In my writing and my research I’ve been exploring the points where myth and archaeology overlap and enlighten each other. So an article about a recent archaeological excavation of a maze-like structure on Crete caught my attention. Anyone want to go looking for a minotaur? But seriously, this is quite an exciting new dig.
Historical fiction often puts women at the center and fills in the parts left out of the record. Now a classicist has written a women’s history of the ancient world that does much the same thing only in the realm of nonfiction. Check out “The Missing Thread.”
