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Medieval New York

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Patricia

You’ll find medieval-like elements all over New York. Even the top of the Chrysler Building has four gargoyle-like creatures sprouting from its corners. The exterior of the Bedford Hotel though, has beautiful windows that caught my eye, and I’ve noted … Read More →

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Thursday in New York

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Patricia

I’m trying desperately to bring this blog up to date, and so, direct from London, here’s another post about New York City. A bit of New York trivia which you may find useful some day: It takes rather a long … Read More →

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Wednesday in New York

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Patricia

I’m on the road again, and this past week I made my first trip to New York City as  A Novelist. It was a pretty heady experience. On Wednesday morning I taxied down to Washington Square to have breakfast with … Read More →

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Late Anglo-Saxon London: Part 1

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Patricia

Although Winchester was the Anglo-Saxon Royal City, by the time of Aethelred II’s reign in the late 10th century, London had become England’s financial and commercial powerhouse. There is so much to write about London that it cannot be done … Read More →

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Family History – Maybe

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Patricia

The Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names by A. D. Mills is a marvelously helpful book if you’re writing a novel about 11th century England, and even if you aren’t it can be pretty interesting if you’re curious about names. … Read More →

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A Revelation

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Patricia

What I was hoping for in a book cover: Elements of early medieval England, with my heroine, Emma of Normandy, front and center, of course. But given the story that readers will find inside the book, I felt that the … Read More →

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Suffering from Research Rapture

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Patricia

Readers of historical novels are often curious about the research that goes on behind the scenes. After listening to an exerpt from my novel about Emma of Normandy, Shadow on the Crown, a friend asked if I’d researched everything at … Read More →

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The Early English Palace

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Patricia

I wrote a post in April about English Great Halls, and this week I’ve decided to consider the larger question of English royal palaces in the early medieval period, prior to 1066. It is much more difficult than you might … Read More →

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Cover Stories

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Patricia

I very much doubt that this post will lead me (or you) to any great revelations, nevertheless I have been contemplating book covers lately, trying to determine if there is any trend that I can discern in this second decade of the 21st century. I am sharing with you what I’ve learned, which is: oh my goodness, they’re all over the map! Read More →

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The International Congress on Medieval Studies

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Patricia

Nearly 600 sessions over four days on All Things Medieval. My first task: decide which sessions to attend. Not easy. There were one hundred fifty sessions each day divided into three time blocks, which meant that three times a day … Read More →

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