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Elisabeth Storrs, author of the 'A Tale of Ancient Rome' Saga.

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History Girls: The Lost Tomb: Etruscan a la Baroque

December 7, 2020 By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment

My recent post on the History Girls blog features the story behind a lost Etruscan tomb and a Scottish Jacobite artist, James Byres in The Lost Tomb: Etruscan a la Baroque.

Filed Under: Blog, News & Events, Triclinium Tagged With: Etruscans, Guest Posts, History Girls

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On Inspiration: Interview with Karen Brooks

July 6, 2020 By Elisabeth Storrs 12 Comments

My guest today is the lovely Karen Brooks, author of The Chocolate Maker’s Wife and The Locksmith’s Daughter among many. Karen has had a rich and varied professional life before becoming a full-time writer and the co-owner of a brewery and distillery. She was a professional actor and drama teacher, an officer in the Royal Australian Army Survey Corps; she… read more

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On Inspiration: Interview with James Conroyd Martin

May 3, 2020 By Elisabeth Storrs 17 Comments

My guest today is  James Conroyd Martin who grew up in a suburb of Chicago and attended St. Ambrose and DePaul Universities. He managed to keep writing while teaching high school English, Speech, and Creative Writing for thirty years. Retired from teaching, Martin lives in Portland, Oregon, and writes full time. After publishing Push Not the River, a novel set… read more

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On Inspiration: Interview with Anna Castle

April 2, 2020 By Elisabeth Storrs 12 Comments

My guest today is Anna Castle who writes the Francis Bacon mystery series and the Professor & Mrs. Moriarty mystery series. She has earned a series of degrees — BA in the Classics, MS in Computer Science, and a PhD in Linguistics — and has had a corresponding series of careers — waitressing, software engineering, documentary linguist, assistant professor, and… read more

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Introducing the ARA Historical Novel Prize

March 9, 2020 By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment

My big news of which I’m immensely proud is that the Historical Novel Society Australasia has announced the ARA Historical Novel Prize, the richest genre prize in Australia and News Zealand. Thanks to the ARA Group, in association with New England Writers’ Centre, historical novelists will have a chance to be recognised in a class of their own. In my… read more

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On Inspiration: Interview with Sarah Woodbury

January 31, 2020 By Elisabeth Storrs 8 Comments

My first guest of 2020 is the wonderful Sarah Woodbury. With over a million books sold to date, Sarah is the author of more than forty novels, all set in medieval Wales. Although an anthropologist by training, and then a full-time homeschooling mom for twenty years, she began writing fiction when the stories in her head overflowed and demanded that… read more

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Australian bush fire crisis #AuthorsforFireys

January 7, 2020 By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment

This image will stick in my memory as representing the end and beginning of 2 decades: a young boy fleeing in a boat from the firestorm raging off the shore of the Victorian town of Mallacoota on new year’s eve in Australia at 8 am in the morning. It is reminiscent of accounts of people fleeing the catastrophe of Vesuvius… read more

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History Girls: Son et Lumiere of Ancient Portents

December 23, 2019 By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment

My recent post on the History Girls explores the power of sound and light when interpreting portents from lightning bolts in Son et Lumiere – Ancient Portents. The Etruscans were expert. Read more

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History Girls: The Quandary of What to Wear

December 23, 2019 By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment

What to wear? An age old question. In my post on the History Girls, I examine The Quandary of What to Wear when it comes to clothing a prostitute, concubine and noblewoman. Read more

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On Inspiration: Interview with Donis Casey

November 10, 2019 By Elisabeth Storrs 6 Comments

Donis Casey is the author of the Alafair Tucker Mysteries, an award-winning series featuring the sleuthing mother of ten children, set in Oklahoma during the booming 1910s. She is a former teacher, academic librarian, and entrepreneur who lives in Tempe, Arizona. Donis’ latest release,The Wrong Girl, is a coming-of-age tale of a girl in the glamorous 1920s which introduces the… read more

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What fate awaits a Roman treaty bride married to an Etruscan nobleman from a decadent world?

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During a siege between age old enemies, can love and loyalty withstand the betrayal of mortals and gods?

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