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Elisabeth Storrs Blog In Ancient Rome banquets were held in a triclinium where philosophy, literature and art were discussed along with intrigue and scandal. On my blog you can enjoy interviews, reviews, guests posts from historical novelists and art. And also history – both trivia and the serious stuff! And if you subscribe to my Monthly Inspiration and Giveaway newsletter, you’ll have the chance to win giveaways each month. So come and join my banquet!

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History Girls: The Lost Tomb: Etruscan a la Baroque

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.

On Inspiration: Interview with Karen Brooks

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

On Inspiration: Interview with James Conroyd Martin

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

On Inspiration: Interview with Anna Castle

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

Introducing the ARA Historical Novel Prize

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

On Inspiration: Interview with Sarah Woodbury

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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The Wedding Shroud

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

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As war wreaks havoc, three bold women must fight for their futures with wit and wiles.

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Call to Juno

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

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Your gift when you join my monthly Inspiration and Giveaway Newsletter – a short story about the tragic girl whose death inspired the men of Rome to rebellion.

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