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Has anyone written a decent book (fiction and/or non fiction) about Æthelflæd? Currently reading a fiction book, but it’s pretty weak and the book title annoyingly refers to her as King Alfred’s Daughter and not the Lady of Mercia (Exactly why do publishers think book titles referring to a woman by her relation to a man is going to make it sellable?).
Honestly, if no one has written a book series about her, I’d be bloody tempted.
A very good writer I know is having a rough moment. He's bundled up four of his historical fiction books (three trad pubbed, one self) for $20. I really liked The White Lion - it's basically the first Assassin's Creed by way of R.E. Howard with some John Le Carre thrown in.
#fantasy #writing #history #HistoricalFiction
https://scottoden.wordpress.com/2023/06/21/the-age-of-legends-bundle/
Berlin 1920 Two babies are born. Two brothers. United and indivisible, sharing everything. Twins in …
Brothers in a Jewish family strive to protect their loved ones from the increasing horrors of Nazi Germany. Boringly one-dimensional portrayal of Nazis - they're evil brutes, I get it. Distinct lack of emotional connection considering intensity of subject matter. Flat as a brick wall.
Reading time 7 days, 89 pages/day
#WritingWonders 5/1: Three fun facts about a side character.
1. Julia Felix is a real historical person.
2. She really did let out apartments (for lack of a better way to put it) to Pompeiians after a 62 CE earthquake caused a huge housing shortage.
3. No one knows how she made or came into her fortune.
#WIP #indieauthor #writingcommunity #historicalfiction #PompeiiFire
“The country smelt of blood; reeked of it…”
The battle of #Culloden was fought #OTD, 16 April 1746.
John Buchan called FLEMINGTON—Violet Jacob’s novel of the 1745 #Jacobite rising & aftermath—“the best Scots #romantic novel since The Master of Ballantrae”
#Scottish #literature #history #HistoricalFiction #ReadMoreWomen
FLEMINGTON is available free on Project Gutenberg:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55361
