The inspiration behind my novel Muse is the amazing town of Avignon in France, where the popes resided in the 14th century. I visited it five times to explore the popes’ palace, the city wall, the rivers and canals, and the surviving medieval streets and buildings. I went there to soak up the atmosphere and walk in Solange’s shoes . . . read more
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- Beware, dear Countess, of sailors bearing tales from Toulon
- 36 Hours in Arles and Avignon
- Valentine’s Day Greeting Cards
- Getting Into Mindset of Solange
- Solange & Role of Women
- Social Status & Food People Ate
- Secrets of Avignon Popes
- Muse & Woman Hero’s Journey
- UNESCO World Heritage City of Avignon
- Balancing Fact & Fiction
- Where do Ideas Come From?
- The First Avignon Pope
- Backstory for Conceit
- Long View of London from Bankside by Wenceslaus Hollar
- John Donne’s Island and the Brexit Perplex
- London Before the Great Fire of 1666
- Re-enactment of John Donne’s Gunpowder Sermon, 1622
- Shakespeare Without the Beard?
- Telling Time by Flowers
- Sources for my novel Conceit
- Read a Poem by John Donne
- Izaak Walton – Fisherman and Biographer
- Shakespeare Portrait Found–or Not?
- The Tudors Plunders History–and Art!
- Pegge’s Breasts: From the Louvre to YouTube
- Jeune fille en buste
- 17th-century Diarists
- The City of London Destroyed by Fire a Second Time
- Literary Fathers and Sons
- Were Shakespeare and Donne Friends?
- John Donne in the News
- A 17th-century Blog
- Backstory for Muse
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