My guest author for September on Historical Writers Across Time is Sarah Natale, writing about the 14th-century plague of the Medieval Age, the setting for her novel The Kiss of Death. “Rumors spread rapidly as we heard that ours was not the only house afflicted with this fast-moving … [Read more...]
Politics, Plots, and Witchcraft-Stories of the Seventeenth Century
Today on Historical Authors Across Time, Kate Braithwaite writes about the history, drama, and events of the seventeenth century. I'm so pleased to have her as a guest. Discovering the Seventeenth Century With plots and counterplots, royal marriages and infidelities, war and witchcraft, the … [Read more...]
Mithraism in Ancient Rome: A Soldier’s Religion
Today, I would like to welcome author, Pam Allegretto. She's this month's guest blogger at Historical Authors Across Time, talking about the god, Mithras, and Mithraism in ancient Rome. Learn more about Pamela at the end of this post. While conducting research for my World War 2 novel … [Read more...]
The Late Roman Army & The Barbarian Conspiracy
Reorganization of the Army The following is a guest post by Brian Kitchen. Learn more about Brian at the end of this post. The late Roman Army in Britain bore very little resemblance to the army of the Emperor Claudius, which had conquered the island in 43ad. By the late 4th century, the time I … [Read more...]
The Cat In Ancient Rome
A large part of writing a historical novel is the research into the politics, customs and common habits of the time period in which the story is set. One day while watching my twin cats, Romulus and Remus, basking in the sun, I questioned whether the … [Read more...]