Salvete, Readers and Romanophiles! Welcome to The World of The Blood Road! In this nine-part series, we’re going to be taking a look at some of the history, people, and places that appear and provide the settings for this sixth book in the #1 best selling Eagles and Dragons historical fantasy series. If you’re a fan […]
Greetings history-lovers! Welcome back to the blog. I hope that you are all keeping well and safe during the continuing pandemic, wherever you are. Today is Remembrance Day in Canada, the UK, and Australia, and Veteran’s Day in the United States, so I thought that it would be fitting to post something something on a […]
In all of the many years I’ve been researching and writing about the world of ancient Rome, the topic of Roman religion has been a constant source of fascination for me as an author and historian. Many of my readers have echoed this sentiment too, pointed out that they love the inclusion of that aspect […]
We’ve got something special for you this week on Writing the Past! Eagles and Dragons Publishing is thrilled to welcome back historical fiction author, Zenobia Neil, to talk about her latest epic, The Queen of Warriors. Some of you may remember Zenobia from her previous post here, ‘Love is a Monster’, about the Cupid and […]
Few things about the ancient Roman world fascinate the modern masses more than gladiators. The subject of slaves dueling to the death for the entertainment of the mob is horrible, but at the same time darkly entertaining. In the popular mind, most of what we imagine gladiators and gladiatorial combat to have been comes from […]
I Anguis et Aper ‘The Dragon and the Boar’ The chieftain was waiting around the last embers of his night fire when the voice echoed down the glen. He rose slowly when the others jumped. The swirling designs that covered his body came to life with his movement, and the blue boar across his […]
Every year around this time, I try to write a post dedicated to the theme of Remembrance Day, something of a hat-tip to the service men and women who are scattered over the Earth trying to protect the world from itself. After all, everyone one of my books deals with warriors, the struggle of war, […]
It’s no secret that I love history, and I suspect that if you are reading this blog or my books, you love history too. This morning I was on my usual commute, herded into the cattle car, surrounded by myriad long faces, when I started to day dream. This time of year, I day dream […]
I have a weakness for souvenirs. Whenever I travel, I like to purchase something that reminds me of my evanescent days abroad. I don’t mean tacky, mass-produced rubbish that wasn’t even made in the country I visited. I like to purchase something that is made locally, by local artists, with care and attention to detail. […]
Today I have a special guest on the blog. Luciana Cavallaro is the author of a series of mythological retellings from the perspectives of some fascinating women in Greek myth. When I read her book, The Curse of Troy, I knew that I wanted to have her write a guest post for Writing the Past. […]