That’s my last duchess painted on the wall… Seduced by the hot sun and blinding passions of Renaissance Italy, sixteen-year-old Lucrezia de’ Medici sees a gilded life stretching ahead. Her wealthy new husband handpicked her to be his bride, and his great castle in Ferrara will be her playground. But Alfonso d’Este, Duke of Ferrara [CONTINUE READING]
Jan 052012
What could go wrong in the 14th-century for three time-traveling teens? How about – EVERYTHING! Hansum, Shamira and Lincoln, three teens from the 24th century, are trapped in 14th-century Verona, Italy. They’ve survived many deadly experiences by keeping their wits about them and by introducing futuristic technology into the past. Principal among these inventions is [CONTINUE READING]
I’ve been asked in the past to write about where the idea for the History Camps in my new novel, The Lens and the Looker, came from. It’s been extremely gratifying to have people tell me that they really like the concept. Here’s what’s called the story’s elevator pitch. That’s a really short description of the [CONTINUE READING]
At the age of fourteen, Catherine de Medici, last legitimate descendant of the Medici blood, finds herself betrothed to the King Francois I’s son, Henri. Sent from her native Florence to France, humiliated and overshadowed by her husband’s life-long devotion to his mistress, when tragedy strikes her family Catherine rises from obscurity to become one [CONTINUE READING]
