Sworn Brother: The Heroes of the North Live On (Book #2 in the Viking Trilogy) by Tim Severin
*Book #1 is Odinn’s Child
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Macmillan UK (November 1, 2005)
ISBN-10: 0330426745
Average Customer Review on Amazon: 4.5 stars (8 reviews)
Product Description:
Steeped in bloody battles and brooding Norse mythology, this epic saga follows the exploits of Viking adventurer […]
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Waldenses (Waldensians)
[wawl-den-seez, wol-]
Etymology: Middle English Waldensis, from Medieval Latin Waldenses, Valdenses, from Peter Waldo (or Valdo
Followers of Peter Waldo, a twelfth-century advocate of the apostolic life, who eventually broke with the church over his claim to the right to preach without authorization. (Lynch, Joseph H. The Medieval Church: A Brief History, 366)
*term definition retrieved from […]
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“Archeological research undertaken earlier this summer in Keldudalur in Skagafjördur has brought to light an unusually well-preserved cowshed from the 10th century; the first one to be unearthed in Northern Iceland, archeologist Ragnheidur Traustadóttir told mbl.is.”
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“The splendour of a 12th century royal court has been recreated in Dover Castle keep, which new research suggests was originally built as a medieval PR exercise by Henry II.
The huge interior of the keep has been transformed by English Heritage in a £2.45 million scheme to give visitors a sense of how it would […]
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The finalists have been announced. Categories include novels, novellas, short stories, anthologies, collections, and artists. Finalists in the Novel category include:
The House of the Stag, Kage Baker (Tor)
The Shadow Year, Jeffrey Ford (Morrow)
The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury)
Pandemonium, Daryl Gregory (Del Rey)
Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin; Knopf)
What’s your choice for best novel?
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I’ve been doing research, trying to find e-zines that publish short stories focused on historical fiction or fantasy. Using the 2009 Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market book, I’ve compiled the following list. Some publications accept historical fiction, others accept fantasy, and then some accept any genre of fiction as long as it’s good writing. […]
Filed under: Short Stories, Short Fiction, Publishing on August 3rd, 2009 | 2 Comments »
