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Glen Craney
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A native Hoosier, GLEN CRANEY is a novelist, screenwriter, journalist, and lawyer. He caught the history bug as a boy while tracing the steps of his ancestors on Civil War battlefields and the reconstructed forts of the first Kentucky pioneers.
His travels around the world have found him playing baseball in Cuba, walking the biblical sites of Israel, exploring the Secret Vatican Archives in Rome, and climbing Templar castles in Scotland and France. His books have taken readers to Occitania during the Albigensian Crusade, to the Scotland of Robert the Bruce, to Portugal during the Age of Discovery, to the trenches of France during World War I, and to the American Hoovervilles of the Great Depression.
He graduated from Hanover College with a ma ...more
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THE YANKS ARE STARVING receives a Discovered Diamond recommendation.
THE YANKS ARE STARVING has earned a coveted Discovering Diamonds recommendation from one of the most respected book review sites in the United Kingdom.
"The narrative is incredibly well researched and gives a thorough background on the events and characters of that era through the use of original sources and even some photographs," writes reviewer Susan Adler.
During the Great Depression, a rail-... Read more of this blog post »
"The narrative is incredibly well researched and gives a thorough background on the events and characters of that era through the use of original sources and even some photographs," writes reviewer Susan Adler.
During the Great Depression, a rail-... Read more of this blog post »
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The Spider and the Stone: A Novel of Scotland’s Black Douglas:
"A rollicking good read about James Douglas, more widely known as the Black Douglas and his lady love, Isabelle MacDuff. The time period is roughly starting in 1207 where the young Douglas meets Isabelle and their love story begins. James is instru..."
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"I have always been intrigued by the story of Robert the Bruce and yet he seemed a shadowy figure, but the Black Douglas, or James Douglas the Good, as the Scots called him, is an even more mysterious character. In this saga, Glen Craney interweave..."
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Hi Scarlett. I'm envious of your upcoming trip to Bulgaria. I'm no expert on the Bogomils, but below is a link to an informative essay on the Bogomils. And thanks for the kind words about The Fire and the Light. I haven't written anything more abo...
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"An epic look at a seemingly forgotten event in America history. Brilliantly weaves fact and fiction, as a result creating a different perspective to ordinary biographies and history books. "
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