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Born and raised in St. Louis MO, Mercedes Rochelle graduated with a degree in English literature from University of Missouri. Mercedes learned about living history as a re-enactor and has been enamored with historical fiction ever since. A move to New York to do research and two careers ensued, but writing fiction remains her primary vocation. She lives in Sergeantsville, NJ with her husband in a log home they had built themselves.

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	Godwine Kingmaker 4.19 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fatal Rivalry 4.38 avg rating — 39 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heir to a Prophecy 4.22 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sons of Godwine (The Last Great Saxon Earls #2) 3.95 avg rating — 40 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A King Under Siege: Book One of The Plantagenet Legacy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thou Shalt 'Get Kings it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mythological and Classical World Art Index: A Locator of Paintings, Sculptures, Frescoes, Manuscript Illuminations, Sketches, Woodcuts, and Engravings Executed 1200 B.C. to 1900 A.D., with a Directory of the Institutions Holding Them liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1991	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Post-Biblical Saints Art Index: A Locator of Paintings, Sculptures, Mosaics, Icons, Frescoes, ... 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Historical Art Index, A.D. 400-1650: People, Places, and Events Depicted 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Richard II Westminster portrait. Source: Wikipedia

Like many of us, I first learned of Richard II from Shakespeare. Even though I knew nothing about him, I was totally moved during the prison scene while he bemoaned the fate of kings—and I never recovered! But his story goes way beyond the events of this play; in fact, Shakespeare only covered the last year of Richard’s life. He tells us noth...

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In Broken Meats we follow Harry Stubbs into an exotic world of séances, Asian syndicates, and strange eastern ideologies about life after death. Essentially unemployed after the last adventure, Harry takes on an assignment to act as a guide to (or ra ...more
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She's done it again! After the last novel, I thought Anne Rice had gone as far as she could with the Vampire Chronicles. Wrong again. She has come up with even more characters that put us on the edge of our seat, threatening to destroy Lestat and his ...more
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Harry Stubbs sucks us into his universe in first person POV, which delightfully leaves us in the dark as he tries to figure out what dangerous mission he has gotten himself into. An ex-boxer who has risen from thug-style debt-collecting to almost leg ...more
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Mary Tudor was the luckiest and the unluckiest princess you could ever imagine. First she had to marry an old man against her will to satisfy her brother’s dynastic ambitions, then she married the man of her dreams—though she didn’t really live happi ...more
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This is obviously a well-researched book which I found to be a bit anti-climactic. I suppose the response to me should be that I need to go find a historical novel, which is true. But I was expecting more events surrounding the actual discovery of th ...more
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The third book in the Sorrow Song trilogy picks up at the fateful moment when King Harold learns that the Normans have landed at Pevensey. Still celebrating their victory at Stamford Bridge, the English have to rush south to meet the new threat, thou ...more
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