Linda Lafferty
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Linda Lafferty

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The daughter of a naval commander, Linda Lafferty attended fourteen different schools growing up, ultimately graduating from the University of Colorado with a master's degree and a PhD in education. Her peripatetic childhood nourished a lifelong love of travel, and she studied abroad in England, France, Mexico, and Spain. Her uncle introduced her to the sport of polo when she was just ten years old, and she enjoys playing to this day. She also competed on the Lancaster University Riding Team in England in stadium jumping, cross country, and dressage. A veteran school educator, she is the author of The Bloodletter's Daughter and The Drowning Guard. She lives in Colorado. ...more

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Ms Lafferty I now know, thanks to you, why the Satanic Verses earned Salman Rushdie the fatwa - he dared to speak about patriarchy in Islam. One mustn't ever challenge the impotence, sorry, importance of the penis in history. Esma Sultan, your creation, is one of the great Wise Women of fiction. More, more, more please! ? (oh, have to have a question mark? Can't just say an admiring 'thank you'?
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Linda Lafferty I learned about Virginia Tacci, the girl who rode the Palio race (bareback) in 1581, while I was living for a month in Siena, Italy. I believe I may h…moreI learned about Virginia Tacci, the girl who rode the Palio race (bareback) in 1581, while I was living for a month in Siena, Italy. I believe I may have read about it in a guide book although I can't quite remember. I knew I had a novel as soon as I read about her.(less)
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The Bloodletter's Daughter
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“You and your books. Ah, what a gift it must be to discover the world in those squiggly lines.”
― Linda Lafferty, The Bloodletter's Daughter
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“Men who thirst for freedom will find it, even if they drink at a poisoned well.”
― Linda Lafferty, The Bloodletter's Daughter
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“Who knows only his own generation remains always a child.”
― Linda Lafferty, House of Bathory
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“From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.”
― Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses
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“I was not born to amuse the Tsars.”
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