Laurel A. Rockefeller's Blog, page 12
October 8, 2024
Catalina conoce a Enrique. Extracto de Catalina de Valois: Princesa Francesa, Matriarca De Los Tudor
Me encanta Shakespeare. Mi obra favorita siempre ha sido Enrique V. No es de extrañar, entonces, que el segundo libro que escribí para la serie Mujeres legendarias de la historia mundial fuera Catalina de Valois.
En la obra de Shakespeare, Catalina es una adolescente aturdida que está ansiosa por casarse con Enrique. Como verás en la siguiente escena, ¡la realidad era muy diferente!
Antes de que Isabeau pudiera responder, l...
October 4, 2024
La Escocia olvidada. Extracto de María Estuardo, reina de Escocia
La reina María Estuardo es una de las reinas más queridas de la historia escocesa. En lugar de comenzar su historia con un prólogo, decidí abrir el libro con un poema original llamado “La Escocia olvidada”.
Problemas a ti, oh Escocia
Las lágrimas de nuestras pictas madres caen como lluvia en los altiplanos
Por las antiguas reinas olvidadas
Su valor ahora visto como depravado.
¿Dónde está tu amor por nuestras reinas?
¿Por pictos y escoceses, gaélic...
September 30, 2024
Lyrics: I Vow to Thee My Country
“I Vow to Thee My Country” is one of those hymns I took for granted growing up in Nebraska. Written in 1921 by Cecil Spring Rice, its origins with WWI were never mentioned to me. I literally had no idea the song is English in origin, let alone what it really referred to. It was simply one of hundreds of songs in generic protestant hymnals that came out from time to time in services.
But it is, in fact, an English patriotic song and a very lovely one. Here are the lyrics to both verses.
...September 25, 2024
Boudicca se encuentra con Prasutagus. Extracto de “Boudica, Reina Británica de los Icenos”
Boudicca es la primera biografía de gran éxito de ventas de las mujeres legendarias de la historia mundial escrita por Laurel A. Rockefeller. Disponible en español, francés, alemán, portugués, galés, italiano y otros idiomas, cuenta la verdadera historia de la reina icena que casi expulsó a los romanos de las islas británicas.
En este primer capítulo de Boudica, Reina Británica de los Icenos, un encuentro casual en las calles de Camulodunum cambia la vida de Boudicca para siempre.
Capí...
September 20, 2024
Elendir Mourns His Mother. Excerpt from Ghosts of the Past
The Ghosts of the Past is the central novel to the Peers of Beinan science fiction series. Drawing upon my experiences of 9/11/2001 when I lived in Essex County, New Jersey, it is an epic tale of love, loss, and nobility. It features several original songs you can hear separately in “Songs of the Beinarian Court.”
Early in the book a terrorist destroys the healing center (hospital) where Lord Healer Devon of house Ten-ar works. A few years (called “yen-ars”) later, his wife Lady Healer Keel...
September 19, 2024
Poem: Where is My Hero
Good morning everyone. Take I would like to share a poem from my latest book, “Land of Flat Water: Poetry and Recollections.” It’s a book collecting mostly poetry that I wrote while growing up in Lincoln, Nebraska. A lot has changed since I was a teenager, but I find these stories and poems reveal a great deal about myself at the time. There are experiences that I think are fairly universal with adolescence and young adulthood that I think you can relate to.
Here is a my poem from my seni...
Review: Your Zone Plastic Round Plate
If you follow this blog you know that I love travel and planning for trips. Often the best deals in travel gear – from local staycations to mid-range to international – are found in the most unusual places. Case in point: Your Zone dinnerware.
Though marketed for kids, both generally and specifically, Your Zone offers plates (7″ x 1.125″ high), 15 oz tumblers, and bowls (5″ diameter, holds 1 1/2 cups) sized to appeal to and designed around kids.
But these are not just for kids. I lov...
September 16, 2024
Poem: There’s a Bird
Good morning everyone. Take I would like to share a poem from my latest book, “Land of Flat Water: Poetry and Recollections.” It’s a book collecting mostly poetry that I wrote while growing up in Lincoln, Nebraska. A lot has changed since I was a teenager, but I find these stories and poems reveal a great deal about myself at the time. There are experiences that I think are fairly universal with adolescence and young adulthood that I think you can relate to.
In 1998 I rescued a cockatiel ...
September 15, 2024
No vamos a ceder. Extracto de “Boudica, Reina Británica de los Icenos”
Boudicca es la primera biografía de gran éxito de ventas de las mujeres legendarias de la historia mundial escrita por Laurel A. Rockefeller. Disponible en español, francés, alemán, portugués, galés, italiano y otros idiomas, cuenta la verdadera historia de la reina icena que casi expulsó a los romanos de las islas británicas.
En esta escena del capítulo seis, Boudicca reúne a su pueblo para luchar contra los romanos, a pesar de las probabilidades en su contra.
No vamos a ceder. Extrac...
September 13, 2024
Hypatia of Alexandria excerpt: Latitude and Longitude Coordinates for Select Cities in the Roman Empire
Hypatia of Alexandria was the late Roman Empire’s greatest astronomer, mathemetician, and teacher. In my narrative biography “Hypatia of Alexandria” I explore her life from childhood until her murder on the Ides of March, 415 CE.
After the main book text, as with all of the Legendary Women of World History series books so far there are a number of appendices. Unique to this book is an appendix called “Latitude and Longitude Coordinates for Select Cities in the Roman Empire.” Latitude e...
