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Last lines: Novels by Laurel A. Rockefeller

Good morning! I hope you are have a great day so far. Earlier this spring a twitter discussion about the final lines and paragraphs in books inspired me to post the final lines for the thirteen biographies in “The Legendary Women of World History” series plus the award-winning “His Red Eminence, Armand-Jean du Plessis de Richelieu.” Today would like to post the final lines for my fiction work. Most of these are from the Peers of Beinan series, but not all of them. I start with the books not in ...

Isso não acabou! Trecho do capítulo quatro de Boudicca: a Rainha Breta dos Icenos .

Boudicca é a primeira biografia que escrevi. Verdadeira história da grande rainha Iceni, a biografia leva o relato de sua história pelo historiador romano Tácito e vai além, acrescentando o que sabemos da arqueologia. Profundamente religiosa, com fortes laços com os druidas de Ynys Mon (noroeste do País de Gales), Boudicca enfrentou os romanos quando ninguém mais o faria.

Nesta cena do final do capítulo quatro, Boudicca enfrenta as atrocidades romanas contra si mesma, sua família e seu povo c...

Libri in italiano: descrizioni dei libri e link al dettaglio

L’italiano è una lingua bellissima. Come autore e storico, sono molto felice di aver lavorato con alcuni brillanti traduttori italiani, tra cui Maria C. Bivona Vexille, milanese, che ha anche tradotto la maggior parte dell’Edizione per studenti e docenti. Il tempo trascorso sia in Italia che in Inghilterra ti offre traduzioni della massima qualità che spero scoprirai mentre esplori i libri che seguono.

Addio, A672E92 Quintus

Fuggi da A672E92 Quintus prima che il Sole diventi nova!

C...

Boeken van Laurel A. Rockefeller in het Nederlands

Nederlands is een prachtige taal. Vaak verward met Duits, is het een aparte taal en de moedertaal van enkele minder bekende maar toch zeer invloedrijke vrouwen uit de geschiedenis. Hier zijn de biografieën van Laurel A. Rockefeller beschikbaar in het Nederlands.

Keizerin Wu Zetian

De meest gehate vrouw in de Chinese geschiedenis!

Reis meer dan duizend jaar terug in de tijd en ontmoet de eerste en enige keizerin van China. Ze werd geboren als Wu Zhao, de ongewenste dochter van Kanselier ...

Livres en français : descriptions de livres et liens de vente au détail

J’adore le français. J’aurais aimé que tous mes livres soient en français – en version imprimée et audio. Le français est la plus belle langue du monde. Voici tous les livres traduits en français jusqu’à présent, ainsi que des liens vers Apple, Amazon et Everand et des descriptions pour chacun.

Aliénor d’Aquitaine: Édition Élèves & Enseignants

Jeune fille, Aliénor était le parti le plus recherché de toute la Chrétienté… et pas seulement à cause de sa beauté. Fille aînée du duc Guil...

First lines: Biographies by Laurel A. Rockefeller

If you still use twitter, you may have noticed discussions among the writing community regarding how best to start your latest work in progress. Lots of theories prevail, but often the best way to get ideas on how to “break the ice” on a story is simply to read the opening lines of existing books.

For me, I tend to use two or three strategies, depending on the book. Most of my biographies employ Prologues as introductions. These are usually set after the death of the biography subject (the...

Book Trailers: the Peers of Beinan series

If you follow the writing communities on both facebook and twitter, book trailers are often treated as one of the best tools for showcasing an independent author’s books – along with 3D cover art.

Here then are the trailers I made with Rachel Boswick for each of the Peers of Beinan series books.

Good-bye A672E92 QuintusSay Good-bye to the Beinarian home world.The Poisoned GroundThe Poisoned Ground. Based in part on conditions in western Pennsylvania.The Great S...

Corann Meets His Father. Excerpt from The Great Succession Crisis

Prince Yubi from “Benji, Zax, and the Alien Prince.”

Long before I devoted my life to history education I was a novelist. Yeah, that seems far fetched to me too! But from 2010 to 2012 I actually wrote a science fiction romance. It was intended to be fan fiction for “Benji, Zax, and the Alien Prince,” that beloved part of my youth. Instead The Great Succession Crisis grew into a five (six if you count The First King flash fiction) book series: The Peers of Beinan.

In this scene Lord...

The Ninth Doctor: Why I disagree with the notion of Nine as a romantic doctor

The Ninth Doctor is my doctor – tied with Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi. As an actor, Christopher Eccleston is perfection in every role he takes up. I like everything he does – not at all unlike my similar positive feelings towards Peter Capaldi’s talents and skills as an actor.

Recently I watched for the first time the “Doctor Who Confidential” segments that appear as the final DVD for season 1 of Doctor Who – but not in the “Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant” Doctor Who boxed...

Off the Beaten Path: Must-Visit Favorite Places in Manhattan

I love New York City. I especially love Brooklyn, New York. From 2000 to 2011 I lived in first northern New Jersey (where my beloved Mithril was hatched), then midwood Brooklyn. Along the way I discovered places I never knew about when I was tourist back in the 1990s coming with my boyfriend to visit his family living in the area. Most of these places tourists never hear about. Allow me to share with you my top picks for going off the beaten path when in the area.

Carriage Rides a...