Blair Hodgkinson
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Sharon Kay Penman:
Are you still planning to bring back Justin de Quincy eventually?
Sharon Kay Penman
Yes, I am, Blair. In fact, I am giving serious consideration to doing another mystery after I finish Outremer, for that would give me a much needed breathing space and time to ponder which historical saga I want to do after that. My American publisher had asked me to focus on the historicals since they sold better than the mysteries, and my then-British publisher had never liked the mysteries at all. But things have changed and I have a new British publisher for the mysteries which has done a wonderful job of promoting them; all four have been on Amazon.UK's e-book historical mysteries bestseller list for almost a year now, so I hope that will make the mysteries more appealing. :-) Also, I'd planned to send Justin and Durand to Wales on another Road Trip from Hell in the next mystery, where Llywelyn ab Iorwerth would make another appearance, so that is very tempting for me!
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Charity Sheppard
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Sharon Kay Penman:
I recently saw BBC Documentary "How to Get Ahead at Court - Medieval Times" Stephen Smith said, "In the Middle Ages, Court was a place for the chaps. Going to war, defending the realm, that was the stuff that the boys got up to. A powerful woman around the place tended to mean instability, even civil war." What are your thoughts on this statement and of women, great and common, in this time period?
Erin Poche
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Sharon Kay Penman:
Hi Sharon, I'm a huge fan of the Devil's Brood series and the Here be Dragons series. I'm finally reading Lionheart and I love it as well. I just read your comment on Wales and was wondering if you're by chance watching the FX series, "The Bastard Executioner?" I wasn't going to watch it but then read it was during the time of Edward II and the continuing wars with Wales. It's intriguing, I have to say!
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