Lawrence Snouffer

Lawrence Snouffer asked Sharon Kay Penman:

Did I read somewhere, some time ago, that you might have a new novel about to be published? It might have a title something like "Land Beyond the Sea"? Am I mistaken? I surely hope to see another 900 page story from you soon! I think I have read all of your other novels, and absolutely loved them all! Thank You!

Sharon Kay Penman Hi, Lawrence. You are half-right about the title. :-) The full one is Outremer; the Land Beyond the Sea. It is set in the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the late 12th century. I discuss it in a response to one of the above questions. But it won't see the light of day for some time. I am still writing and researching. I hope to have it done before the end of next year; if I do, it will be published sometime in 2017. The research is what slows me down, of course, but it is the only way to bring the time period to life for my readers. Luckily, too, I love researching. I was fortunate enough to make a trip to Israel last year and it was amazing to be able to walk the battlefield at Hattin. Thank you so much for letting me know you enjoy my books!.

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A Goodreads user asked Sharon Kay Penman:

How often do you take artistic license and write events that you know not to be historically accurate for a more interesting story line , or do you strive to be historically accurate as possible?

Sienna

Sienna asked Sharon Kay Penman:

I discovered Richard III through your lovely Sunne In Splendour just as his bones were found. Sunne remains the best book I've read on the time period. I'm going to England this Autumn to see some of the places I've read so much about. Can you recommend places in York, Leicester & London that I should not miss? I'd like to know some of your personal favorites, hidden gems which may not be on the main tourist track.

Gary

Gary asked Sharon Kay Penman:

Indeed I have got the updated 2013 edition and did read your 2013 Authors Note. The discovery of Richard's remains in 2012 in a car-park in Leicester prove beyond a doubt that Shakespeare's depiction of Richard as a deformed hunchback as being completely false I have seen the documentary King in the Car park and Richard was both physically athletic and quite good looking?

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