Luc Holland asked Deborah Harkness:

If you could meet any of the thought leaders from the Age of Enlightenment or the Renaissance, who would your top 3 "dinner companions" be, and why? Would you ever consider writing historical fiction (although Shadow of Night sort of did this, wasn't really a "historic" character) that ties into your academic background?

Deborah Harkness Queen Elizabeth I, Mary Sidney, and Veronica Franco. That was easy! :)

wondered about Diana's languages- when she is with Philippe, he says they have been conversing in fluent french and latin all morning and she hasn't noticed. is this part of her magic?

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