Medieval History
Deborah Harkness, professor of history at the University of Southern California, has just published the final novel in her All Souls Trilogy. It follows the story of Diana Bishop, a historian and modern-day witch, Matthew Clairmont, a 1500-year-old vampire, and an enchanted manuscript at Oxford University's Bodleian Library.
Click here to read DuJour?s executive editor, Nancy Bilyeau, interview Deborah about The Book of Life
See also Deborah reading an excerpt from her novel:
- Another Asnc Awarded Junior Research Fellowship!
Congratulations to Dr Deborah Hayden, who has just been elected to a Junior Research Fellowship at Christ Church, Oxford, beginning in October 2011, to work on the medieval Irish poetico-grammatical treatise Auraicept na nÉces. Deborah outlines her proposed...
- Bruce Holsinger And Nancy Bilyeau Talk About Historical Fiction
Bruce Holsinger and Nancy Bilyeau, two of the leading medieval novelists, had the chance to meet up in New York City and have a conversation about writing historical fiction, how they went about researching their novels, and what stories and styles influenced...
- Interview With Michael Hirst, Creator Of Vikings
This month's issue of DUJOUR has a feature interview with Michael Hirst, the creator and writer of the hit TV series Vikings, by Nancy Bilyeau: If you walk outside your office for three blocks, you?ll pass at least 70 Vikings.? That was the pitch...
- Crusade, Jihad And Identity In The Medieval World Conference
CRUSADE, JIHAD AND IDENTITY IN THE MEDIEVAL WORLD Dartmouth College October 3-4, 2008 Keynote Speakers Include Benjamin Kedar (Hebrew University) Maria Rosa Menocal (Yale) Speakers include Niall Christie, Matthew Gabriele, Robert Chazan, Jay Rubenstein,...
- All Good Things Must End: Kingdom By Robyn Young
Kingdom by Robyn YoungOddly, I had mixed feelings when I finally got to open this last instalment in Robyn Young's Insurrection Trilogy. The first in the series, Insurrection, is one of my favourite books and reading it was a real highlight of my...
Medieval History
An interview with Deborah Harkness, author of The Book of Life
Click here to read DuJour?s executive editor, Nancy Bilyeau, interview Deborah about The Book of Life
See also Deborah reading an excerpt from her novel:
- Another Asnc Awarded Junior Research Fellowship!
Congratulations to Dr Deborah Hayden, who has just been elected to a Junior Research Fellowship at Christ Church, Oxford, beginning in October 2011, to work on the medieval Irish poetico-grammatical treatise Auraicept na nÉces. Deborah outlines her proposed...
- Bruce Holsinger And Nancy Bilyeau Talk About Historical Fiction
Bruce Holsinger and Nancy Bilyeau, two of the leading medieval novelists, had the chance to meet up in New York City and have a conversation about writing historical fiction, how they went about researching their novels, and what stories and styles influenced...
- Interview With Michael Hirst, Creator Of Vikings
This month's issue of DUJOUR has a feature interview with Michael Hirst, the creator and writer of the hit TV series Vikings, by Nancy Bilyeau: If you walk outside your office for three blocks, you?ll pass at least 70 Vikings.? That was the pitch...
- Crusade, Jihad And Identity In The Medieval World Conference
CRUSADE, JIHAD AND IDENTITY IN THE MEDIEVAL WORLD Dartmouth College October 3-4, 2008 Keynote Speakers Include Benjamin Kedar (Hebrew University) Maria Rosa Menocal (Yale) Speakers include Niall Christie, Matthew Gabriele, Robert Chazan, Jay Rubenstein,...
- All Good Things Must End: Kingdom By Robyn Young
Kingdom by Robyn YoungOddly, I had mixed feelings when I finally got to open this last instalment in Robyn Young's Insurrection Trilogy. The first in the series, Insurrection, is one of my favourite books and reading it was a real highlight of my...