Saturday, June 18, 2011

Suddenly Sunday

Suddenly Sunday is a weekly event hosted by SveaThe Muse in the Fog Book Review. The purpose of Suddenly Sunday is to share all the exciting events that have occurred on your blog throughout the week. 
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I am back!!! After a long drive home I am finally back from vacation and quickly settling back into the routine of motherhood and blogging. It has been a splendid couple weeks but I can definitely say it is good to be home... especially after an exhausting and lengthy drive home. Somehow I once again brought too many books with me on the trip. So next time I will bring only one, just to see if I will find myself in more of a bookish need when unprepared, lol. Since I have been gone the past couple weeks there has not been much activity here, but below are the few events you will definitely want to catch up on:


Reviews:


Interviews:


The winner of my giveaway for The Confessions of Catherine de Medici is:
Krystal @ Live to Read

Congratulations, Krystal! I will be sending you an e-mail shortly to obtain your mailing information :)



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Have a great week & happy reading!
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Author Interview with Anne Easter Smith & Givaway!!!


As apart of Anne Easter Smith's virtual book tour, I am thrilled to have this opportunity to interview one of my favorite Wars of the Roses historical fiction authors today. And not only am I bringing you this interview, but a chance to win one brand new copy for yourself! Now, let's forgo any more buildup and get straight to this delightful event:



All of your novels are steep in historical accuracy and detail, please tell us a bit about the research process behind your fantastic novels.

First of all, thanks so much for inviting me to post, Svea.

As well as the usual book research I do, studying the contemporary chroniclers, reading well respected biographies or non-fiction history, and using the internet, I like to walk all the paths my characters would have walked, which meant in Cecily’s case going to Richard of York’s main residences, like Ludlow, to Anglesey in Wales where the couple set sail for Ireland, to Dublin Castle, to Rouen in Normandy and of course talking to historians at those locations and delving into their archives (with previous appointments, of course!). I spent a whole day reading the transcripts of Joan of Arc’s trial, because Cecily and Richard were in Rouen at the time of her trial and burning. I am never NOT researching, even when writing--there are always questions that pop up about the life and culture and costumes that need to be right before I am happy with my day’s writing. I cannot write about a place unless I have seen it, so yes, traveling to all these castles, towns and villages constitutes a huge part of my research. Once in a great while, I have to resort to the internet, but I can count the places on the fingers of one hand. Some of the highlights were Belgium (for “Daughter of York” and “The King’s Grace”), Lisbon for “The King’s Grace, and Ludlow Castle for “Queen By Right,” where I really felt Cecily’s presence the most.



When did you first discover your passion and great talent for writing?
How nice of you to say that I have a "great talent" for writing. I cannot compare myself to Jane Austen, Tolstoy or Dickens or my favorite historical fiction author, Anya Seton, but I try! I actually never knew I could put a sentence together that people other than my Mum wanted to read was when I wrote a couple of articles as a favor for a friend who was starting up a little magazine in Plattsburgh NY in 1980 when the Olympics were held nearby in Lake Placid. I was folksinging at the time and she asked me to write something about the local musicians. She liked it enough to ask for another one about playing tennis (another thing I was passionate about), and I became a regular writer for her. No money though :-( That happened when the local newspaper hired me to be the features editor a few years later in my 40s, and then I really learned how to write!



Cecily of York, with her strength, courage and passion, is such an inspiring woman, can you tell us a bit about what might have instilled these characteristics within her?

I hope you won't mind a tiny correction, Svea. Cecily Neville was the duchess of York, yes, but in fact the person known as Cecily of York was Cecily's granddaughter by her son Edward IV. Cecily Neville was known as The Rose of Raby in ballads of the period because of her fair-haired beauty, and in later life, she was also called Proud Cis for her regal bearing, intelligence and no-nonsense demeanor. I have been intrigued by Cecily Neville since enjoying Sharon Kay Penman’s Sunne in Splendour almost twenty years ago. She never appeared in my first book, A Rose for the Crown, but you could almost imagine her imposing presence every time I mentioned her. Some of my favorite scenes in Daughter of York were between Margaret and her mother, and it occurred to me that after three books describing the lives of her children and grandchildren, that I should go back to the beginning of the York family in the Wars of the Roses and tell their parents’ story. I think being the youngest of 22 meant she had to assert herself to be noticed from a young age, and I am sure she was probably her father's favorite! As a mother, I cannot imagine losing a child--let alone half a dozen. I think that made Cecily strong. I also think her faith sustained her in times of tribulation--something I am not familiar with, but which was common in those days.



Your stunning novels have so far been focused on the political intrigue between the rivaling families of the Wars of the Roses, are there any other time periods that you are inspired to write about?
I am quite interested in the Regency period and I could probably get passionate about the 17th century in New England now that I know more about how this region was settled. Living in Newburyport, MA, I am steeped in that history.



Is there any advice you can give for those aspiring to write historical fiction novels?

Be passionate about your subject, do your research, and have faith in yourself. Just don't expect to become a millionaire overnight! A good friend and best-selling author, Andre Dubus III told me when my first book was sold to Simon & Schuster that only a tiny percentage of writers ever get to find an agent, only a tiny percentage of those find a publisher, and only a tiny percentage of those actually become rich and famous! It was good advice, and once I heard that and it didn't deter me, I knew that my reason for writing is because I loved it.


Publish Date: May 2011
Format: Paperback 598pp

Synopsis (From the Publisher):
"From the award-winning author of A Rose for the Crown, Daughter of York, and The King’s Grace comes another masterful historical novel—the story of Cecily of York, mother of two kings and the heroine of one of history’s greatest love stories. Anne Easter Smith’s novels are beloved by readers for their ability “to grab you, sweep you along with the story, and make you fall in love with the characters.”

In Cecily Neville, duchess of York and ancestor of every English monarch to the present day, she has found her most engrossing character yet.History remembers Cecily of York standing on the steps of the Market Cross at Ludlow, facing an attacking army while holding the hands of her two young sons. Queen by Right reveals how she came to step into her destiny, beginning with her marriage to Richard, duke of York, whom she meets when she is nine and he is thirteen. Raised together in her father’s household, they become a true love match and together face personal tragedies, pivotal events of history, and deadly political intrigue. All of England knows that Richard has a clear claim to the throne, and when King Henry VI becomes unfit to rule, Cecily must put aside her hopes and fears and help her husband decide what is right for their family and their country. Queen by Right marks Anne Easter Smith’s greatest achievement, a book that every fan of sweeping, exquisitely detailed historical fiction will devour."

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Upcoming Non-Fic Paperback Release... Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

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Publish Date: September 6th 2011
Format: Paperback Edition 400pp

Synopsis (From the Publisher):
"The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. 
Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator.
Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. She was married twice, each time to a brother. She waged a brutal civil war against the first when both were teenagers. She poisoned the second. Ultimately she dispensed with an ambitious sister as well; incest and assassination were family specialties. Cleopatra appears to have had sex with only two men. They happen, however, to have been Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, among the most prominent Romans of the day. Both were married to other women. Cleopatra had a child with Caesar and--after his murder--three more with his protégé. Already she was the wealthiest ruler in the Mediterranean; the relationship with Antony confirmed her status as the most influential woman of the age. The two would together attempt to forge a new empire, in an alliance that spelled their ends. Cleopatra has lodged herself in our imaginations ever since. 
Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Shakespeare and Shaw put words in her mouth. Michelangelo, Tiepolo, and Elizabeth Taylor put a face to her name. Along the way, Cleopatra's supple personality and the drama of her circumstances have been lost. In a masterly return to the classical sources, Stacy Schiff here boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order. Rich in detail, epic in scope, Schiff 's is a luminous, deeply original reconstruction of a dazzling life."

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Book Review: Queen by Right by Anne Easter Smith

Publish Date: May 2011
Format: Paperback 598pp

Synopsis (From the Publisher):
"From the award-winning author of A Rose for the Crown, Daughter of York, and The King’s Grace comes another masterful historical novel—the story of Cecily of York, mother of two kings and the heroine of one of history’s greatest love stories. Anne Easter Smith’s novels are beloved by readers for their ability “to grab you, sweep you along with the story, and make you fall in love with the characters.”

In Cecily Neville, duchess of York and ancestor of every English monarch to the present day, she has found her most engrossing character yet.History remembers Cecily of York standing on the steps of the Market Cross at Ludlow, facing an attacking army while holding the hands of her two young sons. Queen by Right reveals how she came to step into her destiny, beginning with her marriage to Richard, duke of York, whom she meets when she is nine and he is thirteen. Raised together in her father’s household, they become a true love match and together face personal tragedies, pivotal events of history, and deadly political intrigue. All of England knows that Richard has a clear claim to the throne, and when King Henry VI becomes unfit to rule, Cecily must put aside her hopes and fears and help her husband decide what is right for their family and their country. Queen by Right marks Anne Easter Smith’s greatest achievement, a book that every fan of sweeping, exquisitely detailed historical fiction will devour."


My Review:

Without a doubt, any novel written by Anne Easter Smith will have the reader taking away with them a greater understanding of the time period in which the novel was set. Focusing on the beginning of the Wars of the Roses, Queen by Right gives us an in depth look into the lives of Ceciley Neville and Richard of York. Like all her novels, Queen by Right unfolds in panoramic detail, allowing the reader to experience a type of virtual history lesson, one that is gripping and completely satisfying. Often times, while reading such a historically intense novel, one might feel the story lacking or want to skim through certain sections in order to speed up the plot, but I am happy to say that this novel never left me feeling any of  these desires.

Being a lover of the Wars of the Roses, it was wonderful to read a novel that lead up to this chaotic time period in history. Following the life of Ceciley, from her childhood to the day her son Edward was crowned king, we witness a spirited young girl grow and cultivate her personality into a proud and strong woman, one who rightly earned the nickname of "Proud Cis". Her proud and outspoken ways were entertaining and, not wanting to give too much away, the meeting between Ceciley and Jacquetta Woodville was probably one of my favorites considering what the future held for the two women. I throughly enjoyed getting to know Ceciley and Richard through Anne's novel, and was sad to see their story come to an end. If you are looking for a good piece of historical fiction that will not only educate but entertain you as well, I definitely suggest picking up a copy of Queen by Right.




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Author Guest Post at The Lady Gwyn Kingdom’s

May 11th

Author Interview & Giveaway at Let Them Read Books

May 12th

Review at Broken Teepee

May 13th

Author Guest Post at Rundpinne

May 16th

Review at Luxury Reading
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May 17th


May 18th

Author Interview & Giveaway at Tanzanite’s Castle Full of Books

May 19th


May 20th

Author Guest Post & Giveaway at Broken Teepee
Author Interview at Writing the Renaissance

May 23rd

Author Interview & Giveaway at All Things Historical Fiction

May 24th


May 25th

Author Interview at Unabridged Chick

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Author Guest Post & Giveaway at Luxury Reading
Review at The Bookworm

May 27th

Author Guest Post at Bibliophilic Book Blog

May 30th

Author Guest Post & Giveaway at Debbie’s Book Bag
Review & Giveaway at Historical Tapestry

May 31st

Review at Unabridged Chick

June 1st

Author Interview & Giveaway at Confessions and Ramblings of a Muse in the Fog

June 2nd

Author Guest Post & Giveaway at Polishing Mud Balls

June 3rd

Author Guest Post & Giveaway at Peeking Between the Pages

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June 7th

Author Guest Post at Just One More Paragraph

June 8th

Author Interview at Jenny Loves to Read

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Author Guest Post & Giveaway at One Book Shy of a Full Shelf
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Review & Giveaway at P.S. I Love Books
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June 11th

Review at Rundpinne

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Review at Slice of Life

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Friday, June 3, 2011

Author Interview with C.W. Gortner... and Giveaway!!!


As a part of the Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tour for The Confessions of Catherine de Medici (my review), I am once again thrilled to welcome C.W. Gortner here on Muse in the Fog! Bellow is my latest interview with this fantastic author and a chance for you to win a brand new copy of The Confessions of Catherine de Medici...


Thank you, C.W., for stopping by Muse in the Fog, your visits are always such a highlight!


What inspired you to give Catherine de Medici a voice?

I'd known about Catherine for many years; she was always a part of the history surrounding characters I loved, such as Elizabeth I and Mary of Scots. She was in fact Mary's mother-in-law and the popular story is that she hated Mary so much that the moment Mary's husband Francois II died, Catherine kicked her out of France and made her go back to Scotland. And there's that lurid black legend surrounding Catherine; she's the perennial evil widow, plotting mayhem and bloodshed. Of course, no one can be that one-dimensional and so I decided it would be interesting to see how she would fare if she had the chance to tell her side of the story. Originally, my idea was to write the point-of-view of a villainess. I wanted to do a book with an unreliable narrator. But as I started to research Catherine in depth, I found myself being continually surprised by how misleading her legend, and popular historical accounts of her, were. She never "kicked" Mary out of France; Mary wanted to leave and she continued to correspond with Catherine for years, asking for advice and detailing her trials, always on affectionate terms, until her own life imploded and she ended up captive in England. As for the black widow, well, yes, Catherine did wear black - but that's about the extent of her evil legend. On the contrary, she was both tolerant and humane, and devoted to safeguarding her dynasty and her realm from one of the most savage conflicts of the era. She has suffered tremendously from both xenophobic biographers and a dominant Anglo Saxon viewpoint of women in history, which pigeonholes these famous women into archetypes, i.e., Catherine as the crone; Elizabeth I as the virgin; and Mary of Scots as the martyr. The more I discovered of Catherine's life and circumstances, the more her complexity entranced me. Villainesses are fun to write, but never as much as a flesh-and-blood human being.


Catherine fought for France with such great passion and lived there the majority of her life, do you believe she had any Italian loyalties as time went on or did she completely embrace her new country?

Catherine always remained loyal to Italy and to those Italians who came to France seeking her patronage. Though I believe she knew in her heart there was nothing left for her in her homeland - her immediate family was dead and the Medici had lost most of their influence - she was always proud of being an Italian. Many of the servants who served her her entire life, such as Birago, who became chancellor of France, were Italian; her devoted ladies and intimates were Italians, too. It was one of the charges leveled against her during the struggles she faced in France; many accused her of being a treacherous Italian with no true loyalty to her adopted homeland, though nothing could be further from the truth. Catherine embraced France with all her heart but she never turned her back on her roots. However, the French court of her time was extremely prejudiced against her countrymen; while the arts and lands of Italy were coveted, Italians were considered born conspirators with a penchant for poison, untrustworthy and deviant. It is actually sad to realize that to this day, Catherine is rarely seen as a French queen; she remains an Italian who ruled in France and there are few monuments to her memory, though she fought for France for most of her life and was the mother of the last Valois. It's ironic, because she preserved the realm as best as she could for the man who turned out to be one of France's most beloved monarchs: Henri IV.


Can you give us a brief history of the power and influence the Medicis had?

The Medicis were one of Italy's premier noble families, who rose to power in Florence and became one of that city's governing forces. For most of history, Italy did not have a centralized government; each city instead had its own ruling faction, or families, with the papal states of Rome overseen by the Vatican. The Medici rose from relatively humble origins as physicians or apothecaries - hence, the palle of their emblem - to gain prominence under Cosimo de Medici when he founded their famous banking dynasty. Medici money financed the ventures of popes and kings; branches of the bank existed in London, Paris and Madrid, and for a time the Medici were the wealthiest family in Europe. Several Medici were named pope; the family also entered Florentine politics and became very powerful under Lorenzo Il Magnifico, Catherine's great grand-father, a devout humanist and patron of the arts under whose guidance some of the world's most famous artists thrived, such as Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci. By the time of Catherine's birth, the apogee of Medici power had diminished; several scion branches of the house were derived from illegitimate children, and Catherine was the last direct descendant of Il Magnifico's bloodline. However, the Medici influence in Florence persevered, even if it never reclaimed the heights it experienced in the Renaissance. Today, there are still Medicis in Italy and elsewhere who continue the family's exalted lineage.


Catherine spoke of Machiavelli towards the beginning of the book, what influence do you think his work had upon Catherine's opinions and actions? 

This very topic has been debated by most of her biographers; some believe she was very influenced by his writings, others less so. It's to be noted that her more recent biographers are in the latter camp. Machiavelli acted as the Florentine ambassador and was close to the Medici family; his most famous book The Prince was in fact dedicated to Catherine's father, written while he was in disgrace and seeking to regain his standing. It therefore stands to reason Catherine would have, at some point, become familiar with The Prince's precepts on how to be a successful ruler. However, the extent of this controversial book's influence on her cannot be ascertained. I believe she was familiar with it but I don't think she consulted it as her 'Bible', as her enemies claimed, nor did she employ its dictates as justification for murder. The very fact that Machiavelli dedicated the book to her family became a weapon leveled against her; the book's passages were often quoted out of context by detractors to prove her immorality. Legends sprang up that she had given copies of the book to each of her children and ordered them to memorize it; that she believed Machiavelli had developed the only proven stratagem to overcome one's opponents. But all this calumny came after the Massacre of St Bartholomew, when anything and everything was being thrown at her by her foes. A woman who'd allowed or instigated the slaughter of so many must be evil; thus did the word Machiavellian become associated with deviousness, and his work, which was more reflective of Renaissance policies in general than anything Catherine did in particular, became a byword for treachery.


Each time you've written a novel, has there been something you've learned about the writing process? If so, please share what writing The Confessions of Catherine de Medici taught you.

More than any other novel I've worked on, this one taught me to never rely on any given account. History, by its very nature, is written by the victors. Rarely do we hear the side of those who lost. Women are also obscured by stereotypes and it can be quite challenging to peel back the patina of hundreds of years of misogyny and legend to find the actual person underneath. Catherine is the perfect example of both of these lessons: because she ultimately lost her fight to preserve her dynasty and France was claimed by a king she'd alternately befriended or seen as a foe, her reputation has suffered as a consequence. Years after her death and his accession, Henri IV himself defended her when he overheard someone criticize her, but the legend only continued to grow. It was far easier to cast Catherine in the role of the unloved, cruel, and calculating queen-mother, than see her as she was: a person, with flaws and strengths, and her own way of seeing the world. From her perspective, the nobility's rapacious ambition and the Protestant rebellion threatened her children and the stability of their throne. She fought because she had to. I learned as I wrote about her that in order to be true to the character I seek to portray, I must step into her shoes. Only then can I hope to be true to who she was. It doesn't matter if I agree or not with how she behaved or what she thought, because it's not about me. It's about her.


What might your readers enjoy from you next?

My next stand-alone historical will be published in 2012 by Ballantine Books and is titled I, ISABELLA OF CASTILE. Set in fifteenth century Spain, it’s about Isabella's dramatic, little-known struggle to win her throne; her forbidden marriage to Fernando of Aragon; and her controversial crusade to unite Spain. Isabella has also suffered from the one-sided clichés of popular history; to some, she’s a fanatic who let the Inquisition loose on the world and destroyed centuries of enlightenment in Spain; to others, she’s the saintly Catholic queen who defeated the infidels and financed the expedition by Columbus that discovered the New World. As with every story, there is of course another untold side to hers. She’s a fascinating woman, complex and dynamic. I’ve had a wonderful time discovering her and hope readers will, too.

I'm currently writing the next book in my Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles, the first of which was The Tudor Secret. Set during the Tudor era, the Spymaster Chronicles feature a young man named Brendan Prescott who becomes a spy for Elizabeth I. The first novel, The Tudor Secret, is set during the final days of the reign of Edward VI, when Brendan arrives at court as a squire and stumbles upon a conspiracy that menaces Princess Elizabeth. This second book brings Brendan back to court during Mary I's reign; hired by the Imperial ambassador to find evidence against Elizabeth, Brendan embarks on a dangerous double quest to thwart the ambassador and save Elizabeth, even as the secrets of his own past threaten to destroy him. While this new series is set in the very popular Tudor era, it explores the unfamiliar underworld of espionage and the bond of forbidden friendship between a spy and a queen, and I'm loving the freedom of entwining purely fictional events and characters with factual ones.


Thank you so much for inviting me to your blog, Svea. It's always a pleasure to visit and I hope you readers enjoy my work. To find out more, please visit me at:http://www.cwgortner.com


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Giveaway

Publish Date: May 24th 2011
Format: Paperback 432pp


Synopsis: (From the Publisher):
"The truth is, not one of us is innocent. We all have sins to confess. So reveals Catherine de Medici, the last legitimate descendant of her family’s illustrious line. Expelled from her native Florence, Catherine is betrothed to Henri, son of François I of France. In an unfamiliar realm, Catherine strives to create a role for herself through her patronage of the famous clairvoyant Nostradamus and her own innate gift as a seer. But in her fortieth year, Catherine is widowed, left alone with six young children in a kingdom torn apart by the ambitions of a treacherous nobility. Relying on her tenacity, wit, and uncanny gift for compromise, Catherine seizes power, intent on securing the throne for her sons, unaware that if she is to save France, she may have to sacrifice her ideals, her reputation, and the secret of her embattled heart."


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Thursday, June 2, 2011

E-book deals!!!

Amazon has just launched a spectacular ebook sale, and I was delighted to find them available for the B&N Nook as well! Below are some great HF titles that are well worth adding to your e-readers collection: 



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