by Lucille Turner | Oct 22, 2017 | History and Fiction
In England, Ireland, Scotland and America we celebrate Halloween on October 31st with little understanding of the origins of the festival. Halloween is part of our culture, so we celebrate it as a matter of course, and like many other traditions we are attached to,...
by Lucille Turner | May 10, 2017 | History and Fiction
How do writers find the inspiration they need to shut themselves away for one year, two, or sometimes more, and immerse themselves in a world of their own fabrication? It is a question I have often asked myself, wondering why I have chosen such a lonely occupation....
by Lucille Turner | Feb 10, 2017 | History and Fiction
When it comes to writing historical fiction, character is everything. It is character that helps a writer understand events and interpret them, simply because every historical event, unless it’s a natural disaster, is man-made. Battles are a consequence of human...
by Lucille Turner | Nov 29, 2016 | History and Fiction
Present-day Istanbul was once called Constantinople, and it was in Greek hands until it fell to the Ottoman army in 1453. For centuries the city was the principal capital of the Christian world, until Rome replaced it little by little, exerting its power through the...
by Lucille Turner | Oct 10, 2016 | Art
MLXLS As you will already know if you read my last post, The Barbarian of Europe, the Eastern European peoples, who were once the Goths, carried their legacy of the ‘barbarians’ of Europe into the twentieth century through two world wars in a battle for...
