In: Music| Renaissance| Sacred Hearts| Sarah Dunant| Uncategorized
7 Jul 2009Which is hardest? Writing the book or working out what the hell to pack for six weeks on the road promoting it? I am coming to see the deep attraction of a nun’s habit, although of course they don’t get to go on the road. At the South Bank concert in London last week many [...]
In: Cultural History| Historical Fiction| Sacred Hearts| Saints| Sarah Dunant| Women's Studies
4 Jul 2009Saturday morning , written after a rather wonderful publication party for Sacred Hearts which went went on way into the night. Woke up this morning to find an article I had written in today’s Guardian newspaper: about a fabulous novel I read by Julia O’Faolain while researching SH built around a 6th century saint, whom [...]
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