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6 Aug 2009Having been on the road with Sacred Hearts and the Renaissance for almost four weeks (how rich and interesting to carry a convent of women around with you in your head) I am due a short break on a small gulf island off he coast of British Columbia and Vancouver island. I will read, eat, [...]
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15 Jul 2009I love this city so much. There is such a deep sense of relaxation to it. Any place where you can see mountains and water at the same timne is good for the soul. Not that I am seeing much of it. Tv am studios, books shops and the odd glimpse of a view out [...]
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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