The Assassin paid no heed to his quarrys death throes. His attention remained fixed on the long blade in his fist, on its pommel of yellowed ivory carved in the shape of a djinnis snarling visage. I am al-Hashishiyya, he said to the glittering-eyed devil. I am Death incarnate.
So am I, the devil replied . . .
On the banks of the ageless Nile, from a palace of gold and lapis lazuli, the young Caliph Rashid al-Hasan rules as a figurehead over a crumbling empire. Cairo is awash in deception. In the shadow of the Gray Mosque, generals and emirs jockey for position under the scheming eyes of the powerful grand vizier.
Ein Beitrag von Bettina von Allwörden (Meister)
When it comes to the everyday history and rulers' history of the Tudor period, I turn with confidence to Maggie Secara.
In the short time that I know her, I was impressed by the many large and small facts that she knows.
When I then received a review copy of her Tudor-Compendium (Link), I knew Maggie is more than a gossip ... but read for yourself.
Ein Beitrag von Bettina von Allwörden (Meister)
In the introduction to the book, called "Short Attention Span History", Maggie Secara already describes what her book wants to offer:
(...) should be common knowledge for those of us who work and play in the 16 `th century (...) the little things that make up daily life, that everyone knows without thinking.
The topics of the book cover a wide range from numbers and mathematics, love and religion, to family and social life.
Ein Beitrag von Horst Hermann von Allwörden
Janet Morris was on her way to become one of the "Leading Ladies" of fantasy and SF, when she gave up her career as a writer and worked for the U.S. government. In addition, she devoted herself to her own company in the field of 'non-lethal weapons'.
Janet Morris is now planning her comeback as a writer. As so often she does not work alone, but with her husband.
It began with a novel about Tempus Thales, who was born in the Shared World 'Freistatt ' (created by Robert Asprin / Lynn Abbey) into the light of the literary world.
We are now looking for questions to her, her husband, Chris, and the character Tempus Thales ...
A Death in Maastricht
THE LION OF CAIRO
... Maggie Secara ...
A Compendium of Common Knowledge 
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