Duncan Sprott Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

Writing Historical A Writers' & Artists' Companion is an invaluable companion for a writer working in this challenging and popular literary genre, whether your period is Ancient Rome or World War II.PART 1 includes reflections on the genre and provides a short history of historical fiction.PART 2 contains guest contributions from Margaret Atwood, Ian Beck, Madison Smartt Bell, Ronan Bennett, Vanora Bennett, Tracy Chevalier, Lindsay Clarke, Elizabeth Cook, Anne Doughty, Sarah Dunant, Michel Faber, Margaret George, Philippa Gregory, Katharine McMahon, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Hilary Mantel, Alan Massie, Ian Mortimer, Kate Mosse, Charles Palliser, Orhan Pamuk, Edward Rutherfurd, Manda Scott, Adam Thorpe, Stella Tillyard, Rose Tremain, Alison Weir and Louisa Young.PART 3 offers practical exercises and advice on such topics as research, plots and characters, mastering authentic but accessible dialogue and navigating the world of agents and publishers.

The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. and Ptolemy Philandelphus finds his wife ousted by his reptillian sister, who wants to marry him herself . But with the glory of the Ptolemies at its height after Egypt wins victories at Syria, it is the turn of the murderess to be murdered.Meanwhile, the people of Egypt are thinking about revolution .

Als Alexander der Große 323 v. Chr. stirbt, reichen die von ihm eroberten Gebiete von der Donau und der Adria bis nach Ägypten und vom Kaukasus bis nach Persien und Indien. Verwaltet wird das Riesenreich fortan von den zwölf Feldherrn Alexanders, den Diadochen. Einer von ihnen ist Ptolemaios, der Ägypten erhält und es zum größten Reich der Zeit macht.

The House of the Eagle begins Duncan Sprott's 'Ptolemies Quartet', an epic and ingenious restoration of the dark and glittering story of ancient Alexandria and the Greek Pharaohs of Egypt, whose extraordinary dynasty spans twelve generations from the death of Alexander the Great to the fall of Cleopatra. Narrated by Thoth, the ibis-headed Egyptian god of writing and wisdom, this book details the rise of the shrewd Ptolemy I from ordinary soldier of Macedon to Satrap of Egypt, and his coronation as Pharaoh and a god in his own lifetime. A triumph of historical salvage, The House of the Eagle brings vividly to life the most bizarre family that ever existed. 'After the first few pages something extraordinary happens, and you find yourself lulled by the story's relentless onward push . . . It slips by like a bad dream that leaves you feeling still shaken in the morning. And that is meant as the highest compliment.' Kathryn Hughes, Guardian

Dem Maler Francois Boucher hat sie für ein aufsehenerregendes Aktbild Modell gestanden. Als Mätresse kommt sie an den Hof König Ludwigs XV. und bringt es auf einigen Umwegen zu einer der reichsten Damen von Versailles: Marie-Louise, Tochter eines verarmten irischen Abenteurers. Als jedoch die Revolution ausbricht und es plötzlich lebensgefährlich ist, Aristokratin zu sein, schlüpft sie schnell wieder in die Rolle der armen Irin aus der Gosse...