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Prue Batten

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Prue was born in Australia and studied history and politics at the University of Tasmania. She has worked as a hotel cleaner, a cosmetician in a major department store, and a bookseller. But most properly, she was been a journalist/researcher for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Prue is a multi-award-winning cross-genre writer of historical fiction and historical fantasy. Her Historical fiction books of which there are two trilogies with more to come, are set in the last decade of the twelfth century.
She has collaborated in a number of excellent anthologies, including a number that raise money for cancer research, a cause that holds great meaning for her.
Her most unique contract is as an ongoing short-story writer for www. bopressm
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Prue Batten The shadow drifted over the top of her as she swam along the seafloor - sinuous, graceful but with an undeniable shape and power. Her heart crashed be…moreThe shadow drifted over the top of her as she swam along the seafloor - sinuous, graceful but with an undeniable shape and power. Her heart crashed beneath her wetsuit as she looked up to see the shape turn, heading toward her with the speed of an atomic missile, serrated teeth in a maniacal grin...(less)
Prue Batten Venice - 15th century. To the house of Nicholas de Fleury, the merchant. I would learn the art of trading fine imports - spices, silks, fine art - and…moreVenice - 15th century. To the house of Nicholas de Fleury, the merchant. I would learn the art of trading fine imports - spices, silks, fine art - and balancing on the knife edge of political rivalries of the time.

Based on the fictional life of de Fleury, in The House of Niccolo by Dorothy Dunnett (less)
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“The strong man is one who controls himself when he is in a fit of rage.’ Sahih Muslim, Book 32, Hadith 6313”
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