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We hear much of the Roman foot soldier who gave the firm base to the fame of the legions, but other branches of the Roman military machine were equally important and devastating in battle. The Cataphractii and the Light Cavalry The histories and legends surrounding King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table owe [...]

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The Grass Crown is the highest accolade that a Roman officer could receive from the legions. It’s hard for us to imagine how this particular honour came into being, because the award originated in the lower ranks, unlike our system of handing out awards that tend to glorify the peers of serving or retiring officers. [...]

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LEISA SCOTT THE COURIER-MAIL JUNE 08, 2013 4:05PM IT’S the stuff of fantasy, this tale tumbling from the lips of Marilyn Hume, even if the scene is as ordinary as they come. I’d hoped for a knight in chainmail at her gate, perhaps even a sword stuck in a rock on visiting the home of [...]

M.K. HUME: BRISBANE WRITER RE-VISITS CAMELOT EXCERPTS FROM AN ARTICLE BY LEISA SCOTT THE COURIER-MAIL JUNE 08, 2013 4:05PM It’s the stuff of fantasy, this tale that tumbles from the lips of Marilyn Hume, even if the scene is as ordinary as they come. I’d hoped for a knight in chainmail to be standing at…

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When I was a little girl before I first went to school, I fell in love with everything to do with adventure and the glories of the past. My mother and the local library had a great deal of trouble keeping up with my insatiable desire for books and magazines with an historical bent. I [...]

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Web of Deceit, the third book in the Merlin trilogy, was a frightening task for me but this underpinning of fear eventually added enormously to my enjoyment in writing it. I love a difficult challenge even when it scares the hell out of me. In my studies into the depths of the Arthuriad, I have [...]

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My friends keep waiting for me to become excited at my great good fortune since I’ve been in the writing game for I’ve received contracts with Headline Review in the UK and the translation of my works into foreign languages. Then, to cap it all off, I have recently entered into a massive series of [...]

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I have just achieved the Holy Grail of Literature!!!! When the first books in my Arthuriad were published by Headline Review and released throughout the English-speaking world some four years ago, I was over the moon. My books were about to be released by one of the largest publishers in Britain and they would be [...]

A hundred years or so ago (or so it seems) when I was teaching, students used to accuse teachers of making up the writers’ intentions. Shakespeare, in particular, probably never intended half of what has been ascribed to him by critics. However, I’ve discovered that writers do insert treasured literary ideas or symbols into their [...]

When I was a younger woman, Steve Vizard ruled the television stations of Australia. Plugging into the distinctly Australian sense of humour, he came to epitomise a funny, penetrating and intelligent ‘TAKE’ on Australian life and their mannerisms. I admired his wit and brilliance enormously and never imagined that I would speak with him one [...]