Franco Renrow's Blog - Posts Tagged "thriller"

The legend of the drummer boy is that a tunnel was discovered in Richmond, that is the one in North Yorkshire, and there were stories that it connected to the Abbey at Easby, where the drummer boy was sent down the entrance with his drums. He began playing his drums as he walked down the tunnel, and above the soldiers followed the noise. The stone marks the spot where the drumming stopped and the boy was never seen again.

This is a perfect legend to weave into a novel that is based on historical fiction. In my first novel, Past Glory, I weave in the legend and take the reader to an imaginary tunnel network constructed out of the stone as part of an ancient network. I developed the narrative around a secret entrance from St Mary's church and build a mysterious mechanism to a chamber as part of a treasure hunt.

The freedom of fiction allows the author to explore and build credible sub plots made more plausible when weaving in local legends.