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Isolde Martyn

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Isolde has always had a great love of history, and writing historical fiction is a wonderful way to share her enthusiasm.

THE MAIDEN AND THE UNICORN, Isolde's debut novel, won a Rita for 'Best First Novel' in the US and the inaugural 'Romantic Book of the Year Award' in Australia. Since then, she has written eight historicals and has just finished an Elizabethan novel: The April King based on real events surrounding Shakespeare's patron.

Isolde has a History Honours degree from the University of Exeter, UK, with a specialization in Yorkist England, a lifelong interest, and she has worked as a university history tutor, research assistant and archivist. She was a senior book editor with a major international publishing house before taking up w
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Isolde Martyn Lymond and Philippa in Dorothy's Dunnett's Lymond series especially the final novel Checkmate. The dynamics between them were superb. I've read the l…more Lymond and Philippa in Dorothy's Dunnett's Lymond series especially the final novel Checkmate. The dynamics between them were superb. I've read the last three books of the series again and again.(less)
Isolde Martyn The flex of the electric heater quivered as though the current was running the other way. In disbelief, he watched it jerk its plug out of the socket …moreThe flex of the electric heater quivered as though the current was running the other way. In disbelief, he watched it jerk its plug out of the socket and, like the tail of an angry cat, begin to whip.(less)
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Changing eras

Hi Everyone,
Many thanks to all those of you who kindly sent in the lovely reviews of TROUBADOUR. I am so delighted you enjoyed the story. It's the first one I've done with completely fictional main characters for quite a while and I had no idea how it would be received. I originally wrote it with a different character as the hero and it didn't work so I rewrote the whole story.
It's a big jump fro Read more of this blog post »
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“And there are no words left, try as men may, to describe that little death, that incandescent instant when, transacted with mutual love, there is no difference between sweet submission and exquisite conquest.”
Isolde Martyn, Mistress to the Crown

“Fortune’s a fickle wench. She can knee you in the groin at any time.”
Isolde Martyn, Mistress to the Crown

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