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Linda Proud

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I was born in the land of no hope and, around age 19, opted out and started saying no to everything life had to offer. I had a glorious two years of belated childhood then everything went dark. Though the pressure to conform suddenly intensified, I carried on saying no. I said no to what appeared to be my last chance. Then everything changed. I went into this period as a painter, came out as a writer, and since then I've said yes to everything and life has been completely magical.

While I was in Hades, I returned to a topic that had interested me at college, that of the Renaissance. Before long I was driven to tell the story of the men and ideas that surrounded Botticelli, against the dramatic backdrop of the Pazzi Conspiracy. I had to learn
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Linda Proud Adele, I've been very remiss in not keeping up with the Goodreads dashboard. In case you never discovered the answer for yourself, The Rebirth of Venu…moreAdele, I've been very remiss in not keeping up with the Goodreads dashboard. In case you never discovered the answer for yourself, The Rebirth of Venus is indeed available as an ebook, as is the prequel to the series, A Gift for the Magus. So pleased you've enjoyed my book.(less)
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On the naming of forts

Reconstruction of gatehouse at Alchester fort.

 

Finding names for places that are authentically ancient British is a patchy affair. Sometimes we know; sometimes we work it out; sometimes we haven’t a clue.

The ancient name for Cirencester (Roman Corinium) eluded me until a friend shouted across the allotments, ‘Linda! It’s Kyronion!’ He’d just read it in a recently published paper. (That’s Oxford al

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“Glancing round to see that no one was watching, I sniffed at it. The leather binding, soft and supple, was pungent, but it was the pages that interested me. They smelt nourishing, like new-baked bread”
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“It makes your buttocks ache walking on flat ground all the time.”
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“Then, realising that he had no one with whom to share his joy of discovery, he fell into an abyss of loneliness deeper than anything he had experienced before.”
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Linda Proud My fault entirely. Too busy writing to network, but am just waiting on edit of last chunk of latest novel and then I'm done with it, after five years, and itching to get on with the next. What are you working on now?


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David James Nice to hear about your activities, to hear about your activities, nice. But seriously I feel we are now, since Becky and our communications on the book (The Confessions of Becky Sharp out last year) a little more than cyber friends.


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