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The Mystery at Avebury

Posted on April 6, 2025 by Patricia

I was in England last September for the Historical Novel Society  Conference, and afterwards my husband and I settled down in Winchester where I planned to conduct several days of ‘boots-on-the-ground’ research. Along the way, though, we stopped at the … Read More →

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August Event at Book Passage

Posted on July 17, 2024 by Patricia

August 17, 20242:00 p.m.Book Passage & Cafe51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte MaderaPlease join me at Book Passage in August where I will be talking about The Steel Beneath the Silk and the process I use to shape historical events into … Read More →

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Author Interview: March 20, 2024

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Patricia

March 20 at 7:00 p.m. Pacific TimeA live, on-line author event hosted by The Friends of the Alameda Free Library I’m looking forward to this event, and grateful to the folks at the Friends of the Alameda Free Library for inviting … Read More →

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My Favorite Reads in 2023

Posted on November 11, 2023 by Patricia

Ben Fox at Shepherd.com polled hundreds of authors to discover their 3 favorite reads of 2023. My 3 favorites are pictured above, and you can read why I loved them at this link: https://shepherd.com/bboy/2023/f/patricia-bracewell Take a look, too, at the … Read More →

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Wandering Through History

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Patricia

The brilliant historical novelist Hilary Mantel once defined History as “the method we have evolved of organizing our ignorance of the past. It is the record of what’s left on the record…It’s what’s left in the sieve when the centuries … Read More →

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Vikings Valhalla Season 2 Review

Posted on January 28, 2023 by Patricia

BEWARE SPOILERS!!! Season 2 of Netflix’s VIKINGS VALHALLA follows the further fanciful adventures of Vikings in the 11th century and, unfortunately, presents us with a bucket full of ridiculous nonsense over in London. The series bears little resemblance to what … Read More →

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April Adventures in Wales: A Medieval Dyke, a Carnival & Bookylicious

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Patricia

In late April 2022 my husband and I made our first post-pandemic trip to Europe. We flew from San Francisco to Palermo, Sicily, making a scheduled stop first in Wales. It’s on the way, right? Back in January I had … Read More →

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Wrexham Carnival of Words

Posted on April 4, 2022 by Patricia

On April 23, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. I will be joining novelist Barbara Erskine for Historical Fiction Night at the Wrexham Carnival of Words in North Wales. Barbara will be talking abour her latest novel The Dream Weavers, and its … Read More →

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The Last Kingdom 5.10: Destiny is All

Posted on March 20, 2022 by Patricia

The final episode of this season takes place at Bebbanburg, where the show and the novels have been leading from the beginning. How that return to Bebbanburg plays out in this series bears little resemblance to what happens in the … Read More →

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The Last Kingdom 5.9: The Best Laid Plans…

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Patricia

  TLK Episode 9 begins with Uhtred’s men and the Mercian Guard preparing to ride out from the burh at York to make for Bebbanburg under Uhtred’s command. Uhtred has plenty of reasons for leading a force against Bebbanburg: the … Read More →

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