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Author Archives: Patricia
Humanities West: Emma of Normandy
Humanities West The Humanities West Program featuring Emma of Normandy was held on March 20, 2026 at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, and you can watch the entire program through the link above. It began with my deep dive … Read More
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The Puzzling Death of King Cnut
Cnut, king of England, Denmark and Norway, died on 12 November 1035. It is difficult to know his exact age at the time of his death because, like so many royals in this period, his birth date was not recorded. … Read More
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The Mystery at Avebury
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
August Event at Book Passage
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
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
My Favorite Reads in 2023
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
Wandering Through History
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
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
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
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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