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Lafayette We Are Here

Lafayette We Are Here

by Stephanie Dray | Mar 15, 2021 | Adrienne Lafayette, Articles, Beatrice Chanler, Research, The Women of Chateau Lafayette

The Marquis de Lafayette was not only instrumental in helping the United States to win independence; his memory also played a role in America embracing her destiny as a world power. On July 4, 1917, General Pershing and his staff visited Lafayette’s tomb at...
10 Times American Politics Were Worse Than Now…For Now Anyway

10 Times American Politics Were Worse Than Now…For Now Anyway

by Stephanie Dray | Jan 18, 2017 | Articles, Fun Stuff

American politics is rough right now. You might’ve lost friends on Facebook. You might’ve lost friends in real life. You might’ve even ended up in a food fight over last Thanksgiving dinner with your drunk uncle. And I don’t want to make light...

Fiction writer aiming for gold with ‘Song of the Nile’

by Stephanie Dray | Jul 12, 2012 | Articles, Awards, My Works, Song of the Nile

Great feature article on me and my work in the Baltimore Sun, penned by Sharon Rydell, Sbrydell13@aol.com. Thanks Sharon! Great things are happening in the life of Dray, who has been nominated by the Romance Writers of America for a RITA award, the highest awards...
The Roman Princess Diaries: Being the Daughter of Augustus

The Roman Princess Diaries: Being the Daughter of Augustus

by Stephanie Dray | Jan 31, 2012 | Articles, Daughters of the Nile, Lily of the Nile, Song of the Nile

The star of my new novel, SONG OF THE NILE, is Cleopatra Selene. However, another young woman plays a very prominent role, and that is Julia, the daughter of Rome’s first emperor. Though their parents were mortal enemies, in my novel, the two teenaged girls form a...
Snake Charming, Serpent Symbolism & Slithery Politics in the Ancient World

Snake Charming, Serpent Symbolism & Slithery Politics in the Ancient World

by Stephanie Dray | Jan 10, 2012 | Articles, Fun Stuff, Research, Song of the Nile

  The heroine of my novels, Cleopatra Selene, is the daughter of the much more famous Cleopatra VII of Egypt, the notorious Queen of the Nile who is best known for having committed suicide by way of clutching a venomous serpent to her breast. There is some debate...
The Emotional Drama Behind Ancient Rome’s Theatre of Marcellus

The Emotional Drama Behind Ancient Rome’s Theatre of Marcellus

by Stephanie Dray | Dec 1, 2011 | Articles, Daughters of the Nile, Lily of the Nile, Research, Song of the Nile

Ancient Rome was going to get a new theatre; this was never in any doubt. Julius Caesar acquired and cleared the land on the shore of the Tiber River. However, his grand designs for the place were frustrated by his untimely assassination. Still, what are a few fatal...
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