by Stephanie Dray | Aug 28, 2010 | Entertainment, Historical Fiction Genre, Miscellany
This is an excellent review of the Sword and Sandal Genre in cinema. I’m not sure what the correlation is to novels, however. It’d be interesting to compare. I’ve been contemplating writing an article for the Romance Writers of America monthly zine...
by Stephanie Dray | Aug 26, 2010 | Entertainment
This is more than a little past my time period, but I cannot resist an ancient Roman sword-and-sandal epic and this one looks better than any recent such endeavor. This review makes it sound rather promising.
by Stephanie Dray | Aug 3, 2010 | Cleopatra Selene
When Cleopatra was wooing Marc Antony, she bet him that she could spend an outrageous fortune on a single meal. He doubted her. In response, she is said to have dissolved a valuable pearl in vinegar and gulped it down. But is the story true? No one knows for certain,...
by Stephanie Dray | Jul 5, 2010 | Cleopatra Selene, FAQ, Research
The story of Cleopatra’s death, as handed down to us by her conqueror, is that she killed herself by means of a poisonous snake. According to Suetonius, the stunned Octavian summoned snake charming Psylli to suck the poison from puncture wounds found on her arm....
by Stephanie Dray | Jun 6, 2010 | Cleopatra Selene, FAQ
In Professor Duane Roller’s new biography of Cleopatra, he theorizes there might have been some small part native Egyptian blood flowing through Cleopatra’s veins. I hope that is true. But even if it weren’t, there is no way to exaggerate the...
by Stephanie Dray | Mar 11, 2010 | Book Clubs, For Readers, Lily of the Nile, My Works
Ah, my debut novel. I was a neophyte, but I knew that I wanted readers to have this discussion guide. But wait, there’s more. There’s also this little printable book club kit to help you enjoy an evening with the ancients, bringing the past to life in a...
