![]() ![]() ![]() Her settings range from prehistoric Britain ( Pillar of the Sky) and twelfth-century Iceland ( Two Ravens) to sixteenth century-Hungary ( Rakóssy) and nineteenth-century California ( The Bear Flag, Railroad Schemes, Lily Nevada, Pacific Street, An Ordinary Woman). What sets Cecelia’s work apart in the genre is not just her productivity but also her versatility she has the unique ability to make most any historical period her own. Since the publication of The Firedrake in 1966, Cecelia has published twenty-eight books, mostly historical novels. Their relationship was strong, passionate and occasionally violent, but above all, it felt real, as did the world they inhabited. After all, it was not the handsome young knight Roger d’Alene that Maria married, but his ambitious older brother Richard. It soon became apparent that this book was not your typical romance. Set during the Norman invasion of southern Italy in the eleventh century, Great Maria told the story of the daughter of a Norman robber baron and her struggle to survive in a time of brutality and aggression. ![]() ![]() Sarah Johnson Cecelia Holland talks to Sarah Johnson about about her two most recent books, the appeal of the Dark Ages, and her celebrated career as a historical novelistĬecelia Holland’s novels first caught my attention ten years ago, when I came upon an old paperback copy of Great Maria – misfiled, as it so happened – in the romance section of a used bookstore. ![]()
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