Just back from Cluny Museum of the Medieval Age, Paris.
Talking on Sat 25 Mar 10.30am at Parisot Library, France on historical fiction.
Does historical fiction try to impose today’s moral values on another era?
7th century Visigothic votive crowns. Cluny Museum, Paris.
Historical fiction takes time instead of geography as an exotic arena for exploration.
14th century aquamanile. Cluny Museum, Paris.
One of my lead characters, a nun, uses Ovid’s rather racy love poetry as the cipher for her spy letters.
13th century censor, Limoges. Cluny Museum, Paris.
One of my favorite museums in Paris. I go every time I’m there to visit The Lady and the Unicorn!