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by ruthakik
Sat Sep 01, 2018 6:13 am
Forum: Philip and Alexander's predecessors
Topic: ' The lameness of king Philip II .'
Replies: 129
Views: 7900340

Re: ' The lameness of king Philip II .'

I saw the skeleton when it was first displayed back in 1979 at the museum in Thessaloniki, before it was moved to the tombs at Vergina. You could clearly see the break in the leg. The novel I am writing now has some of Philip in it including when he received this serious injury so I've doing a lot o...
by ruthakik
Sat Sep 01, 2018 6:11 am
Forum: Alexander the Great in the Media
Topic: Fire from Heaven
Replies: 5
Views: 9791

Re: Fire from Heaven

Mary Renault has been a writing mentor of mine. Her FIRE FROM HEAVEN inspired me so much when I was writing my own novel SHADOW OF THE LION. I learned from her, not only the history but the way to develop Alexander's story. I have read most of her books including those she wrote back in the '30's wh...
by ruthakik
Sat Sep 01, 2018 6:08 am
Forum: Book reviews
Topic: Volume 2 SHADOW OF THE LION: THE FIELDS OF HADES
Replies: 4
Views: 8071

Re: Volume 2 SHADOW OF THE LION: THE FIELDS OF HADES

Well it's been a busy time of promotions for both volumes of SHADOW OF THE LION (since BLOOD ON THE MOON was published in 2014 and THE FIELDS OF HADES in 2016. ) Besides book readings and events here at home (in Vancouver, Canada) I have visited Greece almost yearly ad done readings at the Canadian ...