Historical Fiction Research

Ricoverino de' Cerchi I write about Florence, and I've been lucky enough to make several trips to that storied city, for resear...

Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill Pieter Claeszoon I'm sure I'm not the only writer who has acquired a talisman or...

14th century manuscript of Dante's Commedia --> This post addresses one of my pet peeves in historical fiction. It is a so...

Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims, by William Blake Having recently spent some time reserving lodging in several cities for an upcoming...

Florence. Could this iconic picture be anywhere else? This is how people think of Florence, the dazzling city of the Renaissance: its ca...

Domenico Ghirlandaio, Old Man and His Grandson I have an off-again, on-again interest in family history. All history fascinates me,...

Ho, ho, ho! (from the Christmas Boar of San Gimignano) I had the best of intentions. I was going to do the research and come up with a desc...