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George Garrett’s Ghosts

04 Saturday Jun 2016

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Entered from the Sun, George Garrett, historical novelist, The Murder of Marlowe, translator

EnteredI think I’ve mentioned this before – but, as a Saturday thought, I’ll post a bit of the Author’s Greeting from George Garrett’s Entered from the Sun – the Murder of Marlowe.

It’s an irritatingly wonderful book, by the way, and one of these days I’ll have to write about it at some length. For now, let’s content ourselves with this… Continue reading →

Not Quite a Ghost Story

04 Thursday Feb 2016

Posted by la Clarina in History, Stories

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Bannockburn, Clan Urquhart, George Garrett, ghosts, Mantua, novels, Sir Thomas Urquhart, the Admirable Crichton

Sir ThomasOnce upon a time, I received a strange call from a lady with a German accent, who desired to know if she could speak with the author of Lo Specchio Convesso – that is to say, The Convex Mirror, my first published novel. On being told that not only she could, but she was doing it already – the lady introduced herself as a researcher for the Clan Urquhart.

“The descendants of Sir Thomas?” asked I, entirely astounded. Because, you see, Sir Thomas was an adventurer and scholar in Seventeenth Century Scotland and, incidentally, a character in my novel… Continue reading →

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