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Michelle Moran: “The Heretic Queen”

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Reading The Heretic Queen in London Paddington Station

“I am sure that if I sat in a quiet place, away from the palace and the bustle of the court, I could remember scenes from my childhood much earlier than six years old.”
– Prologue to “The Heretic Queen”

I wish there were still a thousand more pages to read but alas I have finished reading all of Michelle Moran’s fantastic fiction! I could not have imagined a more fulfilling journey through time back to Ancient Egypt than the one taken through Moran’s genuine voice and her simple yet beautiful prose. “The Heretic Queen” tells the story of young Nefertari which takes place nearly half a century following Nefertiti‘s reign. [Read more…] about Michelle Moran: “The Heretic Queen”

8 Brilliant Ways to Immerse in London’s Arts and History

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The bleak of winter can be a heavy burden on the soul. The sunless skies, the freezing rain, the brutal wind, the scenery of naked trees stripped of all life until the warmer seasons. However do we make it to spring year after year without losing heart?

For me, it is taking refuge in the richness of the arts, the mystique of history and the warmth of theater in the city. It is travel to a city far more frigid and sunless than home to find the warmth of soul for these winter months. A city where even on a second visit, the abundance of history and the wealth of arts and theater is simply astounding. A city so blessed with rich museums, grand cathedrals and flabbergasting talent in the theaters that you indeed forget about the weather, the traffic, the noise and perhaps even your problems at home for just a little while. The timeless city of London, England.

Walking in London in the winter

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Michelle Moran: “Cleopatra’s Daughter”

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Reading Michelle Moran in MontrealWhat did I do on a 4-day vacation in Montreal in September? We came to Canada a few days before Toronto International Film Festival and Montreal was the obvious traveler’s guide choice in which to spend a few late summer days. We walked countless miles every day, and while I found the people warm and the climate superb and the food choices plenty, I was slightly bored with the city. So we hit the coffee shops and fancy Chinese tea spots and the Hyatt lounge far too frequently. In these hours over tea or espresso, I voraciously read through the 427-page fantastic tale of Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran.   [Read more…] about Michelle Moran: “Cleopatra’s Daughter”

Michelle Moran: “Nefertiti”

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Reading Nefertiti by Michelle Moran in ArgentinaThe most magnificent films of our time would be hard pressed in creating the visual images Michelle Moran stirs up with her powerful words, from a history that existed over three thousand years ago, a kingdom that ruled in the heart of Egypt in an unstable period, and a queen that was so beautiful and graceful that eternity indeed remembers her, as she had desperately hoped it would. “Nefertiti” is compulsively readable and a treasure of historical fiction to behold. [Read more…] about Michelle Moran: “Nefertiti”