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Many of Sharon’s fans will remember her friend, Kasia Ogrodnik from her passion for Henry the Young King. Kasia is Polish and loves to share her love of Poland and its history. Recently, she invited author Elżbieta Cherezińska to talk about her books, telling the story of the first Polish ruling dynasty, and she agreed! … Continue reading Interview with Elżbieta Cherezińska →

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I have a confession to make: despite this being an unusual topic for this blog, it wasn’t really hard for me to decide to invite our guest to share today. I did think about it. For a minute or two. But then I sent off the invite via email, and now here we are. But … Continue reading Football is a Numbers Game →

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By Stephanie Churchill Ling I remember standing in that room, shelves and shelves of books surrounding me, feeling like I was inside a highly curated private library. The truth is that I actually was in a highly curated private library. It just happened to belong to a dear friend and one of the most beloved … Continue reading What are we going to do with all this stuff? →

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Today we want to celebrate the life of our favorite author. In some ways it would be fitting to enumerate her literary accomplishments, including a list of her books and her best-seller status. But that sort of attribution would be sterile and redundant. If you are reading this, you already know that Sharon Penman had … Continue reading A Birthday Tribute →

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Even as a 21-year-old, Sharon’s poetic prose seemed to predict the lyrical author she would become. Sharon’s brother Bill thought you might enjoy this letter she wrote to their mother on May 5, 1967.

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A guest post by Samantha Wilcoxson I was blessed to meet Sharon Kay Penman at a bookstore event for the launch of King’s Ransom. My nerves sizzled as I waited for my turn with the new brick of a novel and my UK version of The Sunne in Splendor, which I brought to have signed. … Continue reading I only regret that I have but one life to give… →

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by Margaret George Legendary.  This word is thrown around a lot, often being applied when it is wildly inappropriate.  But it is not inappropriate for Sharon Kay Penman, a truly legendary author of weighty—in more ways than one—historical novels. The legendary Sharon Kay Penman: Legendary in the story of how the only copy of a … Continue reading Legendary →

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Before a publisher agrees to a contract on a new book, an author must present a proposal for the book’s theme and content. Sharon’s publisher first heard about The Land Beyond the Sea (its original working title was “The Kingdom Beyond the Sea) in July, 2012. The following is her proposal for what would end … Continue reading Proposal for The Land Beyond the Sea →

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Hi Friends! This is Stephanie, your trusty page administrator and the trustee of Sharon’s social media. Continuing in the vein of Sharon’s routine support of other authors, I’ve got a special treat to share. I’ve asked author and historian Matthew Lewis to be a guest today. While his main focus is the Wars of the … Continue reading Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine: Founding an Empire →

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Guest post by Alex Marchant How well do you know the story of the real King Richard III? That was the tag line for my first two books about the man who is perhaps England’s most controversial king, The Order of the White Boar and The King’s Man. Although my third book in the sequence, … Continue reading Order of the White Boar →

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