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The Ming Storytellers

The Ming Storytellers trailer

Articles featuring The Ming Storytellers:

12 Must-Read Titles in Renaissance Historical Fiction

Unusual Historicals - Guest blog and Q&A

Historical Novel Society Review

Deborah Swift blog

Off the shelf - 10 Vivid Renaissance-Era Books Set Around the World

Historical Novel Society Australasia - In Memory of Eunuchs

Teranga and Sun articles:

The Secret Life of Ming Concubines

The Mascherari: A Novel of Venice

The Mascherari: A Novel of Venice trailer

Articles featuring The Mascherari:

Unusual Historicals - Interview

Delve into 6 Enticing Historical Mysteries Set in the Renaissance

Crime and the City: Venice, City of Masks and Mystery

Wendy J. Dunn Blog - Review

Mystery Fanfare - Mardi Gras and Carnivale Crime Fiction

Teranga and Sun article:

The Enigma of The Mascherari

Julien's Terror

Julien's Terror trailer

Articles featuring Julien's Terror:

Backstory Journal

A Discovering Diamonds review of Julien's Terror

Herstory: Brittany and the Vendée – Secrets and Horrors of the French Revolution

Teranga and Sun articles:

Julien's Terror as a Psychological Thriller - Between Rationalism and Superstition

The Ankou and the legend of death

Calista

Calista trailer

Articles featuring Calista:

Digging into the past - Review of Calista

My Favorite reads of April 2022

Historical Novel Society Review

The Secret of Chantilly

(French edition)

(English Edition)

Articles featuring The Secret of Chantilly:

Novels Alive - Guest blog

Passages to the Past - Interview

Talleyrand's Table Diplomat

Calysia Pena Blog - Un livre chargé d'histoire

Teranga and Sun articles:

Le génie d'Antonin Carême ou l'histoire de la phrénologie

Understanding Talleyrand

The Signare of Gorée

The Signare of Gorée trailer

When Angels Fly - Why writing The Signare of Gorée was special to me

Gorée's fascinating signares - Guest post on The Coffee Pot Book Club

The Last Waalo Queen: Ndaté Yalla Mbodj - Guest post on MJ Porter's blog

Highlights of my historical research - Guest post on Linnea Tanner's blog

Review of The Signare of Gorée on Ruins and Reading

Review of The Signare of Gorée on A Darn Good Read

About the author

This is the blog of French-Australian author, Laura Rahme. Of Lebanese, French and Vietnamese heritage, Laura has a passion for history, art and the human sciences. She holds degrees in Engineering and Psychology.

Laura has published six historical novels. THE MING STORYTELLERS (2012) is a historical epic set in China's Early Ming Dynasty. THE MASCHERARI (2014) is a historical mystery with supernatural themes set in late medieval Venice. Her third novel, JULIEN'S TERROR (2017) is a psychological mystery/thriller set in revolutionary France. Her Victorian horror mystery, CALISTA followed in May 2021. In that same year, she published THE SECRET OF CHANTILLY, a literary novel on chef Antonin Carême and his relationship with Talleyrand. It was also published in France as LE SECRET DE CHANTILLY.

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