Author of The Reversible Mask
“This is a glorious novel! Rich in detail and atmosphere, jewel-like in its creation of Elizabethan England, it’s the best kind of historical fiction, transporting readers to a captivating time and place and story. Goldberg does a magnificent job of conveying the intrigue, passion and sometimes sheer sumptuousness of Elizabeth I’s court and politics. I …
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Lively pre-release discussion of the historical events that inspired The Reversible Mask: a guest post over at The Anne Boleyn Files.
Wide-ranging, probing, and dynamic questions about The Reversible Mask (and music!) in these new interviews by Adrienne Dillard and Maria Alexander: Read Adrienne Dillard’s interview on her blog here Read Maria Alexander’s interview on her blog here
I chatted with fellow HNS writer Lisa Yarde over at her blog, The Bajan Sribbler, where she asked about the upcoming book and historical inspiration! Read here.
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 6 PM – 8 PM Jefferson Market Library 425 Ave of the Americas at 10th St, New York, New York 10011 -Free and open to the public- Come join us in celebrating the release of my debut novel! We’ll have a reading, a slideshow, a Q&A, and refreshments.
An excellent and thoughtful review that digs in deep! Read Here. Written for Fearless Bloggers blog tour, International Thriller Writers
Kathleen Lea, Geoffrey Ashe and Leo Hicks all mention Sir Anthony Standen’s trip to Constantinople in articles, taking the account bearing his name on the title page at face value. Leo Hicks S.J. in The Embassy of Sir Anthony Standen, Recusant History, April 1963 states that Standen was in Constantinople in 1578 or before, citing …
I wrote in my first blog that I would say more about Sir Anthony Standen, the inspiration for Sir Edward Latham. Standen’s actions and motives are sketchy; they can support opposing characterizations. When a spy’s handler advises him in letters to write like a Catholic and the spy does, it’s hard to pinpoint his real …
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Members of my writers group asked me what influenced me in creating Latham? Initially, a spy I knew as a friend, then fiction and non-fiction. But a documentary offered me the most compelling crawl around a spy’s emotional innards. The Green Prince is an interview with the son of a Hamas leader—the Green Prince—who spied …
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