March 2025 - Loretta Goldberg

Dear Friends and Readers, During this siege, Dutch Protestants holding Antwerp invented three new weapons to throw at the besieging Spanish Catholic army. But contemporary images only exist of the first two weapons. When a reader of The Reversible Mask: An Elizabethan Spy Novel, drew me a period-appropriate image of this third weapon , I …

Continue reading “Hurtling back to the sixteenth century: A Fresh Twist on an Iconic Battle.TheTudor Society publishes my article on the siege of Antwerp 1584-5, a pivot point in my first novel..”

Welcome to my new website

Hello everyone! My wonderful publisher, MadeGlobal Publishing, is working on getting my site to look perfect for me ... please Read more

Total Theatre Lab, with Caroline Thomas

Glowing pre-release review of The Reversible Mask! "Persistence is the sworn enemy of opposition. Novelist, Loretta Goldberg, girts herself for Read more

Dear Reader Friends

Welcome to my blog and thank you for your interest in my debut novel The Reversible Mask.. I will be Read more

MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS KNEW HOW TO STOMP ON A NARCISSISTIC ROYAL HUSBAND

When Latham left Elizabeth’s court to serve Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots and her husband, Henry Stuart Lord Darnley, I Read more

Reader Views gave me a 5-Star review for The Reversible Mask last month, which I posted here. I also published my score card, which had mostly 5 out of 5 in most literary qualities but also two 4s. I assume it wouldn’t win, BUT IT DID! Here’s the text: “We are pleased to extend our …

Continue reading “Reader Views Literary Awards for 2024 Announced. My debut novel The Reversible Mask: An Elizabethan Spy Novel won first place in the Classics Division Historical Fiction Category for books with copyrights before 2024.”