Donna Russo Morin

Donna Russo Morin

It is the function of the history book writer to tell us what happened;
it is the goal of the historical novelist to tell us how it felt.
Here is the history behind 'her' stories.
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Monday, August 27, 2012

MARRIAGE: ITALIAN RENAISSANCE STYLE

Much is made these days about finding the right mate—online giving a new outlet for the search—and the difficulties and angst for finding th...

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Goodreads Book Giveaway The King's Agent by Donna Ru...

Thursday, August 9, 2012

THE MISERY AND THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL

“It was an ascension that felled me, I assure you.” So said Michelangelo in The King’s Agent, a paraphrasing of the artist’s own words take...

Friday, July 20, 2012

VENICE: ITS BIRTH AND IMPENDING DEATH

Noon on the 25th of March 421. Many believe it is on that date, at that exact time, that the Venetian Islands were born. In truth, the l...

Saturday, July 14, 2012

BASTILLE DAY: POWER TO THE PEOPLE

He was already an impotent figurehead of all the injustices wrought by those who came before him, yet in May of 1789, Louis XVI sat befor...

Thursday, July 5, 2012

CHARACTERS ARE THE SOUL OF THE PLOT; PLOT IS THE RECEPTACLE OF THE SOUL (INCLUDING EXCERPT FROM THE KING'S AGENT)

That’s the answer I give whenever asked the timeless question, “which is more important, character or plot?” And invariably I get a look of ...

Thursday, June 21, 2012

THE GHOSTS OF LUCEDIO ABBEY, TRINO, ITALY

Light begins to run from you as soon as you step under the round arched cupola of ochre stone that guards the entry. The unpolished, rough...

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