Posts Tagged: Historical fiction

More historical fiction from ancient Americas

16 April 2012

This time the action shifts to Mesoamerica. Having witnessed the fall of the ancient Cliff Dwellers-Anasazi, the main characters, Tecpatl and Sakuna, are now have to deal with an entirely different situation. It is the middle of the 14th century and the mighty Tepanecs are... Read More

The Rise of the Aztecs Part III, Tenochtitlan, The Aztec Capital

26 February 2012

“… When we saw so many cities and villages built in the water and other great towns on dry land we were amazed and said that it was like the enchantments… great towers and cues and buildings rising from the water, and all built of... Read More

The mysterious Anasazi and historical fiction

27 January 2012

Around the eleventh century, the modern-day Southwest canyons were alive with architectural wonders, cliff cities and sprawling fields belonging to the Ancient Cliff Dwellers, more known to us as Anasazi. Those ancients built their multi-storey great houses of hundreds of spacious, well-conditioned rooms with such... Read More

The Rise of the Aztecs Part I, were they always that powerful?

1 November 2011

Once upon a time, if you would ask the powerful Tepanecs who had dominated the fertile Mexican valley around Lake Texcoco up to the mid 14th century, the Aztecs were no more than pushy newcomers, coming out of the southwest, poor and semi-nomadic, bringing along... Read More

North America before the in/famous discovery – the terra incognita of historical fiction.

24 July 2011

The third largest continent on our globe seems to be slightly overlooked, by historical fiction most of all. Was anything happening on those vast, diverse lands before the 15th century? The logic says – yeah, probably, something has to be going on over there. They... Read More

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