Emerald Silk, Five Star Publishing/Cengage
Colorado Author Janet Lane
Rocky Mountain News
Book Review
Grade: A
"This fast-moving, smoothly constructed historical novel quickly pulls readers into 15th-century ngland and its growing discrimination against Gypsies.
Final Word: Well-drawn characters and the strong sense of time and place will have readers rushing to read Tabor's Trinket, the prequel to this book.
.... Joan Hinkemeyer for the Rocky Mountain News
"Passion, intrigue, and vividly drawn characters that leap off the page. I loved this novel!"
... RITA award finalist Tina St. John
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Hello, and welcome!
I'm Janet Lane, author of historical romance set in fifteenth century England during the "Gypsy Honeymoon."
The Coin Forest series -
Tabor's Trinket, Adventures of Sharai and Lord Tabor
Emerald Silk, Adventures of Kadriya and John Wynter
Traitor's Moon, Adventures of Stephen and Nicole
Fascinating Gypsies .....
IDENTITY - Gypsies were first known in Western Europe as nobility, kings and counts who had traveled from Little Egypt. Initially referred to as Egyptians, eventually shortened to 'Gyptians, and eventually "Gypsies." Many prefer to be called Rom or Roma, nothing to do with Romania but a term meaning "man."
LOVE - How to say "I love you" in Romani: Kahm-ahf-toot
SOCIAL PASSPORT - Gypsies traveled during the fifteenth century with "safe conduct papers" issued by Sigismund, King of Hungary. They claimed to be pilgrims on a seven-year penitential journey out of Little Egypt.
CURRENT POPULATION - 10-12 million, located all over the world, with significant numbers in the Balkan peninsula, Soviet Union, Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa
EMERALD SILK - Jewelers identify emeralds by their hardness and color. Its green color is caused by minute traces of chromium. Emeralds sometimes contain feather-like material, often called silk, called by some a flaw, admired by others as unique properties of the stone. EMERALD SILK events occur in 1448 at a Somerset horse fair, at the Cerne Monastery, and on an island in England's Poole Harbor.
Copyright 2008-2010 Janet Lane, Author. All Rights Reserved.
...image courtesy of www.gemguide.com
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