Hello All,
Do you ever find yourself clamouring to comment and then bottling up when you get the opportunity? Well, that's me when asked to introduce myself online...
I am Michael Bolan, originally from Ireland, now resident in Czechia by way of a whole load of other places, including a very diverting decade in Moscow. I am a latecomer to historical fiction, driven in large part by the fact that Prague is like a living museum - history really is all around you, which makes it hard to ignore. The stories which underpin the very bones of this city were so gripping that I ended up writing about them in my books, The Devil's Bible Series.
Other than being an author, I run a part-time business consultancy, am a devoted father, a gin-obsessed bore and an armchair rugby fan. I prefer cats to dogs, and books to movies.
As Bugs said, that's all folks!
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Greetings
- michaelbolan
- Newbie
- Posts: 4
- Joined: October 2016
- Currently reading: The Grotto's Secret by Paula Wynne
- Interest in HF: History got screwed up for me in school, so I dropped the subject as soon as I could. It was only when I was older that I realised it wasn't history that was the issue, it was history teachers... Now I'm just trying to get caught up on what I've missed over the last two millennia.
- Favourite HF book: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
- Preferred HF: Many: classical civilisations (the Graeco-Roman era), the Dark Ages (northern Europe) and of course, post-Renaissance Early Modern Age - the time of discovery.
- Location: Prague
- Madeleine
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 5860
- Joined: August 2008
- Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
- Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
- Location: Essex/London
Re: Greetings
HI Michael and welcome, don't be shy to post! Prague is a lovely city.
Have fun finding your way round the boards, I think there are quite a few threads and book reviews on the genres you like.
Have fun finding your way round the boards, I think there are quite a few threads and book reviews on the genres you like.
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross
- Lisa
- Bibliophile
- Posts: 1153
- Joined: August 2012
- Favourite HF book: Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
- Preferred HF: Any time period/location. Timeslip, usually prefer female POV. Also love Gothic melodrama.
- Location: Northeast Scotland
Re: Greetings
Welcome to the forums Michael!
There are a few other cat lovers around here
Also I like your picture, you look like you've just won the lottery!
There are a few other cat lovers around here
Also I like your picture, you look like you've just won the lottery!
- MLE (Emily Cotton)
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 3566
- Joined: August 2008
- Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
- Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
- Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
- Location: California Bay Area
Re: Greetings
Hi Michael, and welcome! You'll find some great reads rooting through the boards.
Re: Greetings
Hello and welcome.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be