6/10/2023 0 Comments Troubadour mary hoffman![]() I love the blend of the modern and the exotic in these stories, which besides being magical fantasies also deal with strong emotional themes of illness and death, bullying and persecution. ![]() Each book is set in a different Talian city, based closely on real Italian cities well known to the author. The ‘Stravaganza’ series, beginning with ‘City of Masks’, is set partly in our modern world and partly in an alternate universe’s 16th century Italy: ‘Talia’, which can be reached by cross-dimensional travellers – ‘Stravaganti’ – who are in possession of certain talismans. ![]() A great deal of careful research goes into her fantasies, the well known ‘Stravaganza’ series – as well as into her YA historical fiction like the highly acclaimed ‘Troubadour’, set in the Languedoc at the time of the Albigensian Crusade. To be convincing, any fantasy world needs roots in reality – and Mary Hoffman’s wonderful books are an excellent example. After all, you don’t have to do any research, do you? You just make it all up out of your own head, don’t you? Well, um, no. Many people imagine that writing fantasy must somehow be easier than writing realistic or historical fiction. ![]()
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