History Mysteries of Caroline Lawrence

Topics linked to the historical novels for kids by Caroline Lawrence: The Roman Mysteries, The P.K. Pinkerton Mysteries, The Roman Quests, the Time Travel Diaries and more!

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Golden Sponge-Stick Comp '11

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A winner & a runner-up from 2010 Are you a budding young writer? Could you create the next Flavia Gemina or Falco ? Well, here...

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Should Pompeii have a Theme Park?

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You might have heard me on BBCRadioFour recently, arguing for an historical theme park version of Pompeii to be built near the site. Why...

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Saturday, July 23, 2011

A Dirty Dozen Roman Artifacts

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by Caroline Lawrence (this is a longer and "Americanized" version of an article I wrote for the Classical Association Blog ) W...

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Long Live Pompeii!

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In preparation for a Classics Question Time panel about the survival of Pompeii in Cambridge, I've been reading Wilhelmina Feemster J...

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Story Structure Masterclass

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John Truby gives his Master Class in London 9 -11 July 2011 I have just finished attending my third Master Class with Hollywood script d...

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Friday, July 01, 2011

Historical Inaccuracies Rule!

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Try to avoid anachronisms One of the challenges of writing historical fiction for children is to balance accuracy and fun. It's no g...

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Truly Gritty

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My Top Five GRITTY Westerns for kids. Everybody has their own definition of a “western”. Here’s my definition: A Western doesn’t have to h...

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Caroline Lawrence: I write The Roman Mysteries, The P.K. Pinkerton Mysteries & lots more! (photo Ed Miller)

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