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Real Historical Figures Turned into Fantasy Characters

One of the great joys of writing the Desolate Empire series has been fictionalizing real people. There are some huge benefits to this approach. I can turn about half of them into women and/or I can slander them egregiously. It’s …

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By Christina Posted on January 20, 2016 Posted in Characters, history 2 Comments Tagged with albrecht von wallenstein, ambrogio spinola, anne of austria, bernhard of saxe-weimar, cardinal richelieu, Christian IV of Denmark, Christian of Anhalt, Christian of Brunswick, elizabeth stuart, ferdinand II, ferdinand iii, frederick v, gottfried pappenheim, gustavus adolphus, johann tilly, maria eleonora of brandenburg, martin luther, maximilian i

Badass of the Month: Cuirassier

In doing some technical research for another main character, I came across these guys. Cuirassiers were named for the breastplates (cuirasses) they wore, and were a type of heavy cavalry popular well into the 19th century. In fact, they were …

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By Christina Posted on July 11, 2014 Posted in history, research No Comments Tagged with armor, cuirassiers, Early Modern Europe, gottfried pappenheim, Thirty Years War