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Posted by David Penny Posted on August 12, 2018 1 Comment on Guest Post – Joan Fallon: The al-Andalus trilogy and the story behind it
Posted in al-Andalus, Andalusia, Books, Interviews, Sevilla, Spain Tagged al-andalus, andalusia, Joan Fallon, moorish spain, Sevilla, spain 0 Likes 1313 Views
Today I have a guest post from my good friend Joan Fallon, who also writes about the al-Andalus region of Spain during the time of the Moors. The al-Andalus trilogy is set in Córdoba and its surrounding countryside. It is…
Posted in Beyond the Beach, Books, News, Writing Tagged Alhambra, andalucia, andalusia, Aragon, Castille, Fernando of Aragon, Isabel of Castille, moorish spain, Poitiers, spain 0 Likes 2540 Views
So the question is: Exactly why did I start writing about Andalusia, and Moorish Spain in particular? I introduced this in part 1 of this post, but didn’t give any reasons why. Here they are. Some years ago, probably around…
Posted in Beyond the Beach, Books, Self Publishing Tagged al-andalus, andalucia, andalusia, campo, moorish spain, moors, spain, white villages 1 Likes 2252 Views
[full_width]I set the Thomas Berrington Historical Mysteries in southern Spain in the area of Andalusia — al-Andalus to the Moors who lived there for over 700 years. After visiting Spain and the Alhambra once when I was 16 years old…