At Kim’s blog, Outtakes of a Historical Novelist, you’ll find posts about history, writing, and anything else that inspires her or piques her curiosity. Kim is also a contributor to Unusual Historicals and English Historical Fiction Authors.
Kim Rendfeld Outtakes of a Historical Novelist
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Rebuilding Paderborn: Charlemagne’s Political Statement
by Kim Rendfeld on November 14, 2018 at 11:45 am
For Frankish King Charles (Charlemagne), building a palace at the Saxon settlement of Paderborn was a way to physically impose …Continue reading &rarr […]
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No One Would Believe an Oath Stops Murderers
by Kim Rendfeld on October 17, 2018 at 10:00 am
The ninth century monk Notker the Stammerer has an interesting take on the discovery of the plot to overthrow Charlemagne …Continue reading &rarr […]
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It’s Not Me; It’s My Characters: Disabilities
by Kim Rendfeld on October 10, 2018 at 10:00 am
One of the toughest things for me as a 21st century novelist is when my medieval heroine believes something I …Continue reading &rarr […]
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Was Pepin the Hunchback Really Hunchbacked?
by Kim Rendfeld on October 3, 2018 at 10:00 am
In Queen of the Darkest Hour, I needed to make a choice: should Charlemagne’s eldest son, Pepin, have a deformed …Continue reading &rarr […]
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The Princess and Emperor’s Breakup
by Kim Rendfeld on September 19, 2018 at 10:00 am
One untrue tidbit from research for Queen of the Darkest Hour: Frankish Queen Fastrada was so envious that her stepdaughter …Continue reading &rarr […]