Kathleen Kirkwood Historical Romance
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Kathleen Kirkwood is the pseudonym for award-winning, best-selling author Anita Gordon. She is the recipient of the Romance Writers of America's 1989 Golden Heart Award and winner of RWA Desert Rose Chapter's 2002 Golden Quill Award among other honors and recognitions. Having an abiding love for history.
Kathleen Kirkwood Historical Romance
3y ago
Happy 2019!
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“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come …”
I love this quote from Tennyson and would add that countless possibilities and fresh adventures await us as well. May they all be happy ones in 2019!
Many months have passed since my last newsletter. For those who have recently joined us, Mr. KK and I relocated across country from the desert southwest to the mid-Atlantic to care for my parents who were then entering ..read more
Kathleen Kirkwood Historical Romance
3y ago
VIKING AGE ICELAND
Viking Longships in an Icelandic inlet
Earlier this year, I was honored to be a guest author on Regan Walker’s marvelous Historical Romance Review blog site. My article, “Viking Age Iceland, the Land of Ice and Fire,” appeared January 23, 2018.
As so often happens, the research that went into developing the article grew so extensive that much of it had to be sacrificed and could not be included in the final piece. Hence the article focused on the discovery and first settlements of Iceland but left aside its laws and literature.
Rather than have this material lan ..read more
Kathleen Kirkwood Historical Romance
3y ago
VIKING AGE ICELAND
Law: Icelandic Democracy and the Althing
From its founding, Iceland was a self-governing society of free landholders. They recognized no sovereign or overlord, established no central authority, and maintained no army. Instead, a complex system of ancient Germanic law codes bound them together – the law plus personal honor.
It is believed that Ingolfr’s son, Thorstein, an important goði in his own right, founded the first thing (local legislative assembly) presided over by a goði as law-speaker. The goðar held esteem due to their knowledge and understanding of the law ..read more
Kathleen Kirkwood Historical Romance
3y ago
VIKING AGE ICELAND
Literature: our great debt to Iceland
How impoverished our knowledge of the Viking world would be today if it were not for the great literary treasures of Iceland. By contrast, little survives from other countries of that time period. Almost all of what we know of Norse mythology, Viking navigation, law codes, everyday life, etc. is preserved in the Eddas, sagas, and poetry of Iceland.
It may seem strange that a remote island, just south of the Arctic Circle, should be the repository of such literary riches. Yet the country’s very isolation, in great part, contr ..read more
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3y ago
Escape to the Highlands!
Enjoy my best selling Time Travel novel
A SLIP IN TIME
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January 31st through February 4th
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Kathleen Kirkwood Historical Romance
3y ago
The Vikings are coming!
Actually, they’re already here!
January is “Viking” month at “Historical Romance Review with Regan Walker” (http://reganromancereview.blogspot.com/). Please drop in for a visit, Tuesday, January 23rd when I will be the guest author for the day.
If you haven’t discovered Regan or her amazing blog, you are in for a treat. Regan is an award-winning author of Regency, Georgian, and Medieval novels. Each month she dedicates her blog to a different theme such as Scots & Highlanders, Pirates & Privateers, American West, Victorian, etc.
For the occasion, I’ve penne ..read more
Kathleen Kirkwood Historical Romance
3y ago
This is just a quick post to let you know that my Kathleen Kirkwood Collection #1 - Romancing The Unexplained ebook - is FREE on Amazon from today through September 5th ..read more
Kathleen Kirkwood Historical Romance
3y ago
I just learned that Kathleen Kirkwood Historical Romance has been selected by Feedspot as one of the “Top 100 Romance Book Blogs” on the web and that we may officially add their beautiful badge to our site. It now appears at the upper right of the page at the top of the sidebar. Here's what it looks like . . .
Check out Feedspot at http://blog.feedspot.com/romance_book_blogs/ for the list of all of the Top 100 Romance Blogs.
Cheers!
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Kathleen Kirkwood Historical Romance
3y ago
“April showers bring May flowers” and a new Promotion!
Be sure to look for my five day promotion
— May 2nd through May 6th ―
when HIS FAIR LADY will be available FREE
through Amazon for your Kindle reader or app.
For a full description see HIS FAIR LADY’s dedicated page on my website:
http://www.kathleenkirkwoodhistoricals.com/lady.html
The free US version will be available here, from Tuesday, May 2nd, through Saturday, May 6th:
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Kathleen Kirkwood Historical Romance
3y ago
Happy 2017!
A fresh new year and a fresh new promo. Don't miss my special five-day offer . . .
January 19 through January 23rd ― Collection #2: THE HEART TRILOGY e-book, which normally sells for $9.99, will be available FREE through Amazon for your Kindle reader or app. This collection includes:
THE VALIANT HEART ― Rurik & Brienne’s story
THE DEFIANT HEART ― Lyting & Ailinn’s story
THE CAPTIVE HEART ― Garreth & Ailénor’s story
The free US version will be available here, from January 19ththrough January 23rd:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EHYOUV0
Happy New ..read more