How's everyone's morning coming along? I just came back from an hour long walk with my black Labrador. A lot of my stories come up when I'm out walking, but that doesn't mean that I don't have to do some research.
For instance, The Mercenary Tales are all based on an imaginary medieval age. Due to this I had to research on several topics. One of the things I tried
to look into detail was medieval town life. Throughout The Lost Mercenary Gregorii would make two stops at
different towns: One, the busy Kingdom capital, Sieghard, The other, a growing
kingdom city, Karpathian.
For my
research I used some books. For instance: True Swordsman, a guide to become a
true, modern swordsman, written by Adam Sharp or Manners, Customs and Dress During the Middle Ages. I also used several
websites, among them, “Medieval England - daily life in medieval towns” was extremely useful, or A brief
history of Brothels, an article on The Independent was also quite handy.
Below is a super short excerpt so you can have a
glimpse of how this research affected The Lost Mercenary:
Gregorii leaned
against the wagon’s wheel and smiled softly. Sitting under the shade with other
hired men, he watched the buoyant market square from afar. Men and women
hurried around buying, trading or selling goods. Amused, he watched a city
constable chase a young thief through the crowds, the tattered boy quicker and
with much more wits than the man in red livery. Pigs and geese wandered about
while peddlers attempted to sell them, clamoring their price at the top of
their lungs. Wagons both empty and packed skipped and bounded over the cobbled
terrain, causing the crowd to travel slowly on the teeming street. Near his
wagon, a buxom woman bargained loudly with his new employer, the carpet
merchant, Reed.
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Elyzabeth
2 comments:
I would think that research would be the most interesting part of all. I would love to find things about the past.
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I love historical novels and stories. I imagine that the research for these kinds of books are fun and amazing :)
Thanks for a glimpse!
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