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Living History
Real places, real people, real events — the historical research that grounds Shannon's fictional worlds.


A Love Cast in Bronze: The Medieval Love Story Behind My Romantic Fantasy Novel
There’s a tomb in Westminster Abbey where a king and queen lie side by side in bronze. Their effigies are gilded and crowned with the initials A and R. It’s as if they were pressed into the metal like a secret between two people who didn’t care if anyone else understood. Richard II commissioned and designed the tomb while he was still alive. And he specified one detail that was unique to an English royal tomb.
Their hands were clasped together.
Shannon Steeves
Mar 164 min read
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