John Keats and "La Belle Dame Sans Merci"
John Keats’ poem, “La Belle Dame sans Merci”, remains a classic and it inspired Tim Powers’ novel, The Stress of Her Regard.
Read MoreScrolls of the Great Siege: Malta 1565
This past Friday marked the four hundred and fifty-fifth anniversary of the definitive end to the Great Siege of Malta. On September 11, 1565, the tattered and battered fleet of Suleiman the Magnificent sailed away from the tiny island of Malta, utterly humiliated.
Read MoreThe Savage Swords of Tim Powers
Award-winning author, Tim Powers, got to celebrate his actual birthday today, him being a Leap Year baby and all. I’ve been a solid fan of his for three decades and I thought a look at Tim’s more swashbuckling output was called for.
Read MoreThe Byronic Man -- Lord Byron at 230
George Gordon Byron, better known as Lord Byron, would be two hundred and thirty years old today. Perhaps "would" is the wrong word. After all, this is the man who inspired and served as the model for Polidori's The Vampyre and likely was a partial inspiration--along with Richard F. Burton--for the titular character in Dracula. Who's to say he doesn't live on, walking the nightside, somehow?
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