{"id":622,"date":"2019-03-06T13:28:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T13:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catherinedunn.co.uk\/?p=622"},"modified":"2019-03-06T13:29:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T13:29:33","slug":"vampires-history-swords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catherinedunn.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/03\/06\/vampires-history-swords\/","title":{"rendered":"Vampires, history, swords"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes even when I think the pieces I&#8217;m working on have no connection, I realise that they actually do. These three topics are a case in point. Vampires, history, swords &#8211; what could go together better?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m excited to be working on the next book by R. H. Hale. Her first title, <a aria-label=\"Church Mouse: Memoir of a vampire's servant (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Church-Mouse-Memoir-vampires-servant-ebook\/dp\/B076WZJJYY\" target=\"_blank\">Church Mouse: Memoir of a vampire&#8217;s servant<\/a>, is one of the best contemporary vampire stories I&#8217;ve read. I like the way it follows in the gothic tradition and the author doesn&#8217;t run scared of long sentences and semicolons. 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