by Alison Bass | Aug 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Please join me for a discussion about my novel, Rebecca of Ivanhoe, at the Newtown Bookshop Aug. 28 at 6:30 pm in Newtown, PA. I will be talking about how I got the inspiration to write a sequel to Sir Walter Scott’s classic tale and the research I did to imagine...
by Alison Bass | Jul 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
I will be talking about my novel, Rebecca of Ivanhoe, at Edgartown Public Library’s first ever Book Festival July 17. The event, which runs from 5:30 to 7 pm, features a number of local authors who will read short excerpts from their books, meet interested...
by Alison Bass | May 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Historical Novel Society just posted a great review of Rebecca of Ivanhoe on their site. The review starts out by talking about how the “prose and pageantry of Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe serve as an inspiring backstory for this newly imagined...
by Alison Bass | Apr 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
I will be giving a talk about Rebecca of Ivanhoe at The Book Cellar, a bookstore in Chicago on April 18. The Book Cellar, which is located in Lincoln Square, is my son and daughter-in-law’s favorite bookstore, and they suggested I reach out since I’ll be...
by Alison Bass | Mar 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
I stumbled across Rachel of Esra, the Jewish mistress to King Alfonso VIII and Spain’s Esther for a brief shining moment, when I was doing research about Toledo in the 12th century for my novel, Rebecca of Ivanhoe. She was known as Rahel La Fermosa, Rachel the...
