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Layne Randolph in Writing Historical Fiction

Jan 12, 2021

I Moved to Sicily to Find a 19th-Century Bandit

What I learned about researching and writing a work of…

Layne Randolph in Writing Historical Fiction

Mar 21, 2021

Newspaper article from the early 1900s about Varsalona.

Writing Historical Fiction: The Premise of the Bandit Book

PART TWO IN THE HISTORICAL FICTION SERIES…

Layne Randolph in Writing Historical Fiction

Sep 25, 2021

Writing Historical Fiction: Churches and Cemeteries

When someone died during the pandemic, their…

Layne Randolph in Writing Historical Fiction

Sep 9, 2021

Writing Historical Fiction: How the Bandit Varsalona Won Friends and Influenced People

Layne Randolph in Writing Historical Fiction

Oct 7, 2021

Writing Historical Fiction | The Streets of Castronovo

Layne Randolph in Writing Historical Fiction

Sep 28, 2021

Writing Historical Fiction | Zio Peppino, the Man, the Myth, the Icon

PART FIVE IN THE HISTORICAL…

Layne Randolph in Writing Historical Fiction

Sep 30, 2021

Writing Historical Fiction | Sicilian Grandfather

PART SIX IN THE HISTORICAL FICTION SERIES: VARSALONA

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Writing Historical Fiction

Writing historical fiction takes tenacity and years of research. My subject, Francesco Paolo Varsalona, rose to power at the turn of the 20th century, a Sicilian Robin Hood who protected his peasant kinsmen while also being one of the most infamous bandits in Sicilian history.

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