HRADCANY – CHAPTER I

Two chapters of a work-in-progress historical novel concerning the reign of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II, Habsburg ruler of Christendom from 1576 to 1612, and his pursuit of objects for his ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ – a highly exclusive collection of items of artistic, alchemical and astrological interest from the four corners of the known […]

HRADCANY – CHAPTER X

Two chapters of a work-in-progress historical novel concerning the reign of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II, Habsburg ruler of Christendom from 1576 to 1612, and his pursuit of objects for his ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ – a highly exclusive collection of items of artistic, alchemical and astrological interest from the four corners of the known […]