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Jewish Book Tour on Instagram

November 12, 2021 by Claudia Long Leave a Comment

book cover Consuelo

Welcome to my first post on my books as part of the #Jewishbookstagramtour. The Duel for Consuelo—book two in the Tendrils of the Inquisition series—weaves poetry, the Enlightenment, and the […]

Filed Under: Crypto-Jews, Mexico, Uncategorized Tagged With: #DuelforConsuelo, #HistoricalFiction, #Jewishbookstagramtour, #womensfiction, historical fiction, Jewish, Mexico, Women writers

An old law leads to forced marriage–can this bride be saved?

June 29, 2021 by Claudia Long Leave a Comment

 Barcelona, 1584 Dear Madam Mariana,  I dare not ask this question of anyone I know but–I must seek counsel.  In Jewish law, when a man dies, his brother is obligated […]

Filed Under: advice, Jewish law, love, sons, Uncategorized, widows Tagged With: #eggs, #fertility, #fertility foods, #halitzah, #indiewriter, #levirate marriage, #levirate union, #lovelorn #MadamMariana, #mandrakes, #Pride and Prejudice, #womensfiction, advice, Jewish, widows, Women's Dreams

How to not marry Igor, or, He got the estate, now he wants me!

May 20, 2021 by Claudia Long Leave a Comment

CP Lesley Song of the Sisters

[In which Madam Mariana travels back to Moscow, 1543, to help the lovely Russian noblewoman, Darya Petrovna, avoid her cousin Igor’s grasping ways: He got her daddy’s estate, and now […]

Filed Under: advice, artists, From Russia with love, Journeys, love, Russia, Uncategorized Tagged With: #indiewriter, #lovelorn #MadamMariana, #MadamMariana, #newbook #womensfiction #Latina, #womensfiction, advice, historical fiction, historical romance, Women's Dreams

Look who’s back! The original Mariana!

May 13, 2021 by Claudia Long Leave a Comment

Ciudad de Mexico, 1587 Estimada Madam Mariana, I am caught between two suitors–again! My brother in law, Jorge de Almeida, remember him? the “other Jorge,” my sister Leonor’s husband? Anyway, […]

Filed Under: advice, Journeys, love, Mexico, silver mining, Uncategorized Tagged With: #bigamy, #MadamMariana, #mercurypoisoning, #silvermining, historical fiction, inquisition, Jewish, Mexico, Women writers, Women's Dreams, writing

Madam Mariana fields a question from…a dog!

April 29, 2021 by Claudia Long 2 Comments

In which Madam Mariana fields a question from…a dog! Yes, even dogs have questions about love, about life… Dear Madam Mariana,   I am a Scottish Terrier named Bilbo, and […]

Filed Under: advice, artists, Books on Parade, Dog's Life, Dogs, Food, Journeys, love, San Francisco, Uncategorized Tagged With: #AskMadamMariana, #dogs, #dogslife, #GreyfriarsBobby, #indiewriter, #MadamMariana, #obituaries, #ScottishTerrier, #typecasting, advice, love

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