Category: Tamara Rendell
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Myth, Magic & Romance | Books to Read 2026
Arriving the 10th of January 2026, LAHANA is a speculative history novel set across ancient Europe and Britain, with aspects reaching into the eastern Indus Valley. There is original mythology, ancient spirituality, adventure, intrigue, danger, and romance. What more could you need? Over this year, I have polished the completed LAHANA from it’s beginnings as…
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Historical Fiction with Jesus as a Character
The stories of the Bible have inspired storytellers for generations. Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy and John Milton’s Paradise Lost have had an immeasurable influence on culture, imagination and storytelling that is yet to diminish. Lew Wallace’s Ben-Hur continues to demand the attention of Hollywood (few movies could be as perfectly made as the Charlton Heston…
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Eleni, the Light | Helen of Troy
I was only a story that Kassandra told. Of waves that sweep upon the sands and pull away into the uncountable leagues. Of the sun’s warmth born again and then the dark that chases on its heels. Of the light consumed by winter and then winter loosening its grip. The earth has poetry. In its…
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Odin at the World Tree
How the people grieved to lose such a king. Their laments chased at his heels as he strode the path to meet his Gods. His steps sure and true upon the narrow bridge that arched over forest, lakes, and mountains until, finally, it crossed over stars – awesome rivers of darkness and light. Odin looked…
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Book Review: Emily’s House by Amy Belding Brown
Official Blurb: An evocative new novel about Emily Dickinson’s longtime maid, Irish immigrant Margaret Maher, whose bond with the poet ensured Dickinson’s work would live on. Tamara’s Review: It is so easy to believe in this novel, to believe Belding Brown’s interpretation of the personalities and events involved. To see how Margaret Maher’s gift for…
