Ain’s Song is Book One of the Pastimes Series and the winner of the Florida National League of American Pen Women’s Best in Unpublished Fiction Award as well as the winner of the Eudora Welty Award for Historical Fiction.
12th-century Europe revolves around the remarkable life of Eleanor of Aquitaine - Duchess, Queen of both France and England, and mother of Richard Lionheart and John Lackland. Eleanor and her husbands, Louis VII and Henry II, set the tone for the era.
Ain’s Song follows Eleanor’s story through the eyes of her cousin, Ain of Poitiers. The adventure moves from the taverns, courts and cities of medieval France, England and Italy, from Celtic lore, the construction of great cathedrals, crusades and pilgrimages, to the courts of love and music, poetry and plays of the troubadours and jongleurs.
PRAISE FOR THE PASTIMES SERIES:
"I love this story. Alice Moerk has captured the mood and tone of the period with credible accuracy and rousing humor."---Dannie Russell, Uganda
"I love Ain, a strong, insightful woman."---Rev. Rosemary Backer, Holmes Beach, FL
"…a very real sense of places and travels."---Dr. Elizabeth Waterston, London, Ontario
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Dr. Alice A. Moerk is a writer and composer who maintains her studio in Anna Maria, FL. She has worked with Thomas Canning, Ernst von Dohnanyi, Duke Ellington and Pauline Olivero’s Deep Listening®. Her compositions have been performed in Europe, South America and the United States.
12th-century Europe revolves around the remarkable life of Eleanor of Aquitaine - Duchess, Queen of both France and England, and mother of Richard Lionheart and John Lackland. Eleanor and her husbands, Louis VII and Henry II, set the tone for the era.
Ain’s Song follows Eleanor’s story through the eyes of her cousin, Ain of Poitiers. The adventure moves from the taverns, courts and cities of medieval France, England and Italy, from Celtic lore, the construction of great cathedrals, crusades and pilgrimages, to the courts of love and music, poetry and plays of the troubadours and jongleurs.
PRAISE FOR THE PASTIMES SERIES:
"I love this story. Alice Moerk has captured the mood and tone of the period with credible accuracy and rousing humor."---Dannie Russell, Uganda
"I love Ain, a strong, insightful woman."---Rev. Rosemary Backer, Holmes Beach, FL
"…a very real sense of places and travels."---Dr. Elizabeth Waterston, London, Ontario
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Dr. Alice A. Moerk is a writer and composer who maintains her studio in Anna Maria, FL. She has worked with Thomas Canning, Ernst von Dohnanyi, Duke Ellington and Pauline Olivero’s Deep Listening®. Her compositions have been performed in Europe, South America and the United States.
