Tag: Paris history

• The Alchemist of Paris Book Map

  

  Here is a map of the key places in The Alchemist of Paris. Creating a book map has been on my to-do list for ages and I’m excited at how it turned out! This map posed the challenge of portraying a city in an earlier time period, and also a city which many people know…

  M. C. Dulac

  June 7, 2021

  Curiosities

  amwriting, creative writing, creativity, Historical fiction, historical research, mapmonday, Old Paris, Paris history, reading, The Alchemist of Paris, writing

• City of Signs – Historical Fiction Tips

  

  “My master, Monsieur Price, has asked me to go to the sign of the Three Hands again, although I dislike the place. He buys powders for his experiments there.” – Elise reflects on her strange instructions in ‘The Alchemist of Paris’ In an age when many people were illiterate, the most common way to navigate…

  M. C. Dulac

  January 13, 2016

  The Alchemist of Paris

  HistFic, Historical fiction, historical research, Old Paris, Paris history, The Alchemist of Paris, writing, writing tips

• Paris in the 1820s: imagining a city in the past

  Writing a story with an historical backdrop has all the challenges of fiction writing – plot, character arcs, settings – and also the challenge of creating an accurate and believable world. Setting an historical story in a place like Paris is an even greater challenge, as much of what we see today and consider to be…

  M. C. Dulac

  April 27, 2015

  The Alchemist of Paris

  HistFic, HistNovel, Historical fiction, Old Paris, Paris, Paris history, writing tips