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Meet author M.E. Javits
Margaretha Espersson Javits was born in Stockholm, Sweden. After graduating from Teachers College in Stockholm, she left for the United States, earning her Doctorate in Psychology and Higher Education at Columbia University. She served as an Assistant Dean in its School of General Studies for several years before leaving academia to work at a leading advertising agency in New York.
She accompanied her US Ambassador husband to Europe for eight years before returning to the US, where they now reside in Palm Beach, Florida.
"Ah, You are Indeed a Folkung"
...nodded the deposed Swedish King, referring to their venerable clan name as he scrutinized the boy standing tall before him. This youth had the air of a lad who knew he was special. "You look like a young lion." He continued "Like my father, Birger Jarl when he was young. The same look. A true ruler. I pray you will be a good king."
"You are mistaken uncle," Erik said.
"It is my older brother Birger who is the King"
"Indeed" smiled the old man, "but then things change..."
The true historical record of the royal brothers comes to life in this epic tale of love, lust, and royal crimes played out across the snowy landscapes, light summer nights, and medieval castles of Scandinavia.
A note from the author
Writing historical fiction is like riding on a history train. You know what happened at every station through dates and events like marriages, births, coronations, wars, treaties, and legal contracts. But what happens on the ride is all yours! Fitting the two together is the hard part!
I have based my research on many historians for the time period and much on the doctoral dissertation by Sverker Rosen, "The feud between King Birger and his Brothers." However, this source, and most others, was written long after the facts. The most contemporary writing I found is The Erik Chronicle in versed rime, probably composed in the early part of the 14th century, to glorify Duke Erik. (Some historians suspect that it was commissioned by Mats Kettilmundson.) So no sources seem totally reliable. But the second word in Historical Fiction is just that, Fiction!
- M.E. Javits
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