I am thrilled to announce that I won the 2021 Royal Palm Literary Award for unpublished historical fiction. Our Florida Writers Association Conference was canceled because of Covid and the winners’ trophies were mailed. Mine came today.
RPLA GOLD MEDAL
This Photo Album displays my trip to my homeland and points of interest in the novel.
From Strasbourg to Salm to Nancy.
Vosges Mountains The Vosges Mountains 
Stone commemorating 200 years of Salm as part of France 
Crest of Salm 
Castle Ruins 
Humbert’s wine cellar
aka Ruins of the Castle Bernstein. 2012
Humbert’s wine cellar 
Fireplace drying herbs in the farmhouse at Le Petit-Courty 
Bucket from the Iron Mine in Grandfontaine 
Statue honoring the Blacksmiths of the Forges of Framont 
Lake de la Maix 
Legends of the Vosges. Evil Stone at the Lake de la Maix 
Lake de la Maix 
Abbey of Senones 
Half-Timbered Houses of Strasbourg 
At the time of the book, the Cathedral of Notre Dame of Strasbourg was the tallest building in the world.
Notre DameCathedral in Strasbourg
Sign hanging at the Lake de la Maix 
Map of the pilgrimage to the Lake de la Maix 
Legends of the Vosges. The Rock of La Chatte Pendue 
La Chatte Pendue 
Wild Hunt. Myths, Lore and Legends. Facebook: Women of Asatru
Legends of the Vosges. The wild hunt: Åsgårdsreien (1872) by Peter Nicolai Arbo (accessed from Wikipedia) 
The Devil, seated on a podium, playing on a violin and using his tail as a bow, ladies, gentlemen and children watching from the ground, the trees of Hyde Park beyond; illustration to “The Bands in the Park” (1856) Woodcut. Courtesy britishmuseum.org 
The Devil Fiddler 
Martin or the Devil playing at Lake de la Maix? 
Grotto of the Blessed Mother 
Catherine’s hometown 
Francoise and I in Vacquenoux 
Badonviller, where Catherine was jailed 
Pierre Percee home of Count Frederick Sauvage 
Francoise and Sign showing pointing to Salm 
Street Sign