{"id":29904,"date":"2015-08-24T06:30:18","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T18:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=29904"},"modified":"2015-08-23T21:53:40","modified_gmt":"2015-08-23T09:53:40","slug":"background-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/08\/24\/background-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Background Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12626\" style=\"width: 103px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/03\/30\/the-gathering-of-the-lost-has-its-first-us-review\/gatheringofthelostt-mm-c\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12626\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12626\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-12626\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-93x150.jpg\" alt=\"USA\" width=\"93\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c-636x1024.jpg 636w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringoftheLostt-mm-c.jpg 1258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 93px) 100vw, 93px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12561\" style=\"width: 108px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?attachment_id=12561\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12561\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12561\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-12561\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringofLost-2Small1-98x150.jpg\" alt=\"UK\/AU\/NZ \" width=\"98\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringofLost-2Small1-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/GatheringofLost-2Small1.jpg 147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 98px) 100vw, 98px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK\/AU\/NZ<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/08\/22\/an-eye-opening-fact-ive-learned-from-my-book-research\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saturday I talked about an eye-opening fact<\/a> I&#8217;d learned from research into the Burgundian knights, undertaken as background for <em><a href=\"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/gatheringofthelost.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Gathering Of The Lost<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It got me thinking about some of the research I did for <strong><em>Daughter Of Blood<\/em><\/strong>, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>siege warfare generally, <em>and also<\/em><\/li>\n<li>famous sieges, <em>which morphed into<\/em><\/li>\n<li>battle injuries and siege-associated illnesses and their treatment from Renaissance through to World War 2, <em>with some side reading on<\/em><\/li>\n<li>diseases and amputations generally, and medical progress through the same period<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_29736\" style=\"width: 103px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/08\/01\/revealed-at-last-the-us-cover-for-daughter-of-blood-the-wall-of-night-book-three\/daughter-of-blood_front-cover\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29736\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29736\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-29736\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover-93x150.jpg\" alt=\"USA: Jan 2016\" width=\"93\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 93px) 100vw, 93px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA: Jan 2016<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29607\" style=\"width: 105px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/07\/14\/daughter-of-blood-the-wall-of-night-book-three-uk-cover-revealed\/daughter-of-blood-by-helen-lowe\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29607\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29607\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-29607\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-95x150.png\" alt=\"UK: Jan 2016\" width=\"95\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-95x150.png 95w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-190x300.png 190w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-650x1024.png 650w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe.png 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 95px) 100vw, 95px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK: Jan 2016<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The siege and warfare reading also encompassed delving back into material on armor and weapons, including warhorse armor and weapons, that I&#8217;d acquired for <strong><em>The Gathering Of The Lost<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned on Saturday, all this research turned up quite a few eye-opening, not to mention eye-watering, facts&#8212;most just as interesting, but nowhere near as much fun, as Saturday&#8217;s one about the Burgundian knights.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Saturday and the Burgundian knights post, <a href=\"http:\/\/maryvictoria.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mary Victoria<\/a> commented with a related link to an awesome art-of-horsemanship site: well worth <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/08\/22\/an-eye-opening-fact-ive-learned-from-my-book-research\/\" target=\"_blank\">checking out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And as threatened, fun or not, I&#8217;m probably going to share some of those other facts with you, so &#8216;watch this space.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday I talked about an eye-opening fact I&#8217;d learned from research into the Burgundian knights, undertaken as background for The Gathering Of The Lost. 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