Future Plans
The Lion, the Sun and the Eternal Blue Sky is a series of connected essays on the history of the Mongols in Persia The work will be published soon as an e-book.
I have already begun work on a new novel, a sequel to The Tiger and the Cauldron set against a background of the rise of the Ottomans. It will feature a few of the characters from The Il-khan’s Wife and The Tiger and the Cauldron as well as some new ones.
Apart from writing, my other great love is music. I play the piano, clarinet and saxophone (after a fashion) and occasionally entertain on these instruments. I also sing with a male voice choir and enjoy travel.
It has always been my ambition to write a comprehensive history of the piano and of the people, technicians, composers and pianists, who have made it what it is today. I have begun researching and have made an outline, and hope to start writing soon.