The images you'll see as you scroll down to the current text are all part of the story telling in my novel, Realms of Gold:Ritual to Romance.


Bianca Caldwell, pen name, Bianca Fiore, is a writer for an art magazine. In each of her monthly stories she describes an object used in ancient ritual.

From Sybaris to Burgundy - Part Six


French and Italian translations follow the English text.
Translation. French, Dr. Thierry Boucquey: Italian, Dottoressa Paola Biscosi


Part VI
My research on Chrétien eventually led me to read The Historical King Arthur by Geoffrey Ashe, a Cambridge don, and the most famous Arthurian expert.  His theory: in Late Antiquity, circa 460 A.D., Arthur Riothamus (kingliest or great king) King of the Britons, was called into service by the Romans to rid Gaul of the Visigoths. Although an historical Arthur was described in The History of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth a few generations before Chrétien de Troyes, it was Chrétien who first wrote about Arthur as a character in his Four Romances.  Chrétien was also the first to write of Lancelot and Guinevere and Camelot.  In his  last, unfinished romance, Le Conte du Graal, he told the story of  Blanchefleur and Perceval--and a grail.   


De Sybaris en Italie jusqu'en Bourgogne - Part VI

Mes recherches sur Chrétien m’ont finalement menée à the historical l King Arthur.  Arthur Riothamus (460 av. JC), roi des Bretons, a été recruté par les Romains pour débarrasser la Gaule des Wisigoths. Bien que Geoffrey de Monmouth ait décrit un Arthur historique dans son  Historia Regum Brittaniae quelques générations avant Chrétien de Troyes, c’est ce dernier qui a écrit en premier sur Arthur comme personnage dans ses quatre romans. Chrétien a également été le premier à écrire au sujet de Lancelot, de Guenièvre et de la Table Ronde. Dans son dernier roman, Le Conte du Graal, qu’il n’a pas achevé, il a raconté l'histoire de Blanchefleur et de Perceval ainsi que du Graal.


Dall’italica Sibari alla Borgogna in Francia - Part VI

In ultima analisi, la mia ricerca su Chrétien mi condusse  The Historical Of Britain di Geoffrey de  Monmouth.   Secondo la sua teoria, Arthur Riothamus (460 a.C),  re britannico, sarebbe stato inviato dai romani per liberare la Gallia dai Visigoti. Benché l’esistenza storica di un Artù ci