Tim Darcy Ellis

“The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives” Resurrects a 16th Century Thinker Ahead of His Time

—∞— “Ellis writes ... with magnificent gusto … reminiscent of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall … a fast-paced and richly engaging story.” — Kirkus Reviews “Beautiful metaphors and tactile, evocative descriptions bring sixteenth-century England and Spain to life.” — Foreword Reviews —∞— “I was to play the clever little fish. And…

Chelsea CicconeNovember 5, 2020

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6 Fresh Reading Challenges for Your Book Club’s January Selection

Hello, 2021! Goodbye, 2020 — and good riddance! As your book club turns the page on the New Year, consider choosing your next read from a genre or subject matter that's atypical for your group. January is all about shaking things up a little, stretching beyond your comfort zone, and…

BookTribJanuary 4, 2021

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Today on Facebook: Author Brings Forgotten Renaissance Humanist to Life

Join us on our Facebook page at 5:00 pm EST today when we chat with Australian author Tim Darcy Ellis about his historical fiction novel, The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives, which chronicles the adventures of a great (real-life) Spanish humanist and converso as he flees the Inquisition for…

BookTribDecember 16, 2020

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Forgotten Renaissance Humanist Emerges From History’s Shadows

Debut author Tim Darcy Ellis stumbled across the subject of his novel, renaissance humanist Juan Luis Vives, by chance. Twelve years later, Ellis has produced The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives, a work of historical fiction that resurrects this historical figure through imagined personal writings that capture a man who was…

BookTribDecember 16, 2020

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Tim Darcy Ellis on Bringing a Forgotten Historical Figure Into the Spotlight

Juan Luis Vives, a Spanish Jew and leading Renaissance humanist, is not as recognizable a historical figure as his 16th-century contemporaries such Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Sir Thomas Moore and others, yet author Tim Darcy Ellis brings him back to life in the thrilling historical novel The Secret Diaries of…

BookTribNovember 30, 2020

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BookTribSeptember 29, 2020

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Inside History’s Heavy Book: 7 Tales From 16th-Century Europe

Crack open any world history book and you’ve got enough material to keep you occupied for the next millennium — and I do mean a millennium. Why do you think so many academics specialize in the history of one specific period or place? It’s certainly not because other eras and…

Chelsea CicconeDecember 15, 2020

Tim Darcy Ellis

“The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives” Resurrects a 16th Century Thinker Ahead of His Time

6 Fresh Reading Challenges for Your Book Club’s January Selection

Today on Facebook: Author Brings Forgotten Renaissance Humanist to Life

Forgotten Renaissance Humanist Emerges From History’s Shadows

Tim Darcy Ellis on Bringing a Forgotten Historical Figure Into the Spotlight

Tim Darcy Ellis

Inside History’s Heavy Book: 7 Tales From 16th-Century Europe

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