Other Books by Florence Weinberg

Forthcoming Book: Sonora Wind. Sonora, 1766-67. Father Ygnacio Pfefferkorn, S.J. is called to Ures Mission where an army captain has been killed in such a way as to throw the blame on the missionary there. Ygnacio investigates, risking his life. In the process, he learns of illegitimate commerce--gun-running--between a Jesuit Vice-Provincial and Dutch traders; he is attracted to a beautiful widow seeking revenge against the army and the Jesuits for her husband's suspicious death; he is captured by a hostile Apache tribe, and is caught up in political intrigue. Ygnacio solves the crime, but he and his brothers are swept up in the expulsion of all Jesuits from Spain and its dependencies. Brutally treated, only twenty-one of the original fifty-one missionaries disembark from the prison ship that arrives back in Spain.

Release date is expected in 2009.

I have withdrawn my early mystery novels, Sonora Wind, Ill Wind and I'll Come to Thee by Moonlight from the market. Any copy still to be found in used book stores is to be considered 'collectible.' The completely rewritten, revised, enhanced new edition of I'll Come to Thee has come out under the title Sonora Moonlight, and that novel and forthcoming Sonora Wind, together with The Storks of La Caridad, will form a trilogy. Sonora Moonlight is volume one, Sonora Wind will be volume two, and The Storks of La Caridad is volume three. I have begun a fourth Ignaz Pfefferkorn mystery, to cover events after his release from Spanish prison, when he finds himself back in a very changed German environment. The provisional title is Home, Fond Illusion.

Also by Florence Weinberg:

Longs désirs: Louise Labé, Lyonnaise
(Translated by Myriam McGinnis)

Sa vie est un roman! Ces pages évoquent la vie de Louise Labé, Lyonnaise, à travers les voix de ceux qui l'ont connue et qu'elle a touchés par son amitié ou son amour, par son inimitié aussi. Leurs voix, leurs souvenirs ajoutés aux siens constituent aussi un mémorial du destin de Lyon. Au XVIe siècle, la prospérité de Lyon attire les esprits les plus subtils et les plus créateurs de France. François Rabelais y séjourne comme médecin à l'Hôtel Dieu. Un grand nombre de poètes comme Pontus de Tyard, Louise Labé ou Pernette du Guillet se sont réunis pour former un groupe appelé l'Ecole de Lyon, dont le véritable chef de file est Maurice Scève. La ville attire également des écrivains et des poètes de premier plan comme Clément Marot.

Louise acquiert au collège mixte de la Trinité de Lyon une grande partie de son savoir, de son aisance. Elle devient humaniste, poétesse d'avant garde et animatrice respectée d'un salon littéraire et artistique. Mais jalousée, calomniée et démolie, sa courbe de vie, depuis la promesse initiale jusqu'à la grandeur et la destruction, fait écho au destin de Lyon, qui, avec la renaissance du commerce,

Photo courtesy of Editions Lyonnaises

est montée jusqu'à devenir un des grands centres européens de la banque, des arts et de la culture, pour retomber sous les coups d'un conflit religieux transformé en guerre, de la ruine financière, de la dépression économique et finalement de la peste.

Un ouvrage au souffle épique, un récit que l'on ne quitte pas…

L'auteur, Florence Weinberg, est professeur de français à l'Université de Trinity de San Antonio au Texas. Ses études sur Rabelais en font une spécialiste de la littérature française de la Renaissance.

"Florence Weinberg reconstructs Lyon's spiritual, cultural, literary, and economic life with painstaking attention, with gusto, refinement and credibility. We can call this interesting and original book whatever we want: fictional biography, love story, the history of a poetic passion. What is certain is that this novel is captivating, well-constructed, serious, at times brilliant, well-anchored historically in a period rendered with meticulous care, illuminated by characters brimming with life, power and passion. I can attest without fear of contradiction that in publishing this book, Editions Lyonnaises showed both flair and inspiration."

--Valeriu Stancu, Editor-in-Chief of Cronica, Revista de Cultura, a Romanian literary review, of June, 2004

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