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Judith Rock
“AN ARTIST IS ONE ON WHOM NOTHING IS WASTED...”
Years go, I came across these words, though I don't remember
whose they are. But I know how true they are.
Before I was a novelist, I was a dancer and choreographer;
actress and playwright; professor and police officer;
lecturer and researcher. Each of those passions and
adventures has deepened and expanded my writing.
The Rhetoric of Death (which will be released
by Berkley/Penguin on Oct. 5, 2010) is a historical novel
with a dark mystery at its heart. It grew out of my 17th
century dance research in Paris and is set in the Paris
Jesuit college in 1686. Besides taking you into the lavish
dance and drama the Jesuits produced on their college stage,
the novel also takes you into the treacherous world of
religious and political intrigue in Louis the XIV’s
France.
You can read up on the history behind the novel in
Terpsichore at Louis le Grand (Institute of Jesuit Sources,
1996). I think you’ll be surprised at what real
Jesuits were doing back then, especially with dance!
Books:
 The Eloquence of Blood, September 2011
The Rhetoric of Death, October 2010
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