There are actually parallel stories to Gwenfort’s from other cultures, including a super similar one in Irish mythology. If you want to dive into the scholarship, this book is surprisingly readable: The Holy Greyhound by Jean-Claude Schmitt was my source!
And thanks for reading Inquisitor!

Three children and a white dog are seen standing on a hill

The Inquisitor's Tale by @adamgidwitz.bsky.social is one of the most moving, thoughtful, & beautiful books I've read in a long time. Inspired by the Canterbury Tales & brimming with medieval lore & history, it blends adventure, humor, & heart with a plot that offers parallels to our own time.

Love this!!!

Faithful Johannes He remained true until the end This trusted servant and dear friend Who saved our king, although the deed Forced him to slay a royal steed A wedding shirt he had to rend While knowing none would comprehend To cure the queen, he made her bleed He remained true But poor Johannes had no friend Who came to aid him or defend When, in his rage, the king decreed That he should be hanged with all speed But in the Book of Life, they penned “He remained true.” © Shaun Jex

I've never really written a rondeau before, but it felt perfect for this theme. It's a poem inspired by the story Faithful Johannes by the Brothers Grimm, as well as @adamgidwitz.bsky.social re-telling of it in his amazing book "A Tale Dark and Grimm"

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Now that IS high praise!!!

Thank you for listening! Euan Morton did an incredible job reading them both, right?

Just started listening to Max in the Land of Lies by the amazing @adamgidwitz.bsky.social, and I am only 50 minutes in and already I know it’s going to be a hard listen given the times we are living in…highly suggest everyone read/listen this and its first volume…

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They Had Never Heard of the Holocaust They had never heard of the Holocaust. I was standing in front of four hundred and fifty kids— fourth, fifth, and sixth graders—in Phoenix, Arizona.

"I told them some of what the Nazis believed: that they hat­ed Jews, immi­grants, non-white, LGBTQ+, and dis­abled peo­ple. Pret­ty much any­one who wasn’t a Nazi. The nods fad­ed. The kids’ faces began to look uncom­fort­able and upset..." Must read essay by @adamgidwitz.bsky.social

Max in the Land of Lies by @adamgidwitz.bsky.social was just as great as Max in the House of Spies. I was enraptured as I followed Max on his grand adventure in Germany as a child spy for England. Read these two books if you need historical fiction with fantasy during World War II.

I’m so glad you enjoyed!

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ll be on the Colin McEnroe show on CT public radio at 1pm talking with Prof. Carol St George about book banning and then with the legendary Prof. Maria Tatar about fairy tales! www.npr.org/podcasts/641...