Paula Wynne

My character Monte Rossa in The Luna Legacy is asked by Queen Isabel to search for a holy relic hidden by the Sultan in Alhambra Palace. This is one of the clues, but what does it mean?

My character Monte Rossa in The Luna Legacy is asked by Queen Isabel to search for a holy relic hidden by the Sultan in Alhambra Palace. This is one of the clues, but what does it mean?

This caligraphy inscription is carved into the stone walls of Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain. It is a Muslim saying dating back to the earliest Sultan who built the first palace.

I was looking for ideas for an ancient well which I have featured in The Luna Legacy.

This is the Alhambra Palace Alcazaba featured in The Luna Legacy where my character Monte Rossa is being shown the palace by the previous Sultan's nephew.

I absolutely adore this medieval period dress! I would have used it for Queen Isabel in The Luna Legacy but there wasn't an appropriate scene to dress her in this gorgeous garment.

When I was looking for ideas on what Carmen, my Spanish dancer in The Luna Legacy could look like I found this image of a dancer.

I found this image of the day that Queen Isabel and King Fernando take possession of The Alhambra Palace in Granada.

I described this medieval dress fpr a noblewoman in one of the scenes for my character Violante.

In one of the scenes where my character Monte Rossa has to make a critical choice, I used this image to inspire me about how my Spanish dancer would look and dance for a wedding in Granada.

I used this image when creating the cobbled yet grassy courtyard with a fountain where my character Nina Monterossa reveals a big secret to her new friend Skye in The Luna Legacy.

While writing the scene where my character was captured I searched for ideas of how the villain could torture her.

This is how I imagine my medieval abbey on Sierra del Torcal featured in The Sacred Symbol to look like.

In my imagination, this is the medieval caravelle that Christopher Columbus set sail in.

When creating my fictional abbey on Sierra del Torcal for The Torcal Trilogy and especially The Sacred Symbol and my free book, Elixa, I used this image to inspire me.

This is a vivid illustration of how a medieval community co-existed with a castle or abbey. I imagined this when writing The Sacred Symbol and Elixa.

This cross section of a medieval castle, gives a lovely insight ... or a peek into how the medieval nobles lived.

I spotted this image of a medieval man and loved the image. I haven't used it yet but I will find a place for this medieval man somewhere in my novels ...

It's dark outside, yet inside a monastery not far from the port where his ships were ready to set sail, Christopher Columbus and my medieval character and hurriedly writing his Book Of Priviliges .

I found this image and loved it so much I used it for when my medieval character goes into the La Rabída Monastery where Columbus is staying before he set sail on his first voyage to find a new rou

In my suspense thriller, The Sacred Symbol, I have used this real-life book, which is said to be one of the most priceless books in the world!

I used this image of how to draw a stone stairway up the side of a castle as my inspiration when creating my own stone stairway in my fictional dolmen tunnel on Sierra del Torcal in The Sacred Symb

Inside of the the rising sun shining into my fictional dolmen in The Luna Legacy, I used the full moon.

Winter solstice at Newgrange would be a spectacular sight!

Find out how I used an old dolmen as a setting in The Sacred Symbol and Elixa.

When I was planning the layout of my medieval abbey on top of Sierra del Torcal, I spotted this one and used it for inspiration for my setting.

Although I write fiction, historical mystery thrillers to be exact, this signature of the famed Christopher Columbus is not fiction.

Dunluce Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland was my inspiration for a vivid scene setting, yet I wanted it to be in Scotland on Columbus Island to fit into my 'Columbus' theme in The Sacred Symb