Cressler’s Georgia Tech Commencement Speech – the Back Story
To those that were either present at graduation or listened after the fact to my December 2013 Georgia Tech Commencement Speech, one thing is clear: the subject was definitely off…
Convivencia (Coexistence) – Did You Miss the Boat?
History is my second love, right after my wife. So how is it, then, that my history teachers managed to omit a fact so breathtaking and so relevant to this…
Review of Cressler’s Emeralds of the Alhambra
Having just come to the end of the review cycle by the endorsers of Emeralds of the Alhambra, I have discovered something new in the process. Placing your 'baby' into the…
Visit the Inside of the Alhambra Palace
Emeralds of the Alhambra takes place in the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain, during the Castilian Civil War (1366-1369). The Alhambra is the best-preserved medieval Islamic palace in Europe, if…
Interview with John D. Cressler
One doesn't normally put 'engineering professor' and 'historical fiction author' in the same sentence. How did Emeralds of the Alhambra come about? No argument there! I have always enjoyed writing,…