tracing the fate of the survivors of the Black Hawk War in 19th century Illinois.

His last book (published) was the Native American tale Shaman (1991). His (non-fiction) history of Plaza del Lago, From No Man's Land to Plaza Del Lago (1987), traces the locale's wild and woolly days in the early part of the century, when the area belonged to neither town and was lawless.

It's a book of love, intrigue, and suspense during the time of the Crusades. On his own, Shea went on to write historical novels, including Shike (1981) set in medieval Japan, All Things Are Lights (1986) a story that entwines the fate of Cathars of southern France with the occult traditions of Courtly Love and the troubadours, and what probably is his most underrated work - The Saracen, a book published in two parts in 1989 depicting the struggle between a blond Muslim warrior called Daoud Ibn Abdullah and his French crusader adversary Simon De Gobignon. In the 60's he edited the Playboy Forum where he met Robert Anton Wilson, with whom he collaborated on Illuminatus! After Illuminatus!Īfter publishing Illuminatus!, Bob left Playboy to become a full time novelist. It does not store any personal data.Robert Joseph Shea attended Manhattan Prep, Manhattan College and Rutgers University and worked as a magazine editor in New York and Los Angeles. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies.

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