Survival Russia

Now… …this is the person we NEED in minus 40C. I love, love, love a good fire. :o)  

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The Foul and the Fragrant

I loved this book when I first read it. I’m loving it even more now :o)   Attempting to put the sense of smell on the historical map, the author of this book conveys the power that smells – from the seductress’s civet to the ubiquitous excremental odours of city cesspools – exercized over the […]

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Easier Said Than Done

Deconstructing a BS Historical “MYTH” that’s been around far too long is easier said than done! Here we meet the Mainstream story of Nakşidil Sultan and Selim III and why they are connected to Napoleon. Here, also, is the French and English fighting over who gets the biggest part of Tartaria – after the Romanovs […]

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Monarch of the Glum

I loved the original series. Never saw this until today. P.S. The ICONIC Scottish painting called Monarch of the Glen is Himself, The stag. How any xyx7£$^***8& call kill that beauty is beyond me :o( Anyhoo. French and Saunders doing their silliest silly stuff.  

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Silkworms

Happy Birthday, Mum x

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