“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
I pulled a book off one of my shelves this morning to do some research and got a bit of a surprise. Wiki : Helena Faucit, Lady Martin She wrote – Some of Shakespeare’s Female Characters. I’ve had it for eons. Bought for £4.50 in a secondhand bookshop for no reason whatsoever (!) […]
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I was going to title this post “book of the day.” But that is boring and it locks me into a routine. Blah! This is a book that I HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Usual stuff….got it. Read it. :o) Timeless information……never out of date, Ormus: Modern Day Alchemy is one book that no modern health care […]
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WikiWhatev’s : Elizabeth of Bohemia The History of Bohemia is very complicated. I have Carola Oman’s book. It was research for my first novel. The Winter Queen, daughter of James I, married Frederick, Elector Palatine. Their fight involved the Thirty Years War. Trying to fit all this info into the Hidden History is doing my […]
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Tomorrow is my English Nan’s birthday (Scottish Nan died when I was 6) This is why we vibed, me and Enid Anne Sylvia. But she preferred Anne. Or Annie. She introduced me to Anya Seton and this book is probably why my sense of history always stopped with the ’45. I’ll spend tomorrow re-reading. In […]
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History repeats and repeats and repeats. Even Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a story about him! The rhyme was first recorded by James Orchard Halliwell in 1842: There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile, […]
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I bought this book in an airport when it first came out because of the subject matter. Can I recommend it? Urm. Eeerrr. Oooh. Well. On the positive side, Ms Mosse has a second home in the Languedoc so she describes the sights, sounds, smells etc very well. Other than that……!? The book was over-hyped. […]
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I’ve had this book for several years and it’s taking me forever to get to grips with it. Maybe that’s a good sign. I’ve stuff that I still need to learn (?) It is written by a Russian so pretty deep and darkly layered. I find something new each time I read it :o) […]
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Strange but True. Quiz Time Who is the only Good Person on The Team who died in Bram Stoker’s Dracula? Pooh! WikiKnowsAll : Quincey Morris That’ll be The Cowboy :o)
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If you haven’t read Bram Stoker’s Dracula…. ….Spoiler Alert StickyAussieWiki : Lucy Westenra I maybe/might’ve/somewuheres said – the audiobook spoken by Greg Wise (Schwoon even tho’ he is Emma Thompson’s second husband after DeathNeverRecoveredSchwoon Ken Bran) and Saskia Reeves
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Yip. Same ol’ story. Got it. Read it. IAdoreWikiSometimes : Louis XI of France
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With Words, Words, Woooords! On my shelf. BS History but still a keeper :o)
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I’ve talked about Marina Warner before. Once or…? This is a grand book. Check her out. I have most. But not all. Catching up :o) P.S. I am more than happy to do a swapsies. One hardback copy of No Go for…….? You know where to find me! Ogres and giants, bogeymen and bugaboos […]
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Hidden History Research 