“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 think y’all know by now that I am NOT a fan of Ian Fleming or Bond (Who Always to me is the TRUE representation of the King of Wands in the Tarot…King Dangalang displaying his wand) For the meelyonth time : I’ve written about Fleming and his close friend Dorothy Dunnett. The both started […]
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OMGiddy DNA! I’m so excited. I’ve just found out that I have Crawford in my DNA!!!! COUSINS Maybe not the fictional Francis Crawford of Lymond. VOTED ONE OF BRITAIN’S FAVOURITE HISTORICAL NOVELS Before George R. R. Martin there was Dorothy Dunnett . . . PERFECT for fans of A Game of Thrones. ‘She is a brilliant story teller, The […]
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Oh. Erm. OK. I’ve said before that one of the names from my Maternal Norfolk Line was Dyer. We will close over the MS History of Amelia Dyer (such a common name!) This vid has sooo many crazy, bizarre, inexplicable links for me that I’ve gone totally Bats in the Belfry :o( P.S. I always […]
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I love that phrase. And I know someone (with more Scandinavian DNA than me) who has a far greater knowledge of the Isles than I do! Slàinte mhath, fellow Outlander :o) One day we may get to The Orkneys and the King, Hereafter.
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YepWiki : Ian Fleming I suggest you read up about Fleming ? ! In my humble opinion, Ian Fleming did more damage to several generations of men (&women) than any other modern writer. The Child Catcher ? James Bond ? He loved cold, twisted, Underground, lonely, single, emotionless, Action Men. His influence on Dorothy Dunnett, […]
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Jog on, fakers. Remove as many True Truthers as y’all want. Truth is built on Rock not sand/ego/money. Truth is all about the year of planning before you write THE NEXT GREAT Novel. Truth is embedded deep in the TRUE soul. Truth is WORDLESS Energy. If Max is right and the likes of […]
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Again with the glorious Dorothy Dunnett. Niccolò this time. With the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The House of Niccolò series. The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe. Among […]
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Anyone who has ever read Dorothy Dunnett knows the name Dragut Reis. Wiki : Dragut THE UNCROWNED KING OF THE MEDITERRANEAN: DRAGUT REIS Abstract: Undoubtedly the heir of Barbarossa in the Mediterranean was Dragut Reis. Following the foot prints of Barbarossa, Dragut tried to construct a system between the Ottoman capital and the […]
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Hidden History Research 