“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.”
Simple Minds The American. That is YOUR problem!!!!! DO NOT shoot the Messenger. She loves you. ‘Rats, lice and Scotsmen, you find them everywhere!’ I know that quote ALL too well and have used it. See below. Below. Below… And – I had great fun writing this scene. With Wat Montagu and Robert Lamont. […]
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And I STILL stand – firm and strong – by every standing by that I’ve ever stood by. Ha! Greta Brookes : The ONE & ONLY Thing
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OK. Off the top of my head, with no references… Ogmios is a Celtic God whose words are so sweet and alluring that his tongue is tied by multiple golden chains to the ears of all and everyone who listen to him. Not bad, GB. A+++++++ but still could do a wee bit better! Let’s […]
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Three hundred years ago, a charismatic young gambler and man-about-town with a natural gift for mathematics fled London for the Continent. His name was John Law and he had a good reason to go, having killed a man in a duel. Living off his lucrative winnings at the gaming tables of Europe, Law became increasingly […]
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The Mills of God Grind….Oooops. Done that! Wiki : La Rochelle I researched this inside out, up and down, backwards and forwards. They besieged were forced to boil saddles, eat cats, dogs, rats…Children(?!?) to survive. Ahem. Why? Because Marie de Rohan’s family were half Catholic and half Huguenot. Her uncles were called Soubise and Henri, […]
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This was inspired by Mr SitA. TY :o) I’m a WRITER. I write HISFIC novels. I’ve studied both the Art & the Craft of writing. Me, myself and I totally understand FORESHADOWING Definition of Foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. Foreshadowing often appears […]
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In 1660 a small group of men, led by Sir Robert Moray, met in London with a secret plan to reshape the world. They were members of the ‘Invisible College’, better known today as the Freemasons Emerging from the horrors of the Civil War, Britain was a society torn apart by political difference, religious ferment […]
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Who said that? And what does it have to do with Tomorrow. Cripes. FRIDAY THE 13TH Duh.Duh.Dah! Wiki : Jacques de Molay Pooor bugger got GOT on a Friday 13th – “or so they say.” Run for cover. Unless you do maths like I do (?) 1 +3 = ? 20 […]
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If you are gonna BURN YOUR BRIDGES – just fucking (pardon my french) BURN them says I. NO GOING BACK. Much like Les Tourelles at Orléans. That kind of set back the Siege a bit. Stoooopid Wooden Bridges. I know my Jehanne. Love her to pieces!
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Wiki : Godred Crovan Oh my Giddy Aunt. MAJOR download just came in!!! I’ve spent ages researching Godred Crovan. Viking. Ireland. Isle of Man etc etc. He has Always attracted me. I was sooooo pissed off when I learned that he’d died before 1098 – when my novel (in progress?) Ravens of Dinefwr starts. […]
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A largely unknown Hidden History FACT here for anyone named Latimer. I’ve researched the original Latimers. The TITLE not the PERSONAL NAME!!!!! They were Celtic storytellers (Oh! Bards? Ovates?) who regularly travelled to France with their old oral myths and legends. I WILL NOT be sharing these sources but – the little known fact […]
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I wrote this first draft of Chapter One’s beginning almost 2 years ago. I’ve not moved on since. Time to revisit MY Ravens ? Chapter 1 Dublin August 1100 Dubh Linn lay wary and waiting around the Ostman trader now that the oars were shipped, ropes thrown and knotted, sail slack. Still, black waters. […]
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Hidden History Research 