The Sokollu Clan

Thursday, 6 February 2020, 9:27.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Oooh. Another huge one for the PDF TBR pile! And kind of new to me – although the underlying pattern is very much the same as all the other MS history theses. Aha. Much reading to be done. As always :o)

Time is a Great Healer (?)

Wednesday, 5 February 2020, 13:48.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I do NOT agree. For me – WORK heals. I have a huge, gaping hole in my research. It concerns the mother(s) of Andronicus I Comnenus’ children. Maybe Maria is figured out. (TY, AMP) but what about the others? Anna. How can an 11 year old give birth to at least 2, maybe more, children […]

Ptolemy’s Map of the World

Tuesday, 21 January 2020, 10:41.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Wiki : Ptolemy’s Map of the World Okely, Dokely, peeps. Read the wiki thing above – especially this bit – The Ptolemy world map is a map of the world known to Hellenistic society in the 2nd century. It is based on the description contained in Ptolemy’s book Geography, written c. 150. And then ask yourselves one simple question. How […]

Cate & Pomegranates

Sunday, 19 January 2020, 12:58.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Yeh. Yeh. @V used the Pomegranate as her usual SEX message. She’ll teach UAP how to peel and eat one. So boring! So sordid. So graceless and OBVIOUS. Note to UAV : When you CHOOSE to make your sex life www public…you show yourselves up for what your truly are. Like Catherine – FAF. SkinCrawlDisgustedVibe […]

Weave a Garland of MY VOWS

Saturday, 18 January 2020, 18:46.Reading time less than 1 minute.

If you give a LIE half an hour, the TRUTH will never catch it. I wrote that in my novel centuries ago. So long back I can’t remember the exact words :o( Anyhoo – I NOW know WHY :o)

Perception

Thursday, 16 January 2020, 4:26.Reading time less than 1 minute.

It’s HOW you see the information! Oh, my giddy aunt. Sooooo much damage done by so few to so many :o( I weep for the future!

Seven Or Us

Wednesday, 15 January 2020, 14:42.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Because my name is Soooooooo Poisonous, I’ve decided to change it. I can’t even set up my new website. Sheesh. So. I’ve decided to go with Seven Or Us That seems to work well for others. To Quote Borat : #Dotheworkyourselfzzzzzzz

Turbans of Evil

Monday, 13 January 2020, 7:10.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Gotta love bibliographies and footnotes and references. Many a clue lies within :o) Turbans of evil? That’s a new one on me!!!!

Memoires de Madame de Motteville

Wednesday, 8 January 2020, 13:05.Reading time less than 1 minute.

If you were paying attention (?) I have original copies of all these volumes by Madame de M. Hint – Savage Magnificence They were invaluable to me when I wrote Weave a Garland of my Vows. Check out this Madame. And her mother. And Marie de Rohan and Anne of Austria. And the House of […]

A SAVAGE MAGNIFICENCE

Wednesday, 8 January 2020, 6:46.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Oh. My. Giddy. Aunt. I’m sooooo loving this gift. :o) Thank you. Thank you. THANK YOU! Ferenc Nádasdy de Nádasd et Fogarasföld and his wife, Ecsedi Báthory Erzsébet Anyone???? A SAVAGE MAGNIFICENCE: OTTOMANIZING FASHION AND THE POLITICS OF DISPLAY IN EARLY MODERN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE

Place de Grève and All That

Monday, 6 January 2020, 11:20.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Researched it for years. Executions etc. l’Hôtel de Ville etc. Visited it several times. Anyhoo. Less about me. Something about “history.” Just too delicious to ignore Vibe :o)

Cluj-Napoca

Wednesday, 1 January 2020, 12:13.Reading time less than 1 minute.

OK. Cluj keeps coming up in my research right now. I’d never heard of it before. So I searched. You’ll never guess where it is!!!!!! NO CLUES! WTF? Go away Bram Irishman Stoker. Stop haunting me :o( Wiki : Cluj-Napoca

The Ravens of Dinefwr is the first in a series of novels-in-progress set in the early 12th century. It follows the dispossessed members of the South Wales House of Dinefwr from their origins in Deheubarth to the centre of the known world, Jerusalem. Come and be my fellow Far-Farer. Come travelling and unravelling with me through Wales, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, Constantinople, Italy, the Balkans, the Holy Land. Come and Far-Fare through every degree on my 12th century compass.