Hile ü Hu’da

Monday, 9 March 2020, 17:13.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Hile ü Hu’da

CLASSIC Russian Literature : Crime & Punishment

Monday, 9 March 2020, 16:37.Reading time 3 minutes.

This acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky’s ‘psychological record of a crime’ gives his dark masterpiece of murder and pursuit a renewed vitality, expressing its jagged, staccato urgency and fevered atmosphere as never before. Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders alone through the slums of St. Petersburg, deliriously imagining himself above society’s laws. But […]

Hidden History of the British Isles – Parts 9 & 10

Monday, 9 March 2020, 12:12.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Greta Brookes : 8th May 2019. Language Reset Greta Brookes : 10th May 2019. FYI Sigh :o(

Coins of the CRUSADERS

Monday, 9 March 2020, 4:41.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Thank you :o) Coins of the CRUSADERS

The Rape of Persephone

Sunday, 8 March 2020, 14:49.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Or Percy-phone as some “like” to call her. I was raised on Myth & Legend via a beautiful Xmas present when I was about 5 years old. Crap – does that mean a whole life time spent studying the subject? Crap – does that mean a whole life time spent learning ? ? ? […]

Constellation vs Planet/Flower

Sunday, 8 March 2020, 14:36.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Correct me if I’m WRONG but… I’m thinking in my mad head that a whole Ursa Major kinda Out TRUMPS the planet of LURVE, Venus ? ? ? SMH, hen :o(

The Ottoman Orient in Renaissance Culture.

Saturday, 7 March 2020, 5:12.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The Ottoman Orient in Renaissance Culture.

Time Warp. No. Team Time. No….!!

Friday, 6 March 2020, 10:39.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Wow, we Brits just lurve our Roman Conquerors. Or do we? Zip.

Afterthought to an Afterthought!

Friday, 6 March 2020, 8:35.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Go back 500 squillion years, or however long it is now, to Ancient Egypt and the Pharaohs’ marriages. Didn’t Cleopatra marry her younger brother, Ptolemy? Fast forward to 2020. Is it common knowledge that the British Royal Fam are related by blood (or so they say) to the Romanov AND Vlad the Impaler? Now – […]

Consanguinity

Friday, 6 March 2020, 8:16.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Wiki : Consanguinity I’ve had a thought related to the previous post. Calling Empress Tamar an aunt/cousin is a little weird. But she was. Her grandmother was sister to Andronicus’ mother. And her, (Tamar’s) sister was the wife of Andronicus’ son and the mother of the two little boys smuggled out of Constantinople. Consanguinity is […]

From Georgia to Turkey

Friday, 6 March 2020, 7:32.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This is interesting on many levels. For me, the reverse journey rings a bell! In 1185, two young boys were smuggled out of Constantinople after the execution of their grandfather – Andronicus I Comnenus. They were taken into the protection of their aunt/cousin Tamar, Empress of Georgia. She looked after them for a few years […]

GB’s Last Bow Today. I Thank You All ;o)

Thursday, 5 March 2020, 17:26.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A bit of Freddie. A bit of Highlander. A LOT of GFluffY :o)

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.