Welsh history today
For those (like me) whose knowledge of Welsh history is lamentably lacking, there is a fascinating post on the English Historical Fiction Authors site today. And what fabulously evocative names...Llewellyn…
The Libraries of Timbuktu
Encouraging news that many thousands of manuscripts from libraries in Timbuktu, feared destroyed by Islamic extremists, have been smuggled out and saved. http://publishingperspectives.com/2013/03/saving-and-translating-timbuktus-ancient-libraries/
Cranmer – murdered on this day 1556
How bloody was 'Bloody Mary' - article on the execution of Cranmer.http://bloodygoodread.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/confronting-cranmer.html
1812 – War not Overture
Today's tidbit is an illuminating article about the Royal Navy and the Napoleonic War. And a lesser known 'hero' http://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/the-royal-navys-finest-sailor.html?spref=fb
Never mind soldier’s pay – pay to be a soldier.
This is a superb article on the cost of fighting for king and country, most of which I didn't know, and though a little outside my period, absolutely fascinating. One…
Come on Lazybones – pedestrianism with a difference
Fascinating post today about the king of pedestrianism - and lazy he was not (nor unfit). I have to confess that walking as a spectator sport doesn't excite me, but…
A Walk in the Garden (Medieval, that is)
Today's post on the English Historical Fiction Authors' website is about medieval gardens. For me the most telling comment came right at the start - 'The medieval world was a…
Great tapestry of Scotland / Turn of the Tide
My part in the Great tapestry of Scotland http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=621899917836373&set=o.220105004748373&type=1&theater¬if_t=mention The Munros live in a tower just like this in Turn of the Tide. I've loved doing it - great thinking…
Food Standards Agency 16th c Style by Margaret Skea
See my blog post on the English Historical Fiction Authors site. (And yes they allow Scots!) http://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.co.uk/?spref=fb If you enjoy it - please do comment.
Peace and the Quakers
Check this out. Fascinating stuff. http://deborahswift.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-origins-of-quaker-pledge-for-peace.html