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DK Marley
Oct 216 min read
The Phone Call That Saved Paris - a Featured Spotlight on Bookouture's "The Paris Inheritance" by Natalie Meg Evans
In the early hours of June 14th, 1940, Paris teetered on the brink. The German army was massing to the north of the city. Panzer...
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DK Marley
Oct 79 min read
Marketing 101: Exploring the Power of Substack with Author Samuél Lopez-Barrantes
Reposted with permission from Alexa Schlosser , the managing editor of IBPA Independent magazine. I recently had a chance to connect...
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Kenneth Kunkel
Jul 305 min read
The Battle of Teutoburg Forest
by Kenneth Kunkel A big “So what!” Not quite. First, some context. It’s 9 C.E. (Common Era) Early September. Three personalities lead the...
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Helen Barrell
Jul 305 min read
Pioneering Women of Veterinary Science and WW2
By Helen Barrell / Ellie Curzon One night, I dreamt that I was somewhere in the early twentieth century, and I was working as a...
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DK Marley
Oct 20, 20233 min read
Women in Aviation in the Second World War
A Guest Post by Helena P. Schrader The Second World War was the first conflict in which women played a role in aviation. In the Soviet...
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DK Marley
Oct 18, 20234 min read
Airmen Who Lost the Confidence of Their Officers During WWII
A Guest Post by Helena P. Schrader In April 1940 some Royal Air Force bomber crews stopped volunteering for operations in the face of...
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Pam Lecky
Aug 29, 20234 min read
Amelia Edwards: A Victorian Trailblazer
Amelia Edwards was a fascinating woman who popped her head above the parapet of convention and made a real impact in her own lifetime....
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Vivienne Brereton
Aug 28, 20237 min read
Come and Party Like it's 1520!
Guest post by Vivienne Brereton How could any of us have known back in 2019, when so many preparations were being made for the 500th...
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Pam Lecky
Aug 27, 20234 min read
Next Stop: King's Cross Underground!
Early History of King’s Cross The area now known as King’s Cross is reputedly an ancient crossing point of the River Fleet, and it is...
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Pam Lecky
Aug 25, 20232 min read
Dublin's School for Sweeps
One of the most deplorable uses of child labour in 19th century Ireland was for the sweeping of chimneys. A master sweep would obtain...
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Marcia Peck
Jun 30, 20237 min read
Tethered to the Past
Featured Spotlight by Marcia Peck Set on Cape Cod in the 1950’s, WATER MUSIC: A Cape Cod Story recalls a time when the Cape was something...
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Elizabeth Keysian
Jun 21, 202314 min read
The Written Sources for Arthurian Britain
Statue of the legendary King Arthur, at Tintagel, Cornwall Did King Arthur really exist? That’s a question many people have asked over...
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Vivienne Brereton
Jun 18, 20235 min read
A Tudor Rose By Any Other Name
The advice for writers, especially those writing historical fiction, is to choose the first names of your characters with care, making...
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Wendy J Dunn
Jun 17, 20234 min read
Being Privy to Tudor Privies
Dear Reader, A large part of this article (first written by me in 1999) was lifted from my website and used without permission by Terry...
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Brooke Allen
Jun 16, 20235 min read
A Coin's Tale
For those of you who have not yet started the Antonius Trilogy adventure or if you're in the middle of it, my ebooks are now available on...
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DK Marley
May 16, 20236 min read
"The Prisoner Hospital: a Haven at Auschwitz" - Bookouture's Amanda Lees
GUEST POST from Bookouture's Amanda Lees From the beginning of the horror that was the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, there was...
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Wendy J Dunn
May 15, 202317 min read
Revising Anne Boleyn
Defiled is my name full sore Through cruel spite and false report, That I may say for evermore, Farewell, my joy! adieu comfort! For...
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Tim Walker
May 7, 20234 min read
Totnes Castle and Britain's Origin Myth
The confines of Covid-19 Lockdown were akin to being imprisoned on false charges. However, I was let out for good behaviour (otherwise...
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Mary Ann Bernal
Apr 22, 20234 min read
The Great Announcement
St Lawrence Church, North Hinksey (nave, south window) Understanding the Mindset of the Times Religion played a pivotal role in daily...
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Catherine Meyrick
Apr 20, 202310 min read
Wanted, A Wife
A few months back, while looking at the Wanted ads in issues of the Hobart Mercury of 1878, I was surprised to find, in amongst those for...
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