I am a proud nerd, geek, and gamer. I started on old skool Dungeons & Dragons in the 1980s and moved into video games and still wallow in a good RPG (role playing game). I am also a fan of the macabre and bizarre, and enjoy the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Thus, when fellow gamers… Read more Mansions of Madness
King Edward V was born on 2 November 1470 in Westminster Abbey where Queen Elizabeth Woodville, had taken refuge during the very brief period when the baby’s father, King Edward IV, had been dethroned and the crown returned to King Henry VI. Edward’s birth must have been seen as an excellent sign for the Yorkists,… Read more King Edward V
Robert Burns published the poem Halloween on 31 July 1786, when Jane Austen was ten years old. The devoted lover of poetry that she was, she would have doubtlessly have been familiar with it as a teen. But did she celebrate Halloween, the way others did in her time? Alas, we cannot know for sure … but it… Read more Regency Hallowmas
Today is Hallowmas, also known as All Hallows’ Day, All Saints’ Day, Feast of All Saints, or Solemnity of All Saints. It is a day to honor all Christian saints, both known and unknown, but honestly it mostly makes me think of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This feast day begins at Vespers (sunset… Read more Hallowmas
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! Last Halloween I posted about the correlation between monsters and politicians and how Democrats are connected vampires while Republicans are analogous to zombies in the public mind. I explained that when the POTUS is a Democrat the horror de jure becomes vampires, and when the GOP is in the catbird seat zombies… Read more Turns Out It Was Zombies
Harri Tudur, grandson of a Welshman and a French Princess, the great-great-great-grandson of King Edward III, was crowned King Henry VII, the first monarch of the Tudor dynasty, on 30 October 1485. It is important to note that he made sure he was crowned king by “right of conquest” before he married Edward IV’s eldest daughter… Read more Henry VII Crowned King
Imagine a world where a married woman could work faithfully for her employer for more than fourteen years, chronically underpaid, yet still be thrown out like garbage because she was pregnant with her husband’s baby. This is exactly what happened to Mrs Dorothy Doar in 1832, which I recently read about in the excellent book… Read more A Regency Crime: The Persecution of Mrs Doar
The Colour of Betrayal is the latest whodunit in the popular ‘Sebastian Foxley’ series of medieval murder mysteries by author and historian Toni Mount. Inspired by true stories the series is notable for its accurate historical atmosphere; here Toni shares the basis for some of the main characters in her books. Today, we have a… Read more Guest Post: Author Toni Mount on Foxley Village
Thanks to everyone who participated in the comments! It’s never too late to put in your 2 cents worth … feel free to comment if you must have your share of the conversation! Day 1 ~ Just Jane 1813 Day 2 ~ Diary of An Eccentric Day 3 ~ Savvy Verse and Wit Day 4… Read more Fanny Price vs. Mary Crawford – The Debate Rages On!
Today I am lucky enough to have a guest post by Sharon Bennett Connelly, author of Heroines of the Medieval World and blogger-in-chief at History … the Interesting Bits. Enjoy! Although they had the same start in life, the two daughters of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster led very different lives as adults.… Read more The Daughters of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster