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“A Good Imitation…”
“…Is The Most Perfect Originality!” –VOLTAIRE {(((aka FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET)))} -=({1694-1778})=- -={POET}=- -={WRITER}=- -={HISTORIAN}=- -={PLAYWRIGHT}=- -={PHILOSOPHER}=-… more →
"You Jivin' Me, Turkey?"
On this day...... 24th May 1941: Sink the Hood....
wrote 5 hours ago: On the 24th of May, an epic sea battle remembered in the annals of Naval history took place between … more →
I'm A Historian, Not A Jeopardy Contestant
wrote 18 hours ago: My friends, often times when I tell people I study history one response I hear is “Oh I like h … more →
A-Ku-Hue.... a little known German sect
wrote 1 day ago: I recently bought a book on secret smuggling/spy concealment methods, in the back were some extra ph … more →
The Live Bait Squadron.... HMS Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy... 22nd September 1914
wrote 2 days ago: Recently I attended a family history fair, and on one of the stands, was a leaflet asking for inform … more →
Antonio de Mendoza
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The Battle of Saragarhi...........
wrote 4 days ago: One of my favourite anecdotes of battlefield bravery, and devotion to duty growing up was the storie … more →
18th of May 1268….. Antioch falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch.
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wrote 6 days ago: The Crusades, were a series of religious wars, starting in 1096; it was started by Pope Urban II to … more →
"Unravelling certain human lots"
wrote 6 days ago: A Great historian, as he [Henry Fielding] insisted on calling himself… glories in his copious … more →
Historical Dates
wrote 6 days ago: The Maya calendar, which is based around the so-called Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, begins on a … more →
Map of Western Mexico
wrote 1 week ago: This is the general area where The King’s Fifth takes place. … more →
History of Spain's Priorities in the 1500s
wrote 1 week ago: In the time of our story, only fifty or so years after Columbus’ discovery of the new world, S … more →
Sideless Surcote - Completed and Proud
wrote 1 week ago: Earlier this week I completed my medieval gown project of a late 14th century sideless surcote, and … more →
Most people just bring home a stick of rock from the beach......
wrote 1 week ago: Most people just bring home a stick of rock from the beach when they go, but this pair may have just … more →
Huntingdom
wrote 1 week ago: This is the first complete edition and translation of “The Historia Anglorum” (“Hi … more →
Inspirational Emma!
wrote 1 week ago: And now to the person who inspired me to create this blog. Emma Stoffer is an amazing writer. She … more →
First Post - The Way to Write History?
wrote 2 weeks ago: I am reluctant to begin, but I do not intend to write a history or attempt an actual narrative of it … more →
Progress Part II !
wrote 2 weeks ago: I got a lot done yesterday, so here are some photos! Checklist of What’s Been Finished So Far: … more →
Larry Smail
wrote 2 weeks ago: Larry Smail Artist LARRY SMAIL – is an artist, an author, a historian, a musician and a lover … more →
On reading the youthful memoirs of Yevgeney Yevtushenko
wrote 2 weeks ago: I came across this piece I’d written almost forty years ago and was quite prepared to relegate … more →
