Category: History
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Magazines that publish historical fiction
If you believed (as I did) that historical fiction is by nature more the domain of long novels than short stories (or flash fiction),…
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Writing about (historical) witchcraft.
It is with a lot of pleasure that I can finally give the announcement. My article “The Inquisitor’s creatures: the historical roots of the…
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Netflix’s Roman Empire Season 3: The Mad Emperor
I have already talked about this interesting and well-researched historical series on the Roman Empire, which devoted the first season to Emperor Commodus (you…
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Mary Queen of Scots (2018). A review.
I was since the beginning not that keen to watch this movie, for a fairly good reason. Having researched the historical period and the…
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(More) markets for microfiction
I have already written in the past about markets for microfiction (intended here as all the prose between 0 and 300 words) and compiled…
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Teaser Tuesday (11 December)
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current read•…
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Knightfall (2017-). Historical fantasy at its best and worst.
I had just finished watching the first series of Knightfall (now on Netflix) when I heard History Channel renewed it for a second season.…
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Astronomical Clocks in Modern History
Let’s admit it: astronomical clocks are probably one of the most charming types of historical monument, and they’ve had their halcyon days during Modern…
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Teaser Tuesday (16 Oct)
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current read…
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WWW Wednesday: 5 September 2018
The WWW Wednesday meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. It’s a great way to do a weekly…
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Roman Empire: Master of Rome (…yet more history in your fiction)
I have already said in another post: Roman Empire: Reign of Blood, the Netflix original series that narrates the events of Emperor Commodus’s reign, was one…
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Historical Fiction Series -what’s on my plate in fall 2018
After a few months of intense historical research and fieldwork for my articles -more about that in future posts- I’ve decided I need a break…
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(More) Historical Novels Worth Reading
Since the start of 2017, I’ve been reading or re-reading historical novels (due to an ongoing project. More about that in future): history is…
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Teaser Tuesday (8 August)
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current read…
