Tag: history
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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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WWW Wednesday: 8 August 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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WWW Wednesday: 13 June 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…
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Teaser Tuesday (13 March)
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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The Voynich manuscript – have we really found the key?
One of the most interesting news of the last days is the claim, by the University of Alberta, that researchers have used one AI…
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Historical Fiction from the Renaissance – The Tudors
I have just finished watching Showtime’s historical series The Tudors (now entirely on Netflix), and I have to say I have mixed feelings about it.…
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Rome (BBC Series, Netflix). A review
It seems ancient history takes the fancy, nowadays – at least, this is the impression you get by browsing Netflix’s offer. I can’t complain…
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Roman Empire: Reign of Blood – (a lot of) history in my fiction
During the (rather few) moments NaNoWriMo let me free to do something else, I’ve started watching a new series now premiering on Netflix. Historical…
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The Leper House, by Andrew Taylor. A review
Reading The Leper House it finally occurred to me why I was never fond of the novella format, at least when it’s a stand-alone and…
