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Witchcraft

In a time when many natural occurences that might have seemed strange and magical can be explained by science, and when most people think of witches as fantasy, comical creatures […]

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Politics in the 18th Century – Parliamentary Boroughs

Anyone who thinks corruption in politics is a modern phenomenon needs only to research for a few minutes into the political systems of the past to realise that it has […]

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The Window Tax

Throughout the ages, those in power have sought to raise revenue by various means. Broadly speaking, following the Civil War and Restoration, Parliament would determine the personal income of the […]

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The World’s First Calculator – The Pascaline

I found out about the Pascaline purely by chance, when writing my latest novel, The Ladies’ Tale: Caroline and Philippa, due to be published this month (September 2020). I was looking […]

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Strong Women Of The Past: Duchess of Gordon

Any of you who have read The Eccentric’s Tale: Harriet, could be forgiven for thinking that I’ve modelled many aspects of Harriet’s personality on Jane Maxwell. In fact I didn’t learn about […]

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Strong Women Of The Past: Anne McKay

Last month I wrote about Anne Mackintosh, and in the course of the blog mentioned the escape of a Jacobite prisoner Robert Nairn. The woman who played a big part […]

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Strong Women Of The Past: Colonel Anne Mackintosh

In Book Four of The Jacobite Chronicles I recount the story of the event which came to be known as The Rout of Moy. I won’t go into the details […]

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Strong Women of the Past: Jenny Cameron of Glendessary

Not a lot is known about this woman, but present day readers might be able to relate to her to some extent, precisely because of the very fact that not […]

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Strong Women Of The Past: Mary Read

Last month I wrote about pirate Anne Bonny, who was mentioned in my book Tides of Fortune. This month’s subject was also mentioned, was also a pirate, and shared part […]

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Strong Women Of The Past: Anne Bonny

In Book Six of The Jacobite Chronicles, Tides of Fortune, Anne Bonny is mentioned briefly, so I thought some of my readers might be interested to know a little more […]

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