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Skara Brae

Originally posted on Exequy's Blog:

Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. It consists of several clustered houses, and was occupied from roughly 3180 B.C.E.–2200 B.C.E. Europe’s most complete Neolithic village, Skara Brae gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status as one of four sites making up “The Heart of Neolithic Orkney.” The site is one of four World Heritage...

Using Dialogue to Create Dimensional Characters

Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:

So last time we talked about the basics in regards to dialogue and once we grasp the fundamentals—like proper punctuation—we then can focus more on elements of style. How wedeliver the dialogue.

We can tella lot about people by the way they speak. What people say or don’t say speaks volumes. As the writer, it is our job to understand our characters and to know who they are and how they think. We have to master the art of empathy. If we don’t, our di...

St. Andrew’s Society: Bettering Upstate NY for 200+ years

Originally posted on The Cotton Boll Conspiracy:

Were it not for the striking metalwork atop the door ona four-story brownstone, the structure at 150 Washington Ave. in Albany, NY, would have gone unnoticed in a city full of beautiful old edifices.

In the grillwork is a bronze cast of St. Andrew, one of the Twelve Apostles, carrying a cross amid leaves and branches, on a block. The image stands in front of a banner which bears the words “St. Andrew’s Society”.

For more than 200 years, the S...

Khutulun: Wrestling warrior Shero

Originally posted on :

I first read about KHUTULUN in an article called ‘7 of the Most Amazing Women You’ve Never Heard Of’ which is what first started me thinking about doing this blog. And indeed until that point I had never heard of this wrestling, warrior, princess.

Khutulun lived in a country called Mongolia over 800 years ago. Her name means ‘moonlight’, and her father, Kaidu, was a powerful ruler whose kingdom stretched far and wide across Central Asia.

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W.S. Gentleman – Elizabethan Editor

Originally posted on crafty theatre:

Who was W.S. – Musario – Veritatis – Gentleman?

“TO THE MOST VER-tuous and learned Lady, my most dear and soveraigne Princesse ELIZABETH, by the Grace of GOD, Queene of England, Fraunce, and Ireland: Derfendresse of the Fayth.&c.,

. . . And although this be of itselfe so clear and manyfest that it cannot bee denied, yet could not I forbeare (most renowned sovereigne) being as it were, inforced, my your Maiesties late & singular clemency, in pardoninge ce...

Juana Inés de la Cruz – Scholarly Sister

Originally posted on :

Juana Inés de la Cruz wasa nun with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and a firm belief in womens’ right to education. She is regarded by many as the first published feminist in the New World.

Born near Mexico City in 1651 to unmarried parents, Juana, like most girls of her time, had very little access to education as a child. But this didn’t stop her; she developed a desire to learn from an early age and could be found hiding in the chapel of the hacienda where she...

The Lost Prince – John of Eltham

Originally posted on History... the interesting bits!:

The Great Hall of Eltham Palace

John of Eltham was the 2nd child and youngest son of Edward II of England and Isabella of France. He was born on 15th August 1316 at Eltham palace in Kent. Edward II had given Eltham to his queen, as a gift and she stayed there often.

John’s birth was a reassurance of the continuation of his father’s dynasty; his elder brother Edward of Windsor – the future Edward III – had been born in 1312. Although he...

The Plot to Assassinate General Grant

Originally posted on Presidential History Blog:

General Grant was one of John Wilkes Booth’s targets on April 14, 1865.

The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant was published some seventy-five years after her death.

This is Julia Grant’s story, penned some 35 years after it occurred, and not known to the general public for more than a century.

April 14, 1865

The article had appeared in the newspapers. General and Mrs. Grant would join the President and Mrs. Lincoln at Ford’s Theater later...

Bugler Adolph Metzger

Originally posted on Regular Cavalry in the Civil War:

Adolph Metzger was born in Balingen, Wurtemberg, Germany about 1834. He immigrated to the United States as a young man and settled in Philadelphia, where he worked as a laborer.

On May 29, 1855, he was enlisted into Company C, Regiment of Mounted Rifles by Lieutenant Burns. His enlistment documents describe him as 21 years of age, 5’ 5” tall, with brown hair, blue eyes and a dark complexion. After service with his regiment in the southwe...

The Forgotten County: Exploring the American Civil War Service of Britain’s Irish Communities

Originally posted on Irish in the American Civil War:

Thewidow’s and dependent pension files reveal the stories of Irish families from counties up and down the island of Ireland. But the files also provide an insight into another, rarely considered element of Irish service in the American Civil War– the contribution of the Irish of Britain. Although we know that many Irish emigrants to the United States travelled via ports such as Liverpool, not all were just ‘passing through.’ Britain was a...