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[Debra]

More than you ever wanted to know about the Irish. EM Powell quotes Gerald of Wales. #History #Ireland #Books #religion #martyrs

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[J.S.]

Debra wrote: "More than you ever wanted to know about the Irish. EM Powell quotes Gerald of Wales. #History #Ireland #Books #religion #martyrs "

What Gerald of Wales describes, via hearsay, is the ceremony called Feis Teamhair that dates to the pre-Iron Age era. It involves a white horse and the warrior-lord's sacral union with the horse symbolizing the land. Not very different from other ancient ceremonies. Nothing to feign surprise over. One can only wonder what the great horse carved in white chalk at Uffington signifies if not a similar symbolism and ritual there in prehistory.

See: O'Sullivan, Muiris, Scarre, Chris, and Doyle, Maureen. Tara: from the past to the future. Wordwell Ltd, Dublin, 2013.



This topic is part of my second novel, Stealing Tara, scheduled to launch later in this year.

[David]

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[Debra]

The longest scientific experiment: The Oxford Electric Bell, ringing since 1840. By Regina Jeffers.

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[Debra]

Congrats on your upcoming release, J.S.

David, apologies, but I believe the only way you can stop receiving the messages is to unsubscribe from Goodreads messages altogether. There is no way for me to do it.

Another thought is to quit visiting the page, and over time Goodreads will stop sending you messages from here.

Very best,
Debbie

[Debra]

How was beauty perceived in Georgian society? Grace Elliot tells.

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[Debra]

A new biography for lovers of all things Georgian: Prinny's Taylor by Charles Bazalgette.

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[Debra]

The revocation of the Edict of Nantes - its role in the Glorious Revolution, by Anna Belfrage.

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[Debra]

The many attempts on the life of Henry IV, by Anne O'Brien.

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[Debra]

America affected by England. What part did Thomas Cromwell play? Beth von Staats reports.


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[John]

A summary of 1863, with a focus on Cornish Mining.
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[Debra]

Who Were the Elizabethan Spies (Part 2)

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[Debra]

Get Out of Jail (and execution) Free Card: by Catherine Curzon

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[Debra]

Anna Belfrage discusses a Celtic tradition:

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[Debra]

What life was REALLY like in Jane Austen's time by the late M.M. Bennetts:

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[Debra]

Tudor Tales in Castles, Customs, and Kings

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[Debra]

Crowns from everywhere! Quite amazing. By Mads Phikamphon.

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[Debra]

Nancy Bilyeau​ discusses the mania for tapestries during the reign of Henry VIII. #Tudors #Tudor #Art #ArtHistory #History

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[Linda]

I would love to get reviews of my just released Sweet Regency Romance Frost Flower! If anyone wants to review it got me. Also have The Hidden Heart a contemporary sweet love story. Will do the same for it. Please contact me Rosedru @aol.com

[Debra]

Hi Linda, congrats on the new release. This is the wrong thread for this, but feel free to join the EHFA Facebook group to ask for reviews: https://www.facebook.com/groups/21236...

[Debra]

A character composed of four who were aboard the Lusitania, by Greg Taylor.

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[Debra]

Margaret Evans Porter​ introduces the first Duke of St. Albans as a child.

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[Debra]

How did couples become acquainted during a lively Regency dance? Maria Grace knows the secrets.

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[Debra]

A surprise for Pitt the Elder from a complete stranger. By Jacqui Reiter. #History #England #Gifts

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[Debra]

A young man escaped various trials to make a name remembered centuries later: William Marshal, by Helena P.Schrader.

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[Debra]

A poem written by Anne Boleyn about her impending death? Post by Hunter S. Jones. #AnneBoleyn #Tudors #Tudor #Poems #Poem #Poetry #History

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[Debra]

Lynn Kristine Thorsen takes us through centuries of life in the Ettington Park manor.

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[Debra]

Why James III of Scotland likely lost his life and kingdom; by Louise Turner.

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[Debra]

Learn about Ernst, grandson of the last Hanoverian King, who plays a part in Lusitania R.E.X., finalist in the M.M. Bennetts Award, by Greg Taylor.

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[Debra]

A serious and responsible man in the service of a playboy King: Arthur Capell. By Anna Belfrage.

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[Mari]

Stepping Back: Colours Used in the Georgian Period and Regency

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[Debra]

Terrorism in a different time: 1582 - by Barbara Kyle. #History #England #Terrorism #Religion

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[Tom]

A telegraph in 1814 - surely some mistake.

Apparently not: http://thewhiterajah.blogspot.co.uk/2...

[Jim]

Perfect! Wish I'd read your blog a couple of months ago. I think it was in Hornblower and the Hotspur where he is off the French coast & has to deal with a semaphore tower. It threw me for a loop when it was referred to as a telegraph.

[Debra]

To Catch a Priest, by Linda Root

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[Sheila]

If you have an interest in railroad history, robber barons, and rustic architecture: I have been blogging for the past year about my research in the Dr. Thomas C. Durant family. Dr. Durant was a prominent railroad tycoon during the civil war years and beyond. His family then went on to pioneer the Adirondack wilderness. HIs son is famous for his rustic architecture in the region. My research has taken me to numerous libraries in the U.S. and England. http://www.wwdurantstory.com/

[Debra]

Banished: A Short History of Penal Transportation, by Catherine Curzon. #History #Crime #Punishment #England

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[Debra]

The Longevity of the Neville Women
by Susan Appleyard

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[Debra]

A visit to Lacock Village with Diane Scott Lewis. #History

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[Jeffrey]

Know of any good sources of medieval Swiss and Italian history?

I've read a dozen generic histories of the period and places. I'm looking specifically for those that say something useful (to me) about the period 1290-1350 around Lake Lucerne, then around Lombardy (Milan, et al).

It's pretty specific, I know, and I'm not particularly interested in more political history.

I'm looking for something that describes how people lived - housing styles, clothing styles, transportation methods, farming methods, some small amount of warfare information, and so forth.

That sort of thing helps flesh out the background in a novel. (I'm working on a re-telling of the William Tell legend.) I don't care about getting every tiny detail right - I'm not writing fictionalized history, but an historical fiction. Still, I like to avoid anachronisms or obvious errors.

To give one example, the history "Free and Swiss" by George Thürer has been immensely helpful, just 30 pages of which has provided political background history for the entire story. Now I need to flesh out some other aspects. Unfortunately, I don't read German, so the many potential histories written by native Swiss (or German) scholars is not an option.

If you know of something - which can even be a juvenile's book (you'd be surprised how helpful they are sometimes) - please comment. Again, though, not interested in Counts and Knights and battles and that sort of thing. Something more about how the 'average' person lived.

[Debra]

A family feud leads to murders... and questions. By Paul B. McNulty.

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[Debra]

How early were prayer beads used, and when could it be called a Rosary? By Kim Rendfeld.

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[Debra]

What was the position of women in the time of King John? Lauren Johnson writes.

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[Elizabeth]

The taking of the Telemaque in 1757, personal testimony by John Strachan and William Locker of a British sea victory during the Seven Years War. http://somerville66.blogspot.co.uk/20...

[Debra]

Henry Fitzroy - The Almost King by Judith Arnopp

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[Tom]

Quatre Bras: the forgotten battle. http://thewhiterajah.blogspot.co.uk/2...

[Debra]

The story behind a famous painting: The Death of Major Peirson. Post by Mark Patton.

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[Debra]

A 17th C dance master with royal commissions. By Margaret Porter.

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[Debra]

Deb Hunter, writing as Hunter S. Jones, brings to us her research on Midsummer.

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[Debra]

Richard Denning escorts us to the Battle of Quatre Bras

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