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Reading, Raving, and Ranting by a Historical Fiction Writer

Reading, Raving, and Ranting by a Historical Fiction Writer

http://susandhigginbotham.blogspot.com/

Historical fiction, history, and whatever else crosses my mind.

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  • The Unlucky De La Pole Family

    Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 00:25

    Medieval history is full of singularly unlucky families--the Despensers, whose lords each died violently, young, or both, being one of the primary examples. The de la Pole family is another ill-fated clan. It probably didn't look at all bad for the d...

  • Yes, It\'s My Favorite Time of Year Again

    Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 20:15

    It's November, and that means county public library sale time! As I have been for the past couple of years, I volunteered to help and as a perk got first pick of the books I was unloading. I had a nice haul:Charles II by Ronald HuttonIsabel of Burgun...

  • Richard III and the Fates of Protectors

    Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 22:48

    First, if you happen to follow me on Twitter, please don't open any direct messages purporting to be from me. They were sent by a hacker, not by me. I very seldom send direct messages on Twitter, and I never send messages inviting people to take IQ t...

  • What Edward V and the Woodvilles Should Have Had

    Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 17:57

  • A Night at the Opera with Margaret of Anjou

    Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 10:15

    I promise to do a more substantive post soon, but while surfing this weekend, I came across an opera of which I hadn't heard before, Margherita d'Anjou by Giacomo Meyerbeer, with a libretto by Felice Romani. (Doesn't using the word "libretto" make th...

  • A Guest Post, and Some Nifty Books

    Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 08:09

    Having finished reading my page proofs, I'm returning to blogdom to let you know that I have a guest post up on Holly Tucker's excellent Wonders and Marvels site. It's about the wooden town Edward III built to house his troops during the long siege o...

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dadaism

5 stars darkspark

a wonderful find. filled with treasures for those digging for gold in history. for history freaks like me, this is a great site to go treasure hunting.

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5 stars Anne Gilbert

That "Unromantic Richard III" blog is *kewl*! Keep up the good work!
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Always manages to be both entertaining and a learning experience.. one of the best.

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A great blog from a lady who clearly loves her subject. Her passion shows out in every post which makes for thoroughly enjoyable reading.

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