Posted in Book Review, tagged mystery on May 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tommy
Careless in Red is full of pain, in the true, human sense, not the mawkish or sadistic. Week after week, Inspector Thomas Lynley has been numbly walking the Cornish cliff path, so gripped by the pain of losing his Helen that he’s incapable of doing much more than putting one foot in front [...]
Posted in History, tagged England, mystery, travel on May 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
New research into burials at Stonehenge:
In the past many archaeologists had thought that burials at Stonehenge continued for only about a century, the researchers said.
“Stonehenge was a place of burial from its beginning to its zenith in the mid third millennium B.C. The cremation burial dating to phase is likely just one of many [...]
Posted in History, tagged England, tradition on May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh those crazy Brits. Risking life and limb to catch a runaway cheese. Every spring bank holiday, which this year coincides with Memorial Day in the US, the annual Cheese Rolling Festival is held at Cooper’s Hill in Brockworth. How is this accomplished, you might very well ask. Well, five 8-lb Double Gloucester [...]
Posted in Book Review, tagged historical fiction on May 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
War is hell
Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman is credited with being the first to say “War is Hell”, and in To Make Men Free, Richard Croker has vividly illustrated that truism. Croker’s novel covers “America’s bloodiest day” from its inception in the strategy of Robert E. Lee, through each and every [...]
Posted in Book Review, tagged historical fiction on May 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Secret lives
Set in the final years of the reign of Queen Victoria, the Dark Lantern is a novel about 3 women with dark secrets. The youngest, Jane, must support herself as a house maid, always fearful of possible exposure of her identity as the daughter of a murderess. She lands a job in [...]
Posted in Life, tagged science on May 24, 2008 | 6 Comments »
This is positively amazing, you’ve just gotta check it out for yourself. The link below will lead you to a website on which there is a moving image. Some people see it one way, some another, and a relative few can see it both ways. You’ll believe it when you see it!
http://www.where-what-how-why.com/?p=111
Posted in Book Review, tagged thriller on May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You have the right to remain silent
Defense attorney Mickey Haller isn’t sure anymore what he wants, except for more money. After 15 years in practice, he’s lost sight of many of the ideals that attracted him to the law in the first place. Now he’s reached that point in life where he begins [...]
Posted in History, tagged crime on May 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This is the second installment in my rundown of ten infamous serial killers. Last week, I bio’d Jack the Ripper and The Boston Strangler.
http://yourehistory.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/top-10-serial-killers-first-two/
This week, the next two. I’m trying to list these guys in chronological order, rather than in order of infamy. I’m including only serial murderers, not mass murderers like [...]
Posted in Life, tagged herbs on May 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
No herb is more closely associated with the Victorians than lavender, which is just about to come into bloom here in Connecticut. Lavender is sweetly but strongly scented, and has been used for thousands of years in soaps, sachets, and cosmetics.
In America, few people know about its culinary uses. Just a little goes a [...]
Posted in History, tagged England, medieval, women on May 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The other woman. I don’t know of another woman who fits that bill as well as Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, that psychopath (oops, sorry.)
Anne Boleyn was born between 1499 and 1509; no trustworthy documentation exists to pinpoint the year. Daughter of ambitious nobleman Thomas Boleyn and his wife, the Lady Elisabeth Howard, [...]
