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“When were you first interested in history?” is a question often asked of History Girls, so I’ve been thinking about my own interest and som... -
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Photo copyright © James Potter Our guest this month is Robert Fabbri and we are very excited to have him here. His Vespasian novels have bee... -
Witty, urbane Walter Map was a clerk, courtier and man of letters at the court of King Henry II. He was eventually made arch-deacon of Ox... -
With yesterday's post fresh in your minds, all you have to do is answer the question below, to win one of five copies of Viking Boy: ‘Wa...
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Thomas, Second Baron Lyttelton “Sir,” said Dr Johnson to his friend Dr Adams, “it is the most extraordinary thing that has happened in my d... -
It's not his fault, it's mine. It all began when I was very young indeed and my history education came from the wonderful '1066... -
One of the big thrills of discovering historical fiction as a child (in my case, the usual suspects: Sutcliff, Treece, Garfield) was the re... -
I am watching the first flurry of 2013 snow spin down outside the winter and very glad that we have central heating. And that the dog is wit... -
Although my mother was German, she only lived for a year of her life in what is now Germany. She was born in Hindenburg/Zabrze in Upper Sile... -
The History Girls are an impressive bunch of scholars and writers. I sometimes worry that my lack of erudition shows up like a gorilla cost...
