Somewhere in Africa – 20th May 1917 continued (2)
More about Henry Tod’s early experiences fighting the Germans in East Africa. Last time I was out with a patrol we were ambushed less than a mile from camp and
October 22, 2018
More about Henry Tod’s early experiences fighting the Germans in East Africa. Last time I was out with a patrol we were ambushed less than a mile from camp and
Let’s see how things go now that Henry has arrived at his new location. It’s a long post and a continuation of yesterday’s. Letters are more likely to fall into
Henry sees a bit of action while travelling to his battalion’s destination. Somewhere in German East – 20th May 1917 My last was by p.c. from Mombasa on 1st May
We left Henry Tod yesterday with his journey to Nairobi partly complete. Picking up the threads today. We got not Nairobi at 3 o’clock that afternoon and were met at
It occurs to me that November 11th will mark 100 years since the armistice ending World War One. And as such, it seems fitting for Henry Tod’s war experience to
WOW – this year’s reader survey asked participants if they had a “reading related blog or website.” Of 2418 responses, 294 provided the names of their sites. What does this
I’ve mentioned before some of the photos that have inspired scenes in my novels. I found several that helped me piece this scene together, which is from the current work-in-process.
Articles about feminism, #MeToo, and women’s anger are everywhere. I’ve been avoiding the topic. After all, this is a blog about historical fiction. However, given the events of the past
Henry Tod refers below to his Cook’s tour of Africa, which seems an apt description of his long voyage. This letter is written from Dar-es-Salaam, (then part of what was
This year’s survey report is now available. It’s taken me quite some time to compile the results because … as you know I spent the last five weeks recovering from
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