Remembering Vimy Ridge – April 9, 1917
I’ve been both mesmerized and horrified by what I’ve read about Vimy, which took place 97 years ago today. In Unravelled, Edward Jamieson, who fought at Vimy Ridge, remembers that
April 9, 2014
I’ve been both mesmerized and horrified by what I’ve read about Vimy, which took place 97 years ago today. In Unravelled, Edward Jamieson, who fought at Vimy Ridge, remembers that
Surveys provide data. Interviews enrich data with context and depth, specifics and anecdotes. I’ve interviewed many authors on A Writer of History and several bloggers but I have yet to interview
The Kohinoor diamond was said to be cursed because this fabulous jewel often changed hands when disaster or defeat occurred. And sure enough, following England’s subjugation of India, the Kohinoor was taken from the
The Mountain of Light by Indu Sundaresan, totally captivated me. It’s a story about the Koh-i-noor diamond, famous for its fabulous beauty and size, and the diamond’s journey “through time
I reported on the favourite reading oriented sites in the middle of February. Today’s post looks at the list of sites by category: reading sites, social media, retailers, blogs dedicated
Mohana Rajakumar is a writer who earned a PhD in the US and is currently living in Qatar. We connected through Twitter where her byline says: The modern #mother #writer
A few months ago, my mother clipped an article out of the paper for me with the compelling title Why we (still) read. The author was Robert Fulford, a long-time
I’ve read a surprising number of books since Christmas, keeping track of them in a beautiful notebook my great friend Edith gave me. The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin The
Today Deanna Raybourn, New York Times best selling author, talks about her writing and her latest novel, City of Jasmine, which has just released. Readers selected Deanna as one of the
Eileen Iciek and I met through Goodreads after I posted a note about the 2013 favourite historical fiction authors and Eileen responded by referencing a 1902 list of favourite historical
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
