https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/04/white-horse-of-uffington.html?m=0
The History Girls: The White Horse of Uffington by Katherine Langrish
Not long ago, in the bright light of a half moon, I went up on to the Downs to visit the Uffington White Horse. This was an activity I disco...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2017/07/writing-routines-by-debra-daley.html?showComment=1499367163610
The History Girls: Writing Routines by Debra Daley
The first thing I do each morning is meditate for around fifteen or twenty minutes. Nothing fancy, just concentrating on my breath. I lov...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/02/german-silesia-from-revolution-to.html?showComment=1330035081202
The History Girls: German Silesia - from revolution to degermanisation, by Leslie Wilson
After the First World War, Poland, which had previously been split up between Germany, Austria and Russia, was now reinstated as a nation. A...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2019/11/a-harbour-barrier-and-hope-by-penny.html?showComment=1572864973808&m=0
The History Girls: A HARBOUR, A BARRIER AND HOPE by Penny Dolan
The Isles of Orkney and the seas around Scapa Flow make a natural harbour, and have been used by sea voyagers and travellers throu...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-paraclete-by-louisa-young.html?m=0
The History Girls: The Paraclete, by Louisa Young
I went to church at the weekend, itself almost a historical activity in England. It was a grey and beautiful Somerset church, which exquisit...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-teenager-at-work-in-1960-by-ann.html?m=1
The History Girls: A Teenager at Work in 1960 by Ann Turnbull
I had just turned seventeen when I started work in London in 1960. I'd spent the past four years at technical school on a commercial cours...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2019/06/never-to-see-like-again-in-this-world.html?m=0
The History Girls: 'Never to see the like again in this world' - Pepys and the Coronation
by Deborah Swift I've spent the last three years writing a trilogy about three different women that feature in Pepys' Diary. Now that r...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2013/08/using-museums-for-creative-writing.html?showComment=1376063369956
The History Girls: Using Museums for Creative Writing
by Caroline Lawrence Dr James George Beaney was a flamboyantly successful doctor of the 19th century. The son of a labourer, he was bor...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/01/historical-survivors-women-who-dodged.html?showComment=1325718793794&m=0
The History Girls: HISTORICAL SURVIVORS - the women who dodged the bullet
by Eve Edwards I spent the autumn dipping into Peter Ackroyd's 'The History of England pt 1'. Apart from quickly realising that I would...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2020/10/
The History Girls: October 2020
A blog from great writers of historical fiction
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-day-trip-to-windsor-by-janie-hampton.html
The History Girls: A Day Trip to Windsor by Janie Hampton
Granny insisted on taking us on a history lesson Last Saturday, two of my grandchildren and I went out for a history and anthropology ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2014/04/?m=0
The History Girls: April 2014
A blog from great writers of historical fiction
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2013/06/feisty-women-in-history-by-theresa.html
The History Girls: FEISTY WOMEN IN HISTORY by Theresa Breslin
Why is it that highly intelligent, accomplished, able women are viewed with suspicion by men (and other women) and get such a ba...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2014/02/milk-fed-zebras-michelle-lovric.html?m=0
The History Girls: milk-fed zebras - Michelle Lovric
A friend of mine - a Renaissance man himself - has made an exotic purchase in Venice: a letter of passage for two zebras. He has kindly allo...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2018/06/
The History Girls: June 2018
A blog from great writers of historical fiction
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2019/01/englands-first-refugees-huguenots-by.html?showComment=1548443844840&m=0
The History Girls: England's First Refugees - The Huguenots - by Rosemary Hayes
Huguenot scholar on the intolerance of Louis IV I have a lot of information about my two grandfathers and their antecedents, goin...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2015/05/celebrating-film-by-carol-drinkwater.html?showComment=1432809470531
The History Girls: Celebrating Film, by Carol Drinkwater
By the time you read this, the 68th Cannes Film Festival will have packed up its wares and the pantechnicons will be back on the road....
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2013/10/found-in-translation-biographer-clare.html?showComment=1384202162890&m=0
The History Girls: Found in translation? Biographer Clare Mulley considers the importance of...
Last week my biography of Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville, the first woman to work for Britain as a special agent in the Second W...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2018/09/funeral-for-virgin-maidens-crowns.html
The History Girls: Funeral for A Virgin - Maidens Crowns
A Maiden's Crown In the seventeenth century, the death of an unmarried young woman was commemorated by the making of an unusual wreath or g...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2019/01/january-competition.html
The History Girls: January Competition
To win a copy of Kate Hubbard's fascinating book about Bess of Hardwick, just answer the question below in the Comments section. "What b...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2014/03/poetry-is-no-way-to-teach-great-war-sue.html?showComment=1394936266561&m=0
The History Girls: 'Poetry is no way to teach the Great War': Sue Purkiss
It will not have escaped your notice that this year is the hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the First World War. There have already...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2016/
The History Girls: 2016
A blog from great writers of historical fiction
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2016/07/history-in-making-by-vanora-bennett.html
The History Girls: HISTORY IN THE MAKING, by Vanora Bennett
Being a part of history in the making is never comfortable. I learned that in my previous life as a foreign reporter, covering the var...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2011/09/protecting-our-children-by-marie-louise.html
The History Girls: Protecting our Children by Marie-Louise Jensen
I had a different post in mind for today, but want instead to respond to Katherine Langrish and Barbara Mitchelhill's posts a few days ago a...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-dead-mans-penny-by-v-e-h-masters.html?m=0
The History Girls: The Dead Man's Penny by V E H Masters
Writing books can be quite a lonely business. In the past few years, post COVID, I've occasionally taken a table at Fairs, along with fello...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2013/02/end-what-end-by-k-m-grant.html
The History Girls: End? What end? by K. M. Grant
Writers are often asked how we feel when we've finished writing a book. Is there a sense of relief? Are we sad? Do we actually type 'The ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2011/10/we-were-born-to-die-for-germany.html?showComment=1353940710059&m=0
The History Girls: We Were Born To Die For Germany
by Leslie Wilson First the Nazis killed disabled children, Jewish children, Roma children, Slav children; then the 'Aryan' children start...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2019/08/
The History Girls: August 2019
A blog from great writers of historical fiction
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2011/10/we-were-born-to-die-for-germany.html?showComment=1320438326687&m=0
The History Girls: We Were Born To Die For Germany
by Leslie Wilson First the Nazis killed disabled children, Jewish children, Roma children, Slav children; then the 'Aryan' children start...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2011/10/alternative-london-catherine-johnson.html?showComment=1318587871085
The History Girls: Alternative London Catherine Johnson
Today, people, join me on a sort of virtual walking tour of London. A brief canter past some of the buildings that have featured or at ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2015/09/visualising-roman-london-by-caroline.html
The History Girls: Visualising Roman London by Caroline Lawrence
The historical novels I love to read (and hopefully write) transport me to the past. They make me hear it, feel it, smell it, taste it. Mo...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2013/05/1000-miles-up-nile-joan-lennon.html?showComment=1367747728033&m=0
The History Girls: 1000 Miles Up the Nile - Joan Lennon
A Thousand Miles up the Nile by Amelia B. Edwards first published 1876 Okay, this is the plan. Don't get distracted. Just nip in, ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2011/10/we-were-born-to-die-for-germany.html?showComment=1393677324706&m=0
The History Girls: We Were Born To Die For Germany
by Leslie Wilson First the Nazis killed disabled children, Jewish children, Roma children, Slav children; then the 'Aryan' children start...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2013/10/history-boy-lucy-inglis.html?showComment=1380736361045
The History Girls: History Boy - Lucy Inglis
This weekend I went up to the Wigtown Book Festival . It is a looong way. But it was more than worth it. It wasn't only worth it to spend ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-local-mitfords-by-mary-hoffman.html?showComment=1560783549517
The History Girls: The Local Mitfords by Mary Hoffman
This dropped into my inbox last week and got me fired up about the Mitford Sisters all over again. It's the US release, by St. Martin's Pr...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2017/11/tamara-karsavina-henry-bruce-part-2-by.html?m=0
The History Girls: Tamara Karsavina & Henry Bruce, Part 2, by Janie Hampton
Tamara Karsavina in Le Spectre de la Rose , choerographed by Fokine, costume by Bakst, in Paris 1913. Continuing the story of the ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/01/historical-survivors-women-who-dodged.html?showComment=1325696213602&m=0
The History Girls: HISTORICAL SURVIVORS - the women who dodged the bullet
by Eve Edwards I spent the autumn dipping into Peter Ackroyd's 'The History of England pt 1'. Apart from quickly realising that I would...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2018/02/light-as-feather-art-of-levitation-by.html?showComment=1518519777248
The History Girls: Light as a Feather - The Art of Levitation by Deborah Swift
'This is the art of Levitation... levitation... levitation...' Do these words seem familiar? This is the beginning of the chant for ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2017/12/suicide-by-greed-monsters-looming-over.html?showComment=1512932377450
The History Girls: Suicide by greed: the monsters looming over Venice - Michelle Lovric
Anyone visiting Venice in the last ten years will have suffered the unsettling experience of seeing what appears to be a small ugly mode...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-legend-of-tower-ravens-by-chris.html?showComment=1543479880321
The History Girls: The Legend of the Tower ravens by Chris Skaife
November's guest is very special. Not only is he a History Boy, he is the only guest we've ever had who lives inside one of the oldest histo...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2019/07/sculptures-telling-stories-by-susan.html
The History Girls: Sculptures Telling Stories by Susan Price
You might well have heard of the Kennis brothers before. If you have, never mind. An excuse to look at their work again is always a goo...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-immortal-fly-by-karen-maitland.html?showComment=1549644907653&m=0
The History Girls: 'The Immortal Fly' by Karen Maitland
'Lord of the Flies' Artist: Louis Le Breton (1818-186 As part of the research for my medieval thriller, A Gathering of Ghosts , ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-little-bit-of-family-history-by-mary.html?showComment=1367401757757
The History Girls: A little bit of family history by Mary Hoffman
This is my mother-in-law, Roshan Mirza as she was then, in her twenties. She was born a Parsi in Bangalore, where her father Nosherwan Mi...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/07/nebamun-dianne-hofmeyr.html?showComment=1343275923830&m=0
The History Girls: NEBAMUN - the Painted Tomb - Dianne Hofmeyr
Today, on Day 69 of the Olympic torch relay as it passes just a few roads away from where I live, I thought of choosing a favourite hist...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2014/03/georgians-revealed-at-british-library.html?m=0
The History Girls: Georgians Revealed at the British Library - Lucy Inglis
Today I do the last of my walking tours for the British Library's Georgians Revealed exhibition, which examines eighteenth century print cu...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/08/in-praise-of-washing-dirty-linen-in.html?showComment=1343981534072&m=0
The History Girls: In praise of washing dirty linen in public by Eve Edwards
Alittle summer fun. Forget the furore induced by Fifty shades of Grey among readers and publishers cashing in on women's fantasies. Th...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2014/10/crossing-threshold-by-caroline-lawrence.html?showComment=1412850911362
The History Girls: Crossing the Threshold by Caroline Lawrence
As he moved towards the mist of the fountains, Langdon had the uneasy sense he was crossing an imaginary threshold into another world. Da...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2017/12/medieval-heroines-by-mary-hoffman-review.html?m=0
The History Girls: Medieval Heroines by Mary Hoffman (review)
First, the kitchen items pictured in my post on 1st November , some of which did look a bit medieval! The first was a duck press (poor duc...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2017/11/november-competition.html?showComment=1512058360713
The History Girls: November competition
To win a copy of The King's Pearl by Melita Thomas, just answer the question below in the comments section. Then copy your answer in an emai...
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The History Girls: October Competition Winners
Are now up on the Competitions page.
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2014/01/its-all-greek.html?m=1
The History Girls: It's All Greek
by Caroline Lawrence replica kylix or Greek drinking cup by Exekias Opposite the British Museum, on the corner of Great Russell St...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-blustery-obsession-by-julie-summers.html?showComment=1454014463376
The History Girls: A Blustery Obsession by Julie Summers
Like many of my fellow countrymen and women, I am fixated by the weather. The shipping forecast can fill me with overwhelming excitement wh...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2016/11/treasures-of-oral-history-by-katherine.html
The History Girls: Treasures of Oral History by Katherine Webb
Whenever I'm asked about my research process, I always say that I read as much that was written at time as I can. You simply can't beat hear...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-big-house-very-self-indulgent-trip.html?showComment=1463738858045
The History Girls: The Big House - a very self indulgent trip. Catherine Johnson
Lovely isn't it. Although by the time this picture was taken the house had been restored and repainted. If you go through the side gate to...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2013/02/whats-for-supper-by-jane-borodale.html?showComment=1361530076897&m=0
The History Girls: WHAT'S FOR SUPPER? by Jane Borodale
The horsemeat contamination debacle has thrown up familiar discussions in our household as elsewhere; about the convoluted ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2013/10/boy-30529-by-felix-weinberg-reviewed-by.html?m=1
The History Girls: Boy 30529, by Felix Weinberg: reviewed by Sue Purkiss
I had a birthday recently, and was lucky enough to be given some excellent books. One, however, I already had, so I exchanged it for a memo...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-autograph-book-katherine-langrish.html?m=1
The History Girls: The Autograph Book - Katherine Langrish
This is an autograph book which was given to my great-aunt, Minnie Davies, by her mother, on January 13th 1911. Or possibly not: the dat...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2015/01/12-reasons-to-see-this-sherlock.html?showComment=1420877560471
The History Girls: 12 Reasons to see this Sherlock Exhibition
by Caroline Lawrence Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget Readers of my posts will know that like many others I love Sherlock Holmes in a...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/08/revisiting-skagen.html?m=0
The History Girls: Revisiting Skagen
by Marie-Louise Jensen My writing at present is steeped in the Georgian era, as I embark on my third tale set in the early 1700s. But rig...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/05/mr-hetherington-and-his-shocking-top.html?showComment=1337861284526
The History Girls: MR HETHERINGTON AND HIS SHOCKING TOP HAT
BY ESSIE FOX Today, if you wander down Oxford Street you might chance to view a building that still bears the name of Henry Heath's Ha...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2017/03/past-imperfect-by-mary-hoffman.html
The History Girls: Past Imperfect by Mary Hoffman
Past Imperfect? Selling children's historical fiction to a modern audience Roman Nine Muses frieze, Louvre, Paris. Wikimedia Commons T...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-tiny-nautical-quiz-by-louisa-young.html
The History Girls: A Tiny Nautical Quiz, by Louisa Young
I have sealag, or jetlegs, or both, or vice versa . . . I have been sailing, far away, and I am swaying mildly at my desk as I write this. ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/02/character-or-lure-of-pointy-tree.html
The History Girls: CHARACTER or THE LURE OF POINTY TREE GARDENS
CHARACTER or THE LURE OF POINTY TREE GARDENS by Linda Buckley-Archer [...] nothing can equal the great tradition of the European novel in t...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/10/storylines-by-eve-edwards.html?showComment=1349253780003
The History Girls: Storylines by Eve Edwards
Australian Outback I was very inspired as a teenager by reading Bruce Chatwin's Songlines , his account of the Aboriginal tradition of ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2016/06/lois-duncan-celia-rees.html
The History Girls: Lois Duncan - Celia Rees
Rather like Catherine Johnson on the 14th, I was going to write about something else this month but then I heard that the American writer, ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2017/11/cats-heads-and-yowlers-by-karen-maitland.html?m=1
The History Girls: 'Cat's Heads and Yowlers' by Karen Maitland
A Humber Sloop, the 'Harry' from Barton on the Humber A few years ago, I had the privilege of editing the autobiography of an elderl...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2011/08/dressing-part-by-hm-castor.html?showComment=1312793567712
The History Girls: DRESSING THE PART by H.M. Castor
It all started at a planning meeting for a bookshop event. I can't remember who suggested it, but someone said why didn't I dress up in Tudo...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2013/05/women-and-smuggling-trade.html
The History Girls: Women and the Smuggling Trade
by Marie-Louise Jensen In Smuggler's Kiss , I have a young woman on board the smuggling vessel, taking part in cross-channel smuggling as ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/11/when-my-mother-met-hitler-by-leslie.html?showComment=1353667505128
The History Girls: When My Mother met Hitler, by Leslie Wilson
I don't have a photo of my mother as a teenager, but here she is aged 20. Gerda, my mother, was the daughter of a police officer, b...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2014/10/guess-who-or-debate-over-radegonde.html
The History Girls: GUESS WHO - or the debate over the Radegonde mural in Chinon. By Elizabeth...
In 1964 an interesting an intriguing discovery was made at an ancient chapel in Chinon dedicated to St Radegonde. The story goes that a p...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2017/11/two-reflections-on-dickenss-little.html?showComment=1511436352661&m=0
The History Girls: Two reflections on Dickens's Little Dorrit, by Leslie Wilson
I'm listening to Little Dorrit as an audiobook at the moment, which will see me through quite a lot of cooking and baking. This is not a com...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2015/09/victorian-photographs-and-women-reading.html?showComment=1441474967604
The History Girls: Victorian Photographs and Women Reading by Joan Lennon
This is a post in two parts. Part the first: There is a wonderful exhibition on at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, running ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2014/08/were-going-to-need-bigger-cabinet-by.html?showComment=1409488698034
The History Girls: We're going to need a bigger cabinet by Mary Hoffman
On the 30th of each month, when it's not the last day (i.e. in January, March, May, July, August, October and December) a History Girl puts ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/05/ghost-that-spoke-gaelic-by-katherine.html
The History Girls: The Ghost That Spoke Gaelic - by Katherine Langrish
'An Incident at the Battle of Culloden' by David Morier, oil on canvas. It was 1749, just four years after the failed Jacobite rising, ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2011/10/history-you-can-live-inside-by-emma.html?showComment=1319294061166&m=0
The History Girls: HISTORY YOU CAN LIVE INSIDE by Emma Darwin
A few weeks ago, my daughter's school Chamber Choir was singing Evensong in Southwark Cathedral, so I went along to listen. Many years ago, ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/10/interview-about-vampire-and-other.html?showComment=1350591376712&m=0
The History Girls: Interview About a Vampire and other Gothic Topics - Celia Rees
I've been thinking about all things Gothic. I am taking part in a panel event at the Lancaster Festival on 17th October with Cliff McNish, ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2025/12/
The History Girls: December 2025
A blog from great writers of historical fiction
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The History Girls: We wanted to tell you!
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2019/07/welcome-to-iron-age-by-ruth-downie.html?showComment=1565001351289&m=0
The History Girls: Welcome to the Iron Age! - by Ruth Downie
Comfortable, convenient and ready to move in - welcome to your new home in the Iron Age! A well-built house will stand up to whatever ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2014/01/breaking-rules-by-kate-lord-brown_22.html?showComment=1390491836767&m=0
The History Girls: Breaking the Rules by Kate Lord Brown
Doha Jan 2014 Browsing in the souq this morning, it struck me again how strange (particularly for someone who adores history), it is...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-future-past-n-m-browne.html?m=0
The History Girls: The Future Past: N M Browne
Recent history girls posts have mentioned the the things we take for granted - the ease with which we light fires, do laundry, accept fema...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/10/castle-in-air-sue-purkiss.html?m=0
The History Girls: Castle In The Air: Sue Purkiss
I wonder - does this ruined castle seem at all familiar to you? I'll give you a clue - Bryan Adams singing a really soppy song that ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2018/05/londons-mithraeum-liturgy.html
The History Girls: London's Mithraeum Liturgy
On the evening of Thursday 17 May 2018, just over a week from the date of this post I, Caroline Lawrence, will be meeting with children a...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2013/03/silent-as-grave-celia-rees.html?showComment=1363601552028&m=0
The History Girls: Silent as the Grave - Celia Rees
Last Sunday, my daughter and I went on a pilgrimage to Kensal Green Catholic Cemetery to lay lilies on the grave of Krystyna Skarbek ( no...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2018/09/jetting-off-to-japan-by-lesley-downer.html?m=0
The History Girls: Jetting off to Japan - by Lesley Downer
New Year's, Osaka 1978; w Shige and Reiko Tohmine. I'm on left. Forty years ago this month, in September 1978, twenty-two fresh...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-immortal-fly-by-karen-maitland.html?m=0
The History Girls: 'The Immortal Fly' by Karen Maitland
'Lord of the Flies' Artist: Louis Le Breton (1818-186 As part of the research for my medieval thriller, A Gathering of Ghosts , ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2013/04/faking-it-by-eleanor-updale.html?showComment=1458253781753
The History Girls: FAKING IT by Eleanor Updale
STERN'S SCOOP Thirty years ago yesterday, the Sunday Times published what it thought was a magnificent scoop: they had bought fr...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2024/08/forgotten-women.html?m=1
The History Girls: Forgotten Women
During lockdown, a group of a dozen women, who knew each other through family history events and courses, began to meet online for mutual en...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2019/07/a-bitter-and-unrelenting-enemy-by-susan.html?showComment=1564939014855&m=0
The History Girls: 'A bitter and unrelenting enemy', by Susan Vincent
The time has come to confess. I've got clothes moths. And I have spent a ridiculous amount of this summer in trying to get rid of the littl...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-art-of-flattery-by-lj-trafford.html?showComment=1547951526347&m=0
The History Girls: The Art of Flattery by L.J. Trafford
Statue of Domitian in Ephesus Museum. Photo by Carole Raddato Working on my current book I have been researching and reading an awful lo...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/01/bewildering-boleyn-by-hm-castor.html?showComment=1327950523517&m=0
The History Girls: THE BEWILDERING BOLEYN by H.M. Castor
H.M. Castor starts us off on an occasional series in which History Girls will write about a historical figure who is the opposite of a favou...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2014/06/salt-and-crushed-roses-medieval.html
The History Girls: SALT AND CRUSHED ROSES - Medieval pregnancy and neonatal care By Elizabeth...
Last week we welcomed a new baby boy into our family. (left). At the same time I was reading up on pregnancy and the care of babies as par...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2024/11/
The History Girls: November 2024
A blog from great writers of historical fiction
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/08/sex-marriage-and-church-by-manda-scott.html?showComment=1344858618065&m=0
The History Girls: Sex, Marriage and the Church by Manda Scott
One of the joys of the writing life (as opposed to the veterinary life I left behind at the turn of the millennium) is having time to read ...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2014/02/time-and-hour-by-katherine-langrish.html?m=0
The History Girls: Time and the Hour - by Katherine Langrish
My husband's Uncle Bill Dilger was a watch and clockmaker-cum-repairer, and his workshop, in a small back room in his Victorian Manchester h...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/03/who-is-it-by-susan-price.html?m=1
The History Girls: Who is it? by Susan Price
This is the Grafton portrait, which came to public notice in 1907, having hung in the parlour of a farmhouse since the 17th Century. Rese...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-personal-and-political-by-hm-castor.html?showComment=1402623100537
The History Girls: The Personal and the Political, by H.M. Castor
Tucked away at the end of a platform at Bristol Temple Meads railways station, there are some photographs taken by Mark Perham (for a pr...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2011/07/sitting-in-my-soup-by-hm-castor.html?m=0
The History Girls: SITTING IN MY SOUP by H.M. Castor
How dare I? That was my first thought. And my second, and my third... Not just how dare I write a novel about Henry VIII? (and that seemed...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2011/11/november-competition.html?showComment=1352849982210
The History Girls: November Competition
It's the last day of November and competition time! We have a number of titles by History Girls to give away and all you have to do to win o...
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https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2017/05/joyce-grenfells-lost-song-by-janie.html?m=0
The History Girls: Joyce Grenfell's Lost Song by Janie Hampton
Benjamin Britten, Joyce Grenfell, Peter Pears at The Red House, June 1967 In 1947 the British composer Benjamin Britten and his partner,...
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