Wine: Everyone’s Ancient Drink
Who drank wine at Troy? Was it an elite beverage or the common person’s every day drink? You’d think we couldn’t answer that definitively. And yet… If this sounds intriguing, read on.
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The Versailles Formula Cover Reveal
Cover Reveal! My friend Nancy Bilyeau has a new historical thriller coming out this spring called THE VERSAILLES FORMULA. She’s written another delicious historical thriller. Have a fun peek at her cover and premise.
Rose of Jericho by Alex Grecian: Book Review
Set in nineteenth-century New England, Rose of Jericho combines gothic horror with historical fantasy. Among other thought-provoking strands, the novel asks what would happen to humankind without death.
I hope you enjoy my review.
Seven for a Secret by Lyndsay Faye, Book Review
I noticed this book on my shelf and was thinking how good it is. And somehow I never posted my review of it to my blog. Here it is. New York in 1846 when the city barely had a police force, featuring kidnapped slaves, murder, & party politics. I hope you enjoy my review of Seven for a Secret by Lyndsay Faye.
Mycenaean Treasures from Pylos
The treasures from the Griffin Warrior’s tomb excavated in Pylos Greece are going on display for the first time. And one of the exhibit’s stops might be close enough to attend. And there’ll also be lots from Nestor’s Palace. I’m excited!
The Valkyrie, by Kate Heartfield: Book Review
If an intriguing Norse mythic retelling through a feminist lens sounds good to you, you’ll want to read this review. I enjoyed The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield
Greek Travels & Palamari, a Lost City
On the Greek island of Skyros I found Palamari, the impressive ruins of a lost Early Bronze Age city. I hope you enjoy my adventure.
Daughters of Olympus, Hannah Lynn: Book Review
Recently, I’ve been especially interested in the renaissance of novels retelling Greek mythology through a feminist lens. I hope you enjoy this review of a retelling of the Demeter/Persephone myth, Hannah Lynn’s Daughters of Olympus.
Dispelling a minty myth, pyramid peppermint
The case of the pyramid peppermint–truth or plunder? As someone who depends on a lot of scholarly assertions, I found this mystery and the clever sleuthing of two eminent Egyptologists highly entertaining. I hope you will, too.
An Untimely Death, Interview with Simon Rose about his YA fantasy
I hope you enjoy my interview with Simon Rose about his latest YA historical fantasy novel with a dangerous trip back in time to WWII. Time travel can wreak havoc on history!