The beauty of the Hortiach Hills: a painting by William T Wood RWS during the Eastern Campaign Just imagine for a moment that you’re a nicely bred young lady used to comforts and a secure quiet home life in Edwardian Britain. You volunteer to be a Red Cross nurse or… Read More »The Nurses War: the Red Cross in Salonika in WWI by Loretta Proctor
If you are going to write mysteries, as I do, set in urban America in the 19th century, servants are going to play a role, and so it is not surprising that you will find servants as important characters in my Victorian San Francisco mystery series. However, as I have… Read More »Domestic Service in Victorian San Francisco by M. Louisa Locke
Writing a Forgotten Diva by Beverle Graves Myers I fell in love with baroque opera the moment I heard an achingly ethereal, crystal clear soprano voice fill my college Music History classroom. The performer was Alfred Deller, a modern-day singer who had trained his falsetto to reach the countertenor… Read More »Writing a Forgotten Diva by Beverle Graves Myers
War and the Human Spirit My love for history dates back to high school. I’ve always thought you could learn a lot from the people of the past. Most lived far more precarious lives than we do. They suffered and died and frequently triumphed. Our own lives are better because of their struggles. No wonder… Read More »War and the Human Spirit by I. J. Parker
…or not. While I read a lot of non-fiction books about the Victorian era, I spend as much time, if not more, in fiction contemporary to the era, Dickens, Meredith, Hardy, Eliot (etc., etc., etc.) Here I get a real feel for what it was like to live then. I… Read More »AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER by V. R. Christensen