Reviewed biography of Victorian poet, re-offending criminal, heavy drinker, then Temperance campaigner, William Spring Onions (c1834- 1916) . 'Spring Onions-His Life and Crimes' by Paul Williams includes rare poetry.#Victorian#19thcenturyhistory, https://t.co/EEJvQlJXWB
Updated blog with post about The Discovery of Treasure Isles, by Amelia B Edwards, a timeslip/lost worlds tale from 1865. Opens the British Library collection Roads of Destiny. @BL_Publishing#19thcenturywomenwriters, #Ameliabedwards, https://t.co/MTBgbGTnjR
On 24th June 1859 French and Piedmontese forces defeated the Austrian empire at Solferino. The horror of the battlefield led to the start of the International Red Cross and the Geneva Convention. #19thcentury, #NapoleonIII,#BattleofSolferino,
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I have updated blog with a post about The Trumpet Major by Thomas Hardy and the threat of Napoleons invasion of the English coast #ThomasHardy, #Victorian, #Napoleon,#TheTrumpetMajor
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Thank you Spooky Isles for posting my review of 'Circles of Stone Weird Tales of Pagan Sites and Ancient Rites' edited by Katy Soar made available by @BL_Publishing#Weirdtales, #Stonecircles, #Paganism, https://t.co/iZkEYWaveB
Pleased to see that the British Library has included a collection of Catherine Crowe's writings in its 'Libary of the Weird' series. #BL_publishing, #Victorianwomen, https://t.co/8QisxnqwMR
Have reviewed 'Bird of Ill Omen-The Gothic Tales of Catherine Crowe', part of The British Library Weird Tales series #victorianfiction,#womenauthors, #19thcenturygothic, https://t.co/8QisxnqwMR
For #WorldTheatreDay here's a 1933 report on the gala premiere of Bronte biopic Wild Decembers. Among the special guests were Capt Arthur Branwell, last maternal relation of the Brontes, and Dodie Smith, author of I Capture The Castle and The Hundred and One Dalmatians.