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Hugo’s Leviathan: The Novel of the Century
By David Bellos (Guest Contributor) To write Les Misérables, Victor Hugo stood at his desk on the top floor of Hauteville House with a view of a harbour, the raging sea and, on the far horizon, the...
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Isabella of Spain–Warrior Queen
By Pamela D. Toler (Regular Contributor) Isabella of Spain (1451-1504)* is best known to American school children–and consequently to American adults–as the woman who funded Christopher Columbus’s...
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Five for Friday: M.J. Carter
Interview with M.J. Carter How did you come across this story? What inspired you to write about it? The Devil’s Feast is the third in a mystery series I’m writing set in the 1840s —a fascinating...
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The Terrible Curse of Macha
By Philip Freeman (Guest Contributor) Celtic mythology is full of strange and wonderful stories unlike the tales of ancient Greek gods and heroes most of us grew up with. One theme that appears...
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The Cigar Smoking Princess
by Kasia Stempniak, Guest Contributor In August of 1892, several French and British newspapers reported a curious incident that had purportedly taken place that summer: Princess Pauline de Metternich...
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The Radium Girls: Women Who Glowed in the Dark
By Kate Moore (Guest Contributor) This website is entitled “Wonders and Marvels.” At the turn of the century, perhaps the greatest wonder on the planet was Marie Curie’s newly discovered element:...
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Good Food in Bad Times
By Michael Garval (Regular Contributor) Friederike Garval (née Kajapic), with her parents Friedrich Kajapic and Anna Kajapic (née Wrba). My mom was born in Vienna, in 1929: a bad time in a place known...
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Edith Cavell: Patriotism Is Not Enough
By Pamela D. Toler (Regular Contributor) Not all the heroes of the First World War fought in the trenches. Forty-nine year old British nurse Edith Cavell was the director of the first nurses’ training...
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Five for Friday: Crystal King
Interview with Crystal King How did you come across this story? What inspired you to write about it? I came across an anecdote about the ancient Roman gourmand, Apicius, in a book that I was reading,...
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Summer Reading from Emma B.
By Susan Hiner, Guest Contributor Figure 1 Bonjour! It’s me, Emma B.[1] Looking for a good book? … well, your search is over! Just in time for your beach vacation on the Normandy coast (or, if you’re...
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