Bernard Cornwell has long been one of my favorite authors. I usually read his books set in the medieval period, but I thought I’d give one of his other series a try, The Starbuck Chronicles. Rebel is the first book in that series. Set during the American Civil War, the… Read More »Rebel (The Starbuck Chronicles #1) by Bernard Cornwell
After a long hiatus of not writing any new stories, I decided to go back and read Ravens Beneath the Ash today. I first wrote this short story over ten years ago. Life has kept me busy with other things the past few years but I thought I’d re-read some… Read More »Editing old writing
This fun, thirty question quiz looks at your interests, background, lifestyle, and other metrics to determine what job might have best fit you if you lived during the middle ages.
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I’ve had Kindle Unlimited now for about a year, and even though I don’t get a chance to read as much as I would like, I definitely think it’s worth $9.99 a month, especially if you’re an avid reader. Ideally, I wish it was maybe $5.99 or $6.99 a month,… Read More »Medieval books and Kindle Unlimited
Everyone is familiar with Hitler and the Third Reich, but why was it called the Third Reich? What were the First and Second Reichs? We have to travel all the way back to the Middle Ages and the time of Charlemagne to find the seeds of what would eventually become… Read More »The Holy Roman Empire and the seeds of the Third Reich
Kingdom Come Deliverance is a first-person, medieval RPG based in realism rather than the magic you find in most RPGs of this type. It is based around true stories during the early 15th century medieval Bohemia at the time of King Wenceslas IV and his half-brother Sigismund’s opposition to the throne.… Read More »Kingdom Come Deliverance
Exeter Castle, also known as Rougemont Castle, was originally no more than a defensive city wall built by the Romans and later repaired by King Athelstan around 928 AD. After the Norman Conquest of England, the city of Exeter — like many other cities at this time — rebelled against William… Read More »Exeter Castle
Watch how suits of armor are constructed in this How It’s Made program, originally aired on the Discovery channel. How It’s Made – Suits of Armor Here is also an interesting article from the Scientific American on how medieval armor may have been more of a hindrance than a benefit on… Read More »Making suits of armor
I’ve recently been testing out Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited feature. Basically, you can keep as many books as you like from a catalog of over 800,000 titles. You pay a subscription fee of $9.99 per month, and you can download and keep any book you want. It reminds me of Netflix… Read More »Kindle Unlimited