Queen Victoria

What Was Halloween Like in Victorian England?

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It’s certainly not what you’d think. Oh, they had parties (the Vics LOVED their parties) with adults dressing up in strange costumes. And there is the Celtic traditions, of course, of Samhain (pronounced SOW-in), meaning “summer’s end” and believed that this particular time of year thinned the veil between the natural world and the supernatural … Read more

Five Reasons to Write Historical Mysteries

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I’ve been immersed in history all my life. My parents were rabid Anglophiles, stuffing our bookshelves with historical novels, works of nonfiction, and having discussions at the dinner table about the British monarchy. I can definitely name more kings and queens of England than American presidents. I had my own literary relationship with Geoffrey Chaucer … Read more