In Sweden, we still remember our warrior king on Nov 6th, the day the mighty Gustav II Adolf died at the Battle of Lützen. So here is a post about him - acclaimed by the Protestants, feared by the Catholics www.annabelfrage.com/2014/11/06/t... #history #ThirtyYears'War #religiousconflict #Sweden

This month's newsletter is delayed - that's what happens when the writer succumbs to the flu. This newsletter is a reflection on the passing of time, and somehow Descartes - the "cogito, ergo sum" dude - ends up in there! www.annabelfrage.com/2025/11/05/m... #writing #reflections

Love #Elizabethan fiction? Check out @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social fab book, Mistress of Dartington Hall! www.annabelfrage.com/2025/10/31/m... #historicalfiction #blogtour @cathiedunn.bsky.social

I was recently in Dresden and discovered just how little I know about German history. Fortunately, ignorance is something you can do something about, so here is a post about a monument and the strange case of a gagged lady! www.annabelfrage.com/2025/10/26/w... #history #GermanHistory #Reformation

She amrried a king, but was she a queen? Hmm... the pope deffo didn't think so! #history #medieval #womeninhistory www.annabelfrage.com/2025/10/17/j...

INES is a storry of fated love.... #review #historicalfiction #TheCoffeePotBookClub #blogtour www.annabelfrage.com/2025/10/14/i...

I have been MIA for a while now - lots of work, writing frantically to finish my WIP, and a tendency to discover other rabbitholes... Ergo, my latest post is all about ears, naval heroes and a disatrous naval battle... www.annabelfrage.com/2025/10/09/t...

A post about Cádiz - although to be fair, that city deserves an entire book! www.annabelfrage.com/2025/09/16/e... #Spain #ancienthistory #Romans

I just LOVED this well-written #Regency by @catherinekullmann.bsky.social - so very pleased to host her today as part of her #CoffeePotBookClub tour! @cathiedunn.bsky.social www.annabelfrage.com/2025/08/29/l...

I have just sent out my August newsletter - Of Changing light and Darker Nights! mailchi.mp/annabelfrage...

A post about poetry and memories, a post about homesickness - and, indirectly, about my mother. www.annabelfrage.com/2025/07/27/t...

Just a quick update on the #serialisednovel front, Alchemist of the Red Rose is now also on ScribbleHub for those that have that as a preferred platform. Initial chapter updates will happen on KoFi, and then subsequently on RoyalRoad and ScribbleHub on the same day. #specfic #scribblehub

For those that haven't checked it out yet, I have had a KoFi for a while, but actively started to use it. Currently I have two shorts up on there for people to read, and this weekend, I will be sharing the first Chapter of Humanity's Grave as a teaser for it. Go check it out

A Walk In the Woods A fun piece of creative poetic writing filled with nature elements. The need for a good pair of boots when out in the forest and even better, a good cup of tea! youtube.com/shorts/qnTPu... #Scotland #nature #photography #forest #boots #trail #outdoors #explore #wild #youtube

Today's post on my blog features Helen Hollick and her latest release! www.annabelfrage.com/2025/07/22/a...

One of many fascinating artists interviewed for the NEW WomensArt book 'Reframing Women Printmakers' is Northumbrian artist Rebecca Vincent #womensart

'In my garden' by Mariann Johansen-Ellis, contemporary printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

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Uvi ✨ Marriage before Death: Listen to the audiobook! #Audiobook #Thriller uviart.blogspot.com/2017/11/marr... …

Wolf Riders of Keldarra series first five books by Nathalie M.L. Römer can be ordered. @nathaliemlromer.bsky.social Book.1 books2read.com/TaintedTruth Book.2 books2read.com/StolenTruth Book.3 books2read.com/TruthofaBetr... Book.4 books2read.com/RevelationsO... Book.5 books2read.com/CitiesOfTheS...

Heading west via one of Germany’s oldest cities: Trier. Of course it’s most famous for its Roman and late antique history. And sadly much of the medieval heritage was destroyed by bombs in WW2. But the dual cathedral/basilica complex is still amazing - the entry point of Gothic art into Germany.

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Would we? Found this written on a wooden board at a lost place. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCommunication #photography #EastCoastKin

From the mid- #18thc, botanists and gardeners began to experiment with new varieties of roses that had been introduced from India, China and Italy. As a consequence, cultivated roses spread throughout Europe, and with it a new enthusiasm for these flowers. Read more: regency-explorer.net/roses/

Petronella Oortman’s Dollhouse (1676) was fitted out so richly that it cost as much as a real house, & inspired Jessie Burton’s novel The Miniaturist. Here’s how it appears in the Rijksmuseum, and at R, how it originally appeared, in a painting by Jacob Appel in 1710

On the @WordWenches today @AndreaPenrose introduces her two gorgeous new websites! Do you look at author websites and if so, what do you find most helpful and interesting? wordwenches.com/an-author-an...

#OTD 19 July 1545 #HenryVIII's beloved #MaryRose sank His ship of choice on his many journeys to the Pale of Calais, his pride & joy! She had seen over 30yrs service MYTH BUSTER: She did not sink on her maiden voyage! Find out how Henry felt witnessing this disaster: youtu.be/ac59U663sHU

#OTD 21 July 1535 #HenryVIII & #AnneBoleyn arrived Sudeley Castle part of their Summer Progress Other Tudors with links to Sudeley: 6th Wife #KatherineParr is buried there #ElizabethI partied for 3 days in 1592 Catch us there from 23 July .... 👉: sudeleycastle.co.uk/events/knigh...

#FREE for everyone 7/18-7/22! Wicked Warlock of Oz Jadyn wants to win the heart of Tina Woodcutter. Unfortunately, the cyborg assassin has a cursed artificial heart. If Tina feels emotions too strongly her heart will malfunction & she’ll die. www.amazon.com/dp/B07QK5F83G #BookSky #Romance #Fantasy

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"One is a book about author Kacey Kells' personal triumph over adversity. The other is a book about womens triumphs through the ages. Must read books !!" KELLCEY: www.amazon.com/Kellcey-Kace... His Story of Women: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BB5QQ987/

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Letters to Ellie (The Lost Slipper Society, book two) by Juli D. Revezzo is a Romance Readers Event pick #victorianromance #historicalromance #romance #giveaway open.substack.com/pub/nnlights...

When the dead outnumber the living, the adventures REALLY begin... Come and meet the ghostly communities of Britain's most famous (and infamous) historical sites: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D7MX75J6 #historicalfiction #paranormal #booksky #ghoststory FREE to read via #KindleUnlimited

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“I’ve loved every single instalment in this fantastic series...” @thebookmagnet.bsky.social Have you read THE MEONBRIDGE CHRONICLES? #Medieval #Histfic For a taster, why not join Team Meonbridge and receive a free novella? carolynhughesauthor.com/join-team-meonbridge

Can't make it to the British Museum? Get off the train in Reading instead... www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Writing about John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester as his family knew him, not as the brilliant libertine history remembers, was a fascinating research journey. Letters, diaries, and portraits contributed to a different side of him. #EarlyModern #HistoricalFiction www.elizabethjstjohn.com/people/the-l...

Coming soon! The second book in the Browns of Butcher’s Hill! #historicalmystery #series

*heavy sigh* #bluesky #writers #reviews #writing #books

I'm all booked up. How about you? www.patwahler.com #booksky #readers #summerreads

Olivia: Well, come again tomorrow. Fare thee well, Viola. (She says to Viola after giving him a jewel and requesting his return the next day.) 📘Twelfth Night, 1602 🖊️Shakespeare (English Playwright) 🖼️Olivia Farewell To Viola, 1908 🎨Heath Robinson (English Illustrator) #shakespearesunday

What secrets await at the Tudor court? Dr Perdita Rivers and her twin sister, Piper, are stunned when their estranged grandmother Mary Fitzroy leaves them Marquess House. To find out why Mary left them, Perdita searches the archive where she finds a family secret, one people are prepared to kill…

Raising the Tudors: Motherhood in Sixteenth-Century England, by Stephanie Kline tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/06/book... #Tudors #History

The Secret Diary of Eleanor Cobham: A young duchess is found guilty of sorcery and witchcraft. Centuries later her secret diary is discovered hidden under floorboards in Beaumaris Castle and her true story can finally be told. mybook.to/SecretDiary #HistoricalFiction #audiobooks

BookGiveaway Alert: What would you do for your husband if he were wrongly accused of murder? What would you do for your grandchild if her life were at stake? Set in New York State in 1961 and Berlin during WWII, three women unite to fight for their loved ones: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

A momentary glimpse of the sun on my morning walk here in Glastonbury. Yes, I did get wet! 😂🌧️☂️

"BESS Tudor Gentlewoman transports you through time to experience these forgotten stories of survival, love and, above all, hope." mybook.to/BESS #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction

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Judith Arnopp @jarnopp.bsky.social In 793, Vikings raided the abbey at Lindisfarne off the coast of Northumbria, killing monks and robbing the monastery of treasures, among them a book. Follow the journey of that book to the present day. mybook.to/tboh