by Kate Dolan | May 31, 2011 | Latest Posts, Living History, Pirates and the Caribbean
I haven’t seen the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie yet but I understand that Blackbeard makes an appearance, so I decided to write a few words about that wild and crazy guy. I do think he was crazy and very easily bored, so probably not a very happy guy at all. He...
by Kate Dolan | Jan 20, 2011 | Latest Posts, Living History, Regency
Anybody who is disappointed that Jane Austen did not write more books should read the stories of Frances Burney. I don’t think her writing is quite as skillful, but her books are every bit as entertaining and because she wrote in the late 18th and early 19th...
