Please keep in mind that I’m not a trained historian – I’m just an amateur, an enthusiastic history buff. However, as history figures prominently in my books. I have attempted to ensure the historical facts are as correct as possible, and where necessary I have written a historical note so as to answer the most obvious questions.
Religious Persecution and Glorious Revolution First published on English Historical Fiction Authors blog, March 25 2015 In 1685, Louis XIV of France revoked the Edict of Nantes, thereby indirectly laying the foundation to what would become the so called Glorious Revolution in England. “Eh, what?” I hear some of you say, brows rising as you consider …
Women and Witchcraft This post was written for Flashlight Commentary, and originally published there on August 23, 2014. In the lost mists of time, long before the advent of monotheist religions, man worshiped Mother Nature. Time passed, civilisations developed, and somewhere 3 000 years ago, the old veneration for Mother Nature – a most female …
Sir William Berkeley – Governor of Virginia Sometimes you stumble over facts that pique your curiosity. This is what happened to me when I was researching the background for my book Like Chaff in the Wind. As most of the book is set in the Colony of Virginia, I read extensively about colonial life in …
Implementing Religious Tolerance Many of the early settlers in the American Colonies emigrated due to religious issues. Interestingly enough, while the English government had little tolerance for Puritans, Quakers, Catholics, Presbyterians and what have you back home, they seemed not to have minded overmuch when these people settled in the faraway colonies – still English …
The Price of Convictions When I was a little girl, I devoured all kinds of historical fiction, and when the novels didn’t tell me enough I went to the history section, checking out heavy dusty tomes to further dig into what details there were. During one rather long period, I was stuck in the English …
In God’s Mercy must we trust In a simplified version of history, the Scottish Covenanter movement sprang from a smouldering fire to a huge bonfire through the actions of one Jenny Geddes. A devout member of the Scottish Kirk, Jenny was in St Giles the day the dean chose to read from the new Book …
The Golden Weed – Tobacco in Virginia When the first English colony was established in Virginia (and I don’t count the Roanoke debacle) in 1609, the eager participants came with dreams and hopes of easy riches, something akin to what the Spanish had discovered down in South America. Sadly, Virginia had no mountains of almost …
Shower, anyone? So, there you are in your new seventeenth century life. Yes, you still hate the clothes, but you’ve gotten the hang of lacings and garters by now and at least they fill the function of ensuring you’re adequately covered. You still think the clothes stink a bit – natural, as they are but …
I was trying to find some of my favourite historical posts on this blog (yes, I do have some posts I like more than others, despite having written them all myself) and found it all something of a trial, so I decided to do a little list: Anna’s own historical favourites: 1. Kristina Gyllenstierna – …
What people ate As a child growing up in Latin America, I always found it strange when my parents now and then sighed and spoke of food they were missing. “Herring,” my father would say. “Crayfish,” my mother would add. “Cheese, ryebread …” My father almost smacked his lips. Inevitably this would lead to a …
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