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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Tales of Old 20 – The Grand Prior of Minorca
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By Washington Irving Read by Shawn Robertson Period: 1750′s Setting: Malta The once gallant Knights of Malta, the Order of St. John, have grown wealthy and degenerate, but swords are still drawn when honor is at stake. But what good … Continue reading
Posted in 18th Century
Tagged duel, ghost, historical fiction, knights, Knights of St. John, Malta, Washington Irving
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Tales of Old 19 – Ghosts of the Golden House & Nightingales
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Ghosts of the Golden House By Andrew MacRae Read by Shawn Robertson Period: Roman times The Golden House of Nero. Mere words coined by mortals cannot possibly begin to describe that monument to one man’s ego. Nightingales By David Pilling … Continue reading
Tales of Old 18 – When I Come Again
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By P.D.R. Lindsay Read by Shawn Robertson Period: Mid Roman Empire Music after the story by Marc Gunn The tune is an old one, a soldiers’ song springing into my head to match the pace of my steps. I’m not … Continue reading
Posted in Roman Times
Tagged Germanicus, historical fiction, Nerthus, P.D.R. Lindsay, Rome
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Tales of Old 17 – The Theatre Conundrum
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by Edward P. McDermott read by Malcolm Grieve Period: Elizabethan England Some of the best theater takes place after the curtains have fallen and the last patron leaves. This weeks historical fiction dares to peak behind the curtain at Blackfriars … Continue reading
Posted in 16th Century
Tagged Blackfriars, Edward McDermott, Globe Theatre, historical fiction, Shakespeare
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Tales of Old 16 – Red Russia, White Night
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by Igor Teper read by Shawn Robertson Period: 1930′s Setting: Soviet Union What if the great Igor Sikorsky, inventor of the American helicopter, had not left Russia when the great civil war began? In the dark, suspicious days after the … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century
Tagged Airship, Bukharin, historical fiction, Sikorsky, Soviet Union, Trotsky
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