Reading Into Our Past…
I have written many poems over the years, and thought I would take a minute to share one titled Ignorance Is Bliss. Today’s post will be a short one. The purpose of this poem was to convey that ignorance doesn’t save you from the harsh realities of this world or natural consequences of action.
“Mr. Carroll, has come to hasten my departure, in a bad humor, because I insist on waiting until the picture of Washington is secured, and it requires to be unscrewed from the wall. This process was too tedious for these perilous moment. And now, I must leave this house, or the army will make me a prisoner” – Dolley Madison.
Read moreJuly’s Murder Monday post is here and I have compiled a list of some very murderous and frightening quotes from my favorite vampire writer, the famous Bram Stoker himself, the author of the original Dracula novel. A story I have loved from a young age and a story I go back to all the time!
Read moreArcheologist have yet again made new discoveries of some very fascinating frozen remains in Canada’s Yukon region permafrost that provides a remarkable inside look for researchers into the Ice Age era. The last known glacial period on record began about a hundred thousand years go.
Read moreI am so excited! As many already know, I have been obsessed with V.C Andrews since around the age of thirteen. Today I get to announce a new limited series being produced by the Lifetime channel that will span four episodes and eight hours of V.C Andrews’s prequel novel Garden Of Shadows.
Read moreA few weeks ago, while scrolling my tablet and reading, I came across an article titled Tudors Book Tag, and was quite thrilled while reading it. What a fun and charming Idea! So today’s post is my own Tudor Book Tag where I am focusing on all of King Henry VIII’S wives. He had six marriages.
Read moreHester Fox weaved an impeccable story that had strong, vibrant, and palatable characters. I am unsure where authors get such a magnificent talent for creating complicated and unique people. The Witch of Willow Hall easily masters this. I fell in love right away with Lydia and her family.
Read moreMiners made a ground-breaking discovery while excavating permafrost, a frozen layer permanently on or under the Earth’s surface. A mummified baby woolly mammoth that had been frozen was identified by the workers on June 21st, 2022 near Yukon’s Klondike region of northwestern Canada.
Read moreIn today’s post, I am going to be sharing a short story with everyone called Deadly Regrets: Witches Of Louisiana. I have the mind to make this a little mini horror series with several installments. Please let me know what you think! All feedback, thoughts, and suggestions are so greatly appreciated!
Read moreAs I went through my extremely long list of endless drafts and unpublished works trying to organize things, I came across a poem I had written several years ago. I thought sharing it with everyone here on The Chronicles of History would be fun. The Poem was titled People.
Read moreA stunning historic shipwreck from WWII has surfaced along a massive river for the first time after one of the longest droughts in Italian history occurs as summer begins. The ship was found in a nature reserve in Gualtieri, a small town located on the banks of Po in Emilia-Romagna.
Read moreArcheologist are trying to understand a very puzzling discovery that they have made while a site was being excavated in preparation for a new highway just north of Cambridge, England. Thousands of frog bones have been buried together in a ditch running about forty-six feet long.
Read moreToday in history on June 19th, 1566 saw the birth of King James VI and I of England, Scotland, and Ireland. He was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. In today’s post, I wanted to cover the tragedies of his mother Mary and the complicated life she led before his birth. I have composed an extensive timeline of events and tragedies that Mary Stuart faced her whole entire life. She is a controversial figure who often has been disregarded for making irresponsible and egregious choices during her reign; however, Mary’s life was brutal from […]
Read moreIn today’s book post, I have decided to compile a list of movies I absolutely adored beyond measure. They all focus on a bookish theme in some form or another. As much as I love to read a lot, there always time to enjoy a good movie and unwind. I hope you enjoy the list I have put together.
Read moreIn this week’s Murder Monday post I am sharing some of the most frightening and horrifying quotes that I have seen in some of my favorite books. They are the types of words that bring chills to your bones and give you goosebumps! What are some of your favorite scary book quotes?
Read moreAn international team of researchers from Germany and the UK have uncovered a network of cities that include reservoirs and causeways spanning several miles lying within the rainforest of the Amazon basin. This discovery was home to indigenous populations for thousands of years.
Read moreIn today’s post, I am sharing part one of a short story series I have been working on with plans to bring back to the blog. This part has been revised and updated. Part two will follow soon. I am hoping for some feedback and thoughts on what everyone thinks of the story. Please let me know!
Read moreArchaeologists were able to uncover one-hundred and thirty-four settlements north of Hadrian’s wall that had never been seen before. The discoveries that the archaeologists have made were part of the “Beyond Walls: Reassessing Iron Age and Roman Encounters in Northern Britain project”
Read moreI am very excited to be introducing a new segment called Murder Monday to the blog. It is something I use to do on the old Samantha The Reader page that my fellow bookworms seemed to love. I thought it would be fun to carry it over to The Chronicles of History and bring it back to life.
Read moreThe only possible way to describe Caterina Sforza is by making use of the words agitator, rebel, fighter, renegade, and unyielding. She was a woman of substantial strength, intelligence, and tenaciousness. Caterina would take charge and show unbelievable character despite her hard-as-nails attitude.
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