Nov 27, 2023
Elizabeth Montagu, the queen of the bluestockings, Volumes 1 and 2
The Blue Stockings were a women’s social and intellectual club of sorts founded in the mid 18th Century and the history of them is quite interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Stockings_Society
But for now the letters of the young...
Nov 20, 2023
In this new selection we learn of many of the people I’m sure we’ll get to know in Anne of Green Gables. It’s a strange story, apparently people just used to bring orphans home to bring up and put to work?
But it doesn’t seem sinister, just odd, so it won’t stress you out and prevent you from falling asleep...
Nov 13, 2023
Retelling History for Bedtime - The Dark Ages, 476-918 by Charles Oman
While the history of the Western Roman Empire after the fall may be fascinating to many, to most it’s probably so boring that tales of Theodoric, possibly the greatest Germanic king of Italy will be guaranteed to help you get a good night’s...
Nov 6, 2023
A bit of a dark story from famed fantasist and progenitor of modern fantasy Lord Dunsany. Dunsany’s speciality was writing stories that felt like ‘real’ myths from a forgotten time in our world and this is no exception. The story of a great city, whose greatness and the warriors that led to it was in the past....