Book Review- Blenheim: Battle for Europe by Charles Spencer
After so thoroughly enjoying Charles Spencer’s Prince Rupert biography, I picked this up, even though I …
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Badass of the Month: Musketeers
The mere mention of musketeers brings to mind attractive men wearing large hats, tall boots and …
Major Player: Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
Since the majority of my main characters are based on historical figures, I thought I’d profile …
Major Players: Frederick and Elizabeth
One rainy summer afternoon, many, many years ago, I was doing the guided tour of Heidelberg …
Badass of the Month: Cuirassier
In doing some technical research for another main character, I came across these guys. Cuirassiers were …
Bohemia Part 3: The Winter King
Some of you might have noticed that my book is tentatively titled The Winter King. That’s just …
Bohemia Part 2: Battles in the Land of Beer
So, I jumped the gun a bit in my last post. Before the Bohemians could elect …
Bohemia Part I: The War Begins
After successfully (hah!) compressing the events of The Thirty Years War into 700 words, I thought …
The Peace of Augsburg
The title of this post implies it’s about peace, but never fear- it will end with …
The Holy Roman Empire
This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither …