by Jillianne | Jun 7, 2022 | Featured, History Articles
Huddled in a crowded tube station, you hear the booming echoes of bombs falling from the sky. The German Luftwaffe is back again tonight. It’s been months. You sense another sleepless night is ahead of you, despite your body aching for rest. Your stomach...
by Jillianne | Sep 11, 2019 | Reviews, Women's History
There are affiliate links in this post. Read my disclosure policy to learn more. I’m just going to say this right up front: The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper’s Women by Hallie Rubenhold is going to be one of my favorite books of the year. I got it...
by Jillianne | Jul 16, 2017 | History Articles, Women's History
There are affiliate links in this post. Read my disclosure policy to learn more. July 18, 2017 marks 200 years since English novelist Jane Austen passed away at the age 41, leaving behind a collection of witty romance novels that have inspired and entertained readers...
by Jillianne | Oct 10, 2016 | Reviews, Women's History
The eight-episode run of Victoria just finished on ITV and I’m so glad it’s been renewed for a second season and a Christmas special, both due out in 2017. Victoria, starring Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who, Death Comes to Pemberley) as the stoic monarch of the...
by Jillianne | Jan 16, 2016 | History Articles
In recent months, the centenary of the beginning of World War One or as many thought at that time, the War to End all Wars, has been commemorated in Ireland and throughout Europe. After the opening few weeks of battle, the war became a stalemate as both sides dug in...
