The Hoard
Loxton does it again! The British author searches for a medieval queen in her newest adventure
“Who in life we dearly cherished and who in death we cannot cease to love.” – King Edward 1 Nearly a year ago, I had the pleasure of reading Alice Loxton’s novel Eighteen: A History… Read More →
A Tale for the Girls: Gunnar’s Daughter by Sigrid Undset (Medieval Classic Novels)
The first in a series of reviews on classic historical novels set in the Middle Ages. It always seemed to me that epics, especially those of Western origin, were written for men almost exclusively. They… Read More →
Micheal Edwards, Carrying on the Óðrœrir Torch
Michael Edwards likely did not know that he would become a preserver of the ambrosia that Geatish and Norse heroes alike sought out for respite. Initially a Virginian truck driver, Edwards moved to the Mountain… Read More →
Eighteen: A History of Britain in Eighteen Young Lives, by Alice Loxton (Book Review)
History wasn’t my favorite subject during the earlier grades. Fill-in-the blank dates and bullet-point lists never seemed to capture my interest the way stories did. That was until I was introduced to Lois Lowry’s Number… Read More →
The Ethereal Art of Kathryn Thompson
Walking into the coffee house, lit by the late-day sun and filled with the clicks of student fingers on keyboards, I awkwardly glanced around, wondering if I was the first to arrive and, if so,… Read More →
Child Doodles, Nagging Wives, and Purring Cats; Hidden Tales of the Vikings: A Review of Embers of the Hands by Eleanor Barraclough
“Looking at the past is like looking through a glass darkly: we can see shadowy images on the other side, but also our own reflections staring back at us” It is but an unfortunate yet… Read More →