A conversation with Gill Paul about her latest historical novel and Romanov alternative history. In The Lost Daughter, Paul explores the possibility of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna’s possible escape from Yekaterinburg.
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While the Russian Revolutions claimed many Romanov victims, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, the mother of Nicholas II, famously survived. The life of this fascinating woman, born a Danish princess, is explored in C.W. Gortner’s novel, The Romanov Empress.
Culinary historian, Veronika Hinke’s new book, The Last Night on the Titanic, Unsinkable Drinking, Dining, and Style is a celebration of the ethos of the Titanic through the magnificent food served on board.
In Caroline Boggis-Rolfe’s authoritative The Baltic Story, we meet pirates, princes, and prelates. While much divides the Slavs, Balts, Saxons, Poles, and Scandinavian peoples, much also unites them: rugged individualism and a desire to expand the boundaries of their known world.
The Creative Podcast landscape is crowded and there is a ton of dross. These four creativity podcasts are authentic, generous, and informative.
Guest blogger, Hannah Hethmon, host and producer of Museums in Strange Places Podcast joins Jennifer for a look at 5 Absorbing Museum Podcasts.
Sink into these 5 exceptional podcasts about language to improve your use of the semi-colon, discover how the word “score” came to mean a unit of twenty, or learn more about the fascinating history of our remarkable language.
Podcasts seem to have been made for history with that discipline’s episodic nature. Successful history podcasts require a lot of passion for the subject, dedication, extensive research, and attention to detail.
It comes as no surprise that librarians have been in the vanguard of using podcasts to help spread the word about the great things you can find in the hallowed halls of your public library.
There is a knack to the daily news program — you have to keep it fresh and exciting, but you must also follow some kind of formulaic structure so that your listeners will know what to expect. The five podcasts on this list have elevated the daily news podcast to a fine art.
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