Hello again dear readers!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! As someone who studied Irish history and did my MA in Dublin, this is always a favourite day for me. Irish history often gets reduced to beer and green rivers, but there is so much more to it. (Green rivers don’t really factor in…) Ireland has a very interesting royal history prior to the English invasion in the twelfth century. And Irish mythology is quite different from the Classical mythology that many of us are more familiar with. (I was able to reference it in my MA thesis, and it was some of the most interesting research I’ve ever done.) Let me know if you would like any Irish history or mythology book recs!
I’m also still very much enjoying Women’s History Month. I will admit, it has still been more difficult than I thought to find books and articles written about women by women. Women have been present for pretty much… all of history but yet are still left in the shadows by authors and publishers. However, going forward, I am going to try and maintain at least an 80/20% ratio for female/male authors!
In terms of my personal life, I’m still dealing with some health stuff but things are at least looking okay right now. We are in a not-winter, not-spring weather pattern here in the middle of Canada, so the constant gloom and rain/snow can be a bit grating for days on end. All in all, things could be worse, though! I’ve got a couple big book sales coming up where I’m hoping to find some more research materials. Other than that, it’s mostly research for me in my spare time!
In this newsletter you will find: a popular Netflix period drama review, a great book on British archaeological finds, my thoughts on the current situation at Kensington Palace, and a spotlight on three Irish sisters…
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