Lives in Worthing, West Sussex, England. Runs blog https://nitter.cf/t.co/utslf03stT #19thcenturyhistory,
Joined December 2025
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Delighted to have reviewed Stephen M Carter's book Charles II's Secret Queen Lucy Walter @Warwalks Crucial read for anyone interested in #DukeofMonmouth, #MonmouthRebellion1685, 1685monmouthrebellion.blogsp…
Pleased to have reviewed 'The Platform Edge-Uncanny Tales of the Railway' another weird tales success from @BL_Publishing #Weirdtales, #20thcenturyliterature bleakchesneywold.blogspot.co…
Pleased to share some thoughts on Victorian medium Daniel Dunglas Home, featured in Robert Browning's 'Mr Sludge'.#Victorian, #Victorianmediums, #WyrdBritian #DanielDunglasHome, bleakchesneywold.blogspot.co…
Have reviewed the outstanding Edwardian horror novel 'The House on the Borderland' by William Hope Hodgson. Recently reissued by @BL_Publishing #20thcenturyliterature,#Weirdtales, #Williamhopehodgson, #writerswhodiedinworldwarone bleakchesneywold.blogspot.co…
Reviewed biography of Victorian poet, re-offending criminal, heavy drinker, then Temperance campaigner, William Spring Onions (c1834- 1916) . 'Spring Onions-His Life and Crimes' by Paul Williams includes rare poetry.#Victorian #19thcenturyhistory, bleakchesneywold.blogspot.co…
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Massive thank you to Michael Bully for his review on my latest novel, The Gunpowder Plot: Through the Eyes of Guy Fawkes
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Updated blog with a post about 'East Lynne' by Ellen Wood/ Mrs Henry Wood. #19thcenturynovels, #Victorianfiction, #Sensationnovels, bleakchesneywold.blogspot.co…
Updated blog with post about The Discovery of Treasure Isles, by Amelia B Edwards, a timeslip/lost worlds tale from 1865. Opens the British Library collection Roads of Destiny. @BL_Publishing #19thcenturywomenwriters, #Ameliabedwards, bleakchesneywold.blogspot.co…
Just reviewed 'The Lost Stradivarius' by J.Meade Falkner from 1895, another success from @BL_Publishing . Please keep those #Weirdtales coming. #Victorian, #19thcenturyfiction, bleakchesneywold.blogspot.co…
Follow up post about the Battle of Solferino 1859 now ready. Includes a look at the pro-Italian Unification poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. #Italianhistory, #BattleofSolferino, #19thcenturyeurope, #ElizabethBarrettBrowning. bleakchesneywold.blogspot.co…
On 24th June 1859 French and Piedmontese forces defeated the Austrian empire at Solferino. The horror of the battlefield led to the start of the International Red Cross and the Geneva Convention. #19thcentury, #NapoleonIII,#BattleofSolferino,
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Pleased to have reviewed 'Summoned to the Seance-Spirit Tales from Beyond the Veil' ,collection of short stories from @BL_Publishing #Seancefiction, #Spiritualism, #TalesoftheWeird,
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I have updated blog with a post about The Trumpet Major by Thomas Hardy and the threat of Napoleons invasion of the English coast #ThomasHardy, #Victorian, #Napoleon,#TheTrumpetMajor
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Inspired enough to update my blog with a post about The Weird Tales of William Hope Hodgson, edited by Xavier Aldana Reyes, well done @BL_Publishing #Williamhopehodgson, #Weirdtales, #writerswhodiedinWorldWar1, bleakchesneywold.blogspot.co…
Thank you Spooky Isles for posting my review of 'Circles of Stone Weird Tales of Pagan Sites and Ancient Rites' edited by Katy Soar made available by @BL_Publishing #Weirdtales, #Stonecircles, #Paganism, spookyisles.com/circle-of-st…
Pleased to have reviewed 'Seeking Mary Jane Who was Jack the Ripper's final Victim' by Paul Williams #JacktheRipper, #Ripperology, #19thcenturycrime, #MaryKellymurder.
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Some thoughts on Franz Joseph's visit to Sarajevo 1910 #austrianhistory, #19thcenturyhistory, #Sarajevo, #Hapsbergs bleakchesneywold.blogspot.co…
Time to revisit The Face in the Glass , the Gothic Tales of Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Part of the British Library Tales of the Weird . @BL_Publishing #19thcentury, #Gothictales, #maryelizabethbraddon, bleakchesneywold.blogspot.co…
Pleased to see that the British Library has included a collection of Catherine Crowe's writings in its 'Libary of the Weird' series. #BL_publishing, #Victorianwomen, bleakchesneywold.blogspot.co…
Have reviewed 'Bird of Ill Omen-The Gothic Tales of Catherine Crowe', part of The British Library Weird Tales series #victorianfiction,#womenauthors, #19thcenturygothic, bleakchesneywold.blogspot.co…
