Belgium

Fun Facts Friday: Count Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29, August 1862 – 6, May 1949) was a poet, writer and playwright from Belgium.

4 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Captain Frederick Marryat

Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July, 1792 – 9 August, 1848) was a Royal Navy officer, and a novelist who pioneered…

4 years ago

Book Review: The Ventriloquists by E.R. Ramzipoor

The Ventriloquists by E.R. Ramzipoor is a historical fiction book inspired by true events of resistance fighters in German-occupied Belgium…

5 years ago

Book Review: Operation Columba – The Secret Pigeon Service by Gordon Corera

I never thought I’d enjoy a book about pigeons. A thrilling book about an oddball corner of history including brave…

5 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Marguerite Yourcenar

Marguerite Yourcenar (8 June, 1903 – 17 December, 1987) was an award winning novelist. Ms. Yourcenar written in French, but…

6 years ago

Book Review: Deliver Us From Darkness by Ian Gardner and Mario Dicarlo

The book is very dense with lots of eyewitness accounts to the battles from the average soldiers as well as…

9 years ago

Book Review: Napoleon by Andrew Roberts

The author’s astute understanding of the material has provided the book with a fresh take on a man that so…

9 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Emily Brontë

Emily Brontë (30 July 1818 — 19 December 1848). While I’m not a big fan of the Brontë sisters, I…

13 years ago

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