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- May 2013 (7)
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- 30: Masturbation and the Dangerous Woman (6)
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- 20: Book News (8)
- 18: Suleyman the Magnificent Builds a Mosque (2)
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- 02: An Old Doctor, a Convent Apothecary, and an Eighteenth-Century Medical Dispute (0)
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- February 2013 (16)
- 23: The Zodiac Ciphers: Messages from a Murderer (1)
- 22: Secrets Abroad: A History of the Japanese Purple Machine (1)
- 21: Rasterschlüssel 44: The Stencil on Steroids (0)
- 20: Getting My Books Into Readers’ Hands (0)
- 18: Walking Hallowed Ground (7)
- 15: Pompeii Myth-Buster (7)
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- 14: Valentine’s Day according to The Star, 1791 (0)
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- 10: The history of menstruation (3)
- 08: The Man Who Played Hitler (0)
- 07: Research Hell, um, I mean Research Query (15)
- 06: Alexander the Great and the Rain of Burning Sand (0)
- 04: Poetry, pain, and opium in Victorian England: Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s use of laudanum (10)
- 02: Lenin’s Lamps (1)
- 02: The Bottle and the Gallows (0)
- January 2013 (11)
- 30: Medicinal Compounds, Efficacious in Every Case (2)
- 23: Tales of the Blockade Runners (2)
- 22: The Broken Mirror (4)
- 20: Greek Myths You Never Heard Of (4)
- 18: The Baburnama : An Emperor Tells His Own Story (2)
- 15: Did Twain use the F-word? (4)
- 14: The Hottentot Venus (2)
- 11: Lenin’s Map of the Future (2)
- 10: The Mummy returns (1)
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- 06: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Sea Monster (0)
- December 2012 (23)
- 30: Mastermind of a Ten-Year-Old – How does one explain the child prodigy Mozart? (2)
- 22: Who’s Responsible for Free Will? (7)
- 18: Tipu’s Tiger (4)
- 17: 12 Days of Books: A Poem in a Bucket (8)
- 16: 12 Days of Books – Georgian London (24)
- 15: 12 Days of Books – Greek and Roman Medicine, and constipation (20)
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- 13: 12 Days of Books: Big Bang, Big Brains, Big History (53)
- 12: 12 Days: Christmas… a Roman Holiday? (43)
- 11: 12 Days: On the Trail of a Lobotomist (1)
- 11: 12 Days: The Greatest Voice of Her Age (31)
- 10: 12 Days of Books: Twelve (46)
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- 08: 12 Days of Books: Walking Among Ghosts (38)
- 07: 12 Days of Books: Lovely Little Lies (39)
- 06: 12 Days of Books: How to Make a Scorpion Bomb (55)
- 05: Mysterious Cipher Cracked 300 Years Later (1)
- 05: Prying Open the Pigpen Cipher (0)
- 04: Shakespeare’s Secrets: A Hidden Cipher in Literature’s Greatest Works? (0)
- 04: The Lorenz Cipher and the World’s First (Secret) Computer (1)
- 02: Bollywood Bunkum (0)
- 01: In Need of a Good Wife: Mail-Order Brides (1)
- November 2012 (10)
- 30: SALIERI and MOZART…who were they really? And how did Peter Shaffer write AMADEUS? (6)
- 29: What’s In A Book? A Brief History of Book Ciphers (2)
- 23: Gadgets and Gimmicks of the Civil War (2)
- 22: How wind power won the American West (0)
- 20: Ariadne, Theseus, and the reader—and a giveaway! (21)
- 18: Ibn Who? (0)
- 15: Does my bottom look big …? Bizarre Roman Beauty (2)
- 10: Women and humour in history (2)
- 09: The Censorship of Titicut Follies (1)
- 06: Ancient Amazons’ Massage Oil (2)
- October 2012 (11)
- 30: Dinner at Oxford with the World’s Greatest Elizabethan Scholar (1)
- 30: A Botanist, a Butcher and a Body: Encountering an Eighteenth-Century Vrykolakas (1)
- 23: Uncommon Soldiers: Women in the Civil War (3)
- 22: A History of Diffusing Useful Knowledge (1)
- 20: Two Medieval Women Physicians (4)
- 18: Déjà Vu All Over Again: Attack on the British Garrison in Kabul, 1878 (0)
- 15: Bonanza denied by pickax and jackass (0)
- 13: A Random Collection of History Links (0)
- 10: Theatres of Anatomy (2)
- 09: America’s First Pop Psychologist (0)
- 06: Dread Death by Purple Snake Poison (4)
- September 2012 (15)
- 30: The Ghost of a Murderous Midwife (2)
- 29: Friedrich Miescher and DNA (0)
- 29: 17th-century medicine and me: a novelist’s unlikely tale (0)
- 27: The Mistress of Mourning (0)
- 24: The Greatest Wonder Which the World Can Show (0)
- 24: Los Angeles Chinese Massacre, 1871 (1)
- 23: The Strange Journey of Napoleon’s Penis (4)
- 22: The First Robot (0)
- 20: Dialog in Historical Fiction (5)
- 18: Déjà vu All Over Again? Attack on the British Garrison in Kabul, 1841 (2)
- 15: Love Potion Number IX (1)
- 10: Seeds, wombs and ‘legitimate rape’ (2)
- 09: Was There Any Truth in Truth Serum? (0)
- 06: Beauty Secrets of the Ancient Amazons (2)
- 02: WARNING: TOXIC! The Deadly Dead (0)
- August 2012 (10)
- 23: Death by Crinoline (0)
- 22: An Unsung Hero of the Proto-Wiki (0)
- 20: Medieval Women as Physicians (0)
- 18: Alhazen: The First True Scientist? (1)
- 16: What Color Is Your Habit? (1)
- 15: Stagecoach Madness (0)
- 10: Diana, Callisto and Philip II (0)
- 06: The Kangaroo’s Tale: How an errant elevator door ended an odd form of popular entertainment (4)
- 06: Treating Snake Bite in Antiquity (0)
- 03: Meet Helen King (Contributor Q&A) (0)
- July 2012 (11)
- 31: Women Speaking from the Archives (0)
- 30: A Modern Exercise in Making an Old Herbal Remedy (2)
- 29: Wonders & Links (0)
- 27: The Life and Times of the Declaration of Independence (1)
- 23: Civil War Mourning Customs (1)
- 22: Bull Run, a Mars Landing and History as a Spectator Sport (0)
- 20: I Need Your Help—Again! (10)
- 18: From Here to Timbuktu (1)
- 10: Midwives as murderers in 17th century London (14)
- 06: Names of Dogs in Ancient Greece (9)
- 04: Pipes, Reins, & the Cerebral Winepress: Mechanical Metaphor in Vesalius’ Fabrica (0)
- June 2012 (12)
- 30: Why we love to read (and write!) novels about queens: Part II (7)
- 30: Imagining Vampires (0)
- 22: Coney Island Sea Rabbits & Benbecula Mermaids (2)
- 20: I Need Your Help—And a Giveaway! (26)
- 18: An Islamic Map for a Christian King (0)
- 16: Collaborative Research in the Humanities (0)
- 14: A Nun’s Story–Lessons from History (3)
- 13: Who Are You? (3)
- 10: Midwifery and ventriloquism: did Elizabeth Cellier write her own books? (0)
- 09: Torturing the Dead: The Prevention of Premature Burial and Dissection (1)
- 06: Ancient Flying Saucers (3)
- 04: Thomas Willson’s Metropolitan Sepulchre (1)
- May 2012 (13)
- 31: The Puppy Water and Other Early Modern Canine Recipes (9)
- 23: Helen King on Gladiators, Midwives, Traveling Vulvas, and Vibrators (0)
- 22: The Senator, the Scientist and a Country Worth Defending (1)
- 20: Celebrate! BLOOD WORK paperback release (3)
- 20: Cool Vikings (6)
- 18: Muslim Spain–The Sound Track (1)
- 16: On Vessels Filled and Fires Kindled (0)
- 14: A Boatload of Knowledge (1)
- 10: The vulva goes on pilgrimage (10)
- 08: The Chocolate Baby (0)
- 06: Monkeys with Guns (2)
- 04: A whiff of trouble: Arnau of Vilanova’s uroscopy advice (1)
- 01: The Merry Month of May? (2)
- April 2012 (9)
- 22: Images of Invisible Ink (0)
- 18: The World’s First Aviator? (2)
- 15: Q&A with Deblina Chakraborty and Sarah Dowdey (1)
- 14: Ruff-ing It and the Politics of Fashion (1)
- 10: Contributor Q & A: Marri Lynn (0)
- 10: Imaginary body parts (3)
- 09: The Remains of the Day (2)
- 06: Who Made the First Fake Fossils? (0)
- 04: The Mummy! & The Retrofuture (0)
- March 2012 (12)
- 30: Historical novels: that marvelous blend of fact and fiction (5)
- 27: Exam Question: Discuss the causes of World War I. (2)
- 23: On Swans, Death and Philosophy (1)
- 22: From Top Secret Weapon to Everyday Household Appliance (1)
- 20: The peril of torphuts (4)
- 16: A Crusade by Any Other Name (8)
- 14: Who buys used postcards anyhow? (16)
- 14: Juana of Castile’s Baggage (4)
- 12: The Turn Of The Leg (7)
- 10: Vicarious menstruation (9)
- 06: The World’s First Robot: Talos (2)
- 01: “One night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury:” Syphilis and “Syphilophobes” in Early Modern England (1)
- February 2012 (11)
- 23: What makes good historical TV? (2)
- 22: Dissecting the Living: Vivisection in Early Modern England (0)
- 20: Medieval Metafiction (3)
- 19: The Art of the Book (1)
- 18: Contributor Q & A: Christopher Long (0)
- 16: Fear of flute girls (0)
- 14: Man’s Best Friend: Dogs in Pharaonic Egypt (2)
- 13: The Secret History of The Great Bed of Ware (3)
- 10: Why we love to read novels about queens: Part I (4)
- 05: Ancient Puppy Chow: Dog Food in Classical Greece (3)
- 02: John Arderne, Butt Of No Jokes (0)
- January 2012 (13)
- 30: Congratulations, Hildegard! (4)
- 23: Impotence in the Archives: or, a Research Trip Failed (3)
- 20: Captain Kirk to the bridge, please (0)
- 19: What do the Rose Bowl and the Ottoman Empire have in common? (0)
- 15: Where’s Hippocrates? (0)
- 13: The Taj Majal: From a rare angle (0)
- 10: The Silent World of Leo Lesquereux (1)
- 09: Muffin Man (8)
- 08: Medea’s Cauldron of Rejuvenation (3)
- 06: My thousand historical research books (3)
- 05: Wonders & Marvels wins Cliopatria Best Group Blog Award (2)
- 04: The Philosopher’s Stone: Medical Thought about Immortality (2)
- 03: Nicholas of Poland: A Medical Snake In The Grass (0)
- December 2011 (27)
- 29: Sensibility and George Cheyne’s “English Malady” (1)
- 28: Goya’s Madhouse (0)
- 27: How to Cure Leprosy According to a Medieval Physician (2)
- 23: Syphilis as the Disease of St. Job (1)
- 23: A Versailles Christmas (0)
- 22: The Compleat Midwifes Practice (1)
- 21: Emotional truth (0)
- 21: An Epidemic Caused by Alcohol: Beaune, 1746 (2)
- 21: Leeches and Lancets: A Sensible Mucus (0)
- 20: The Cloister and Accounts Payable (3)
- 17: Beginning in Wonder (0)
- 16: Steve Jobs and Typography (1)
- 16: Cowboys and Indians: North African Style (0)
- 15: Even Royal Molars Decay (1)
- 14: A Tree of Knowledge Branches Out (3)
- 13: Accentuate the Vitreous, Eliminate the Resinous (0)
- 12: Poisoning in the Hungry Forties (0)
- 12: A Bout of Dickensian Anxiety (2)
- 11: The Castrato and his Wife (0)
- 10: Al-Kahina: The Berber Boudica (3)
- 09: The Wonders and Marvels of Teaching (0)
- 09: Agostino Steuco; Renaissance Librarian and Archaeological Explorer (1)
- 05: Before Pepper Spray: The First Crowd-Control Weapons (0)
- 05: Monday Check-In (15)
- 05: Manly Menstruation? (5)
- 02: Drinking Blood and Eating Flesh: Corpse Medicine in Early Modern England (1)
- 01: The Leper’s Legendary Decay (4)
- November 2011 (16)
- 30: Tales of an old English Christmas (2)
- 27: Writers, What Are Your Goals This Week? (25)
- 21: Women, Death, and the Sacraments (3)
- 20: Who “Owns” a Story? (1)
- 19: If you only read one book on Islamic history… (1)
- 18: A Marvelous Dinner Party (0)
- 17: Contributor Q & A: Pamela Toler (0)
- 17: Rose Tucker, With Thanksgiving (0)
- 14: Before they were themselves (0)
- 11: Crossing the Bridge With John Brown (0)
- 10: The Prince of Evolution (0)
- 09: Contributor Q&A: Marc Merlin, Atlanta Science Tavern (0)
- 07: The Uses of Snake Venom in Antiquity (6)
- 06: The Royal Miracle (0)
- 06: Mozart and Machine Guns (0)
- 02: Bloody Powerful Stuff (3)
- October 2011 (19)
- 29: The woman who almost married Mozart (3)
- 28: “We’re Still Here!”: Slang of the Roaring Twenties (2)
- 27: A Queen’s Anger (0)
- 26: The Lost Wife (16)
- 22: Louis XIV and his Marvelous Legs (2)
- 20: Wandering the Virtual Stacks (1)
- 19: Al-Khwarizmi Does the Math (0)
- 17: A History of the Barber’s Pole (4)
- 14: The Problem of Scope (2)
- 13: COSMIC NUMBERS: The Numbers That Define Our Universe (1)
- 12: Shame the Devil (8)
- 11: Conisbrough Castle, Yorkshire (2)
- 10: Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron (0)
- 07: All Hallows’ Eve and All Souls’ Day (3)
- 06: Animal trials (2)
- 04: Theodora (12)
- 04: Lindbergh and All Those Other Guys (5)
- 03: Hidden Animals in the Children’s City (0)
- 02: On the Shortcomings of University Students (2)
- September 2011 (19)
- 30: Contributor Q&A: Lynn Ramey (1)
- 29: Ottoman Bank Bombing in 1903 (7)
- 28: Research at 13,000 Feet: The Incan Agricultural Legacy (0)
- 28: Cutting for the Stone: the Case of Stephen Pollard (2)
- 27: Building Something New In Baghdad (1)
- 26: An Unusual Political Marriage (8)
- 26: Q&A: Christine A. Jones (0)
- 24: The Architecture of Romance (1)
- 23: When the Only Safe Sex was with Vampires (17)
- 21: Q&A: Lindsey Fitzharris (2)
- 20: Contributor Q&A: Tracy Barrett (5)
- 12: Location Research in 140 Characters or Less (2)
- 11: Contributor Q&A: Beth Dunn (1)
- 10: Blogging 101 (or How This Professor Finally Got Smart) (6)
- 09: An Old Man and His Garden: The Story Behind Giverny (0)
- 09: Contributor Q&A: Stephanie Cowell (0)
- 07: Enough is Enough: When Does the Research End? (12)
- 05: The Surprising Story of the Electric Car (1)
- 01: One Knock for Yes, Two for No (19)
- August 2011 (4)
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- 20: Jefferson’s Writing on the Declaration (39)
- 13: Mightier than the Sword (2)
- 06: Machiavelli: A Biography (2)
- 04: Olmsted, The Environmentalist (3)
- June 2011 (8)
- 24: Heat, Light, and Emilie du Châtelet (26)
- 24: World Without Fish (2)
- 18: What’s Your Research Work Flow? (9)
- 16: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: A Friendship That Changed the World (22)
- 12: I get by with a little help from my friends… (13)
- 07: Fireworks Over the Civil War (31)
- 06: Colonial Midwifery (14)
- 05: Diving In…Again (7)
- May 2011 (4)
- 19: The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football (29)
- 14: The First Vampire (8)
- 09: Becoming Americans in Paris (22)
- 04: Fanny Kemble, 19th Century Celebrity (17)
- April 2011 (9)
- 28: Exciting News (2)
- 25: Lincoln’s Letter of Condolence (2)
- 24: History Websites (7)
- 21: How Did Women Wear Hoop Skirts? (28)
- 20: An Update on the Book Tour (5)
- 13: The Confession of Katherine Howard (39)
- 11: History, Medicine and Science on GOODREADS (2)
- 09: How Bismarck Got Some Sleep (12)
- 08: Reviewing the Reviews, or Why I Love Adjectives (6)
- March 2011 (12)
- 29: E Pluribus Unum, or Why the Founding Fathers Used Latin (4)
- 22: Discoverers of the Universe (7)
- 21: The Year of the Emperor (2)
- 21: Linking the Past and the Present (12)
- 21: Interview with Deborah Harkness, A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES (12)
- 17: A Signature Move: John Hancock and the Fight for Freedom (5)
- 15: The Red Book of Kildare (18)
- 09: The Twisted History of Blood Transfusion (8)
- 08: The Last Full Measure (16)
- 08: Body of Work (17)
- 07: Disease Maps: Epidemics on the Ground (13)
- 01: The Soviet War Dogs of WWII (23)
- February 2011 (7)
- 28: Where Do All the Wonders & Marvels Books Go? (12)
- 21: The Mistress of Nothing (4)
- 20: Madame Tussaud (8)
- 19: Why a Politician Needs a Wife (14)
- 11: Paris Was Ours (21)
- 07: Mailbox Monday – 2/7/2011 (1)
- 03: Exit the Actress (24)
- January 2011 (15)
- 28: Geography Was George Washington’s Destiny (12)
- 27: The Kiss in History (4)
- 25: How We Fight: Crusades, Quagmires, and the American Way of War (11)
- 24: Mailbox Monday – 1/24/2011 (3)
- 21: Inventing the Scientist (23)
- 19: Livia, Empress of Rome (18)
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- 10: Lobotomies and Stomach Surgery (9)
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- 02: Using Amazon as a Research Tool (5)
- 01: The First Baseball Speed Gun (18)
- 01: Happy Holidays! (3)
- December 2010 (13)
- 24: Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything (12)
- 23: Timing Was Everything (6)
- 21: The Hunt for New Species (5)
- 20: Blood Work Update (and I Need Your Help!) (6)
- 17: The First Ladies of Rome (35)
- 16: How Samuel Clemens Got His Pen Name (2)
- 15: Grease Us Twice and Going Offline: The History of Euphemisms (25)
- 14: Con Men and Comets (20)
- 10: Stitch ’n Bitch Superstar Knitting: Go Beyond the Basics (43)
- 07: Five Surprising Facts About the Booth Brothers (17)
- 06: Portrait of a Lady: The Muse Behind the Genius (11)
- 03: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter (6)
- 01: The Romance Requirement (1)
- November 2010 (13)
- 26: Royal Sparkly Things (9)
- 25: Chicago’s Millinery Scene (14)
- 23: World’s Bestselling Perfume: The One Reason Chanel No. 5 Is Still Only Second (16)
- 19: Out of the Horror: The Bath School Bombing and a Writer’s Journey (18)
- 18: Wild Lives, A Wilder Way of Life (15)
- 12: Alchemy (27)
- 11: Last Ride – Detroit, circa 1927 (7)
- 10: History Through Images (6)
- 09: Horses in 1820s Paris: A Daily Ordeal (20)
- 05: Top Five Uses In Ancient Times For That Wonder Drug – Honey (32)
- 04: Patrick Henry, First Founding Father (3)
- 02: A Walk into Wales (26)
- 01: Mailbox Monday – 11/1/10 (2)
- October 2010 (18)
- 30: Women’s Subtle Arts Shape History (16)
- 29: Helen of Where? (12)
- 27: Traveling Back in Time (7)
- 26: Old Photos and Mandolins: Sources of Inspiration (7)
- 25: Mailbox Monday – 10/25/10 (1)
- 22: Art, Buildings Projects, and the Rockefellers: 5 Things You May Not Know (1)
- 20: Living Through History (0)
- 19: James and Elizabeth Monroe – Quite the Team (3)
- 18: Mailbox Monday – 10/18/10 (1)
- 13: What’s in a Name? (4)
- 12: Origins of the Bolshoi Ballet School (29)
- 11: Mailbox Monday – 10/11/10 (1)
- 08: Women Targeted as “Tamers and Breeders” (8)
- 07: The Great Fire of Rome (4)
- 06: Choosing the Right Details (1)
- 05: Nashville Chrome (13)
- 04: Mailbox Monday – 10/4/10 (1)
- 01: Historypin (2)
- September 2010 (16)
- 30: Killer Colt (27)
- 29: Historical Fiction from New Points of View (2)
- 28: Stephen Douglas’ Most Striking Feature (15)
- 27: Mailbox Monday – 9/27/10 (4)
- 23: Centaurs (24)
- 22: Are These Settings Too Popular? (9)
- 21: Dangerous Curves: Maria Gaetana Agnesi (12)
- 20: Mailbox Monday – 9/20/10 (1)
- 18: Top 5 Things People Might Not Know About Mary Tudor (46)
- 17: On Writing and Empty Nests (7)
- 16: The Mystery of Who Made the Horses (13)
- 15: Should This Even Be Historical? (2)
- 14: Obesity: The Biography (16)
- 13: Mailbox Monday – 9/13/10 (2)
- 10: Mercury Laxatives (15)
- 06: Different Era, Different Politics (10)
- August 2010 (14)
- 30: Stephen F. Foster, Historical Truth & the Novel (17)
- 29: History and Twitter (14)
- 27: Olaf Krarer: The Eskimo Lady (12)
- 25: This Week’s History Links (5)
- 25: History of the Bicycle (6)
- 23: The News Factory in Murder City (30)
- 22: Poll: Online resources for historical research (17)
- 20: Cleopatra was no Diva! (24)
- 12: Nose Lost, Celebrity Gained (35)
- 10: The World’s Greatest Detectives (42)
- 08: Sewing through the years (27)
- 04: General Henry Wager Halleck’s Half-Hearted War (12)
- 02: Mailbox Monday, 8/2/10 (3)
- 01: The New Realism: Pompeii’s Living Dead (30)
- July 2010 (10)
- 31: Movies, History, and Books for Kids (4)
- 28: Walt Whitman Meets Tom Sawyer (1)
- 25: The First Typewriter: Gift To A Blind Woman (26)
- 23: A little acetone can be profitable (23)
- 22: A Bright Spot for YA Historical Fiction (3)
- 16: A Legendary Locomotive (9)
- 15: Using Museums for Historical Research (3)
- 10: Forensics in 1800 Paris (18)
- 06: A Dangerous 50th (8)
- 03: Turning Historical Characters into Modern Citizens (3)
- June 2010 (24)
- 30: It’s rough, but someone has to do it…. (5)
- 29: Fred Harvey and his Bird’s-eye View of History (9)
- 28: Mailbox Monday, 6/28/10 (2)
- 27: Napoleon’s Egyptomania (14)
- 26: Selling Historical Fiction to Teens (12)
- 25: Joe Kennedy…bootlegger? (12)
- 23: Marvelous and Not So Wonderful Resurrections (19)
- 20: To the mountain! (23)
- 19: An Exciting Fall Release (1)
- 18: Trapped…for your enjoyment of course Sir! (15)
- 16: Al Capone never shut up (13)
- 15: Beethoven, the activist (1)
- 13: History’s Black Widow: The Legend of Catherine de Medici (24)
- 12: Cut it off! Eunuchs in Imperial China (5)
- 11: A Woman Scorned (21)
- 10: Historical Fiction Isn’t Just Historical Fiction Anymore (6)
- 09: Secret Salem (19)
- 08: The Birth of America’s Disposable Culture (9)
- 07: Mailbox Monday, 6/7/10 (5)
- 06: Operation Pied Piper (14)
- 05: Why Historical Fiction Is Good for You (5)
- 04: Of Maggots and Infection (14)
- 02: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts about Ancient Rome (28)
- 01: Would you want this ability yourself? (13)
- May 2010 (20)
- 30: Were the Wrights Wrong? (9)
- 28: Betsy Ross, Out of the Parlor (13)
- 27: Silence: The Persecution of Christians in Early Modern Japan (4)
- 26: Theodore Roosevelt, Critic of Thomas Jefferson (11)
- 25: The Importance of Setting (1)
- 24: Mailbox Monday, 5/24/10 (1)
- 23: The History of Nail Polish (25)
- 19: Where is Sister Janina? (19)
- 19: Female Characters in YA Historical Fiction (6)
- 17: Freedom (3)
- 14: Good Ole Aunt Epp! (35)
- 12: Three Other Novels Someone Should Write About Louisa May Alcott (16)
- 11: Test Your Knowledge of Historical Fiction (4)
- 10: Mailbox Monday, 5/10/10 (2)
- 09: The Heretic and the Murderer (28)
- 07: A Tulip…by any other name… (9)
- 06: Writers unite for Nashville (0)
- 05: Posh Prisoner (6)
- 04: In a League by Herself (2)
- 01: And so it begins… (13)
- April 2010 (16)
- 30: The Taxidermy of Mr. Walter Potter and his Museum of Curiosities (23)
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- 31: Real Life Sleeping Beauty (2)
- 30: GIVEAWAY: All Other Nights (11)
- 29: Societal Norms in Historical Times (7)
- 26: Vix krater (3)
- 21: GIVEAWAY: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (22)
- 19: The Fairest Maiden of Them All: Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham (3)
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- 28: Death of a Starlet (2)
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- 14: Valentine’s Day Giveaway: O, JULIET (8)
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- 09: The celestial apocalypse of 1859 (3)
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- January 2010 (18)
- 29: Giveaway: BIRTHRIGHT (11)
- 28: And you are…who again? (5)
- 27: Giveaway: Paris Under Water (16)
- 26: The Snipers of Stalingrad (1)
- 25: Parisian Rescues during the Great Flood of 1910 (3)
- 23: Giveaway: Get Me Out (11)
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- 22: The Dawning of the Cult of Celebrity (3)
- 20: The Cow Dung Fertility Cure—and other odd adventures in baby-making (3)
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- 08: Who were the Guise? (2)
- 05: Giveaway – Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town (17)
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- 30: Cheese: a world of gastronomy (2)
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- 22: Journals and Diaries in Historical Fiction (2)
- 20: Witches Go to the Dogs (1)
- 20: Fairy-Tale Wrap Up (5)
- 20: Last Chance: Fairy-Tale Week Give-Aways (1)
- 19: Pinocchio: My Favorite Fairy-Tale Character (1)
- 19: Giveaway: Randomly Selected Book in The Sisters Grimm Series (17)
- 18: Monsieur Perrault and His Fairy Tales (1)
- 17: Giveaway: Perrault’s Complete Fairy Tales (30)
- 17: Five Great Fairy Tales You’ve Never Read (5)
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- 16: Giveaway: There Once Lived a Woman…Scary Fairy Tales (36)
- 15: Fairy-Tale Dragons and DIY Monsters in Early Modern Italy (2)
- 14: Giveaway: Giambattista Basile’s The Tale of Tales (35)
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- 12: Girl Warrior Fantasies, c. 1700 (3)
- 12: Giveaway: Abigail Adams Biography (24)
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- 07: “The History of the Fairy Tale” Week Begins December 13 (5)
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- 05: Giveaway: Biography of Michelangelo (18)
- 04: The Fine Art of Negotiation (0)
- 04: Our “Go with the Flow” Giveaway (11)
- 02: The Wandering Uterus (3)
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- November 2009 (22)
- 30: Mithradates’ Incredible Trek over the Caucasus, 65 BC (2)
- 30: Giveaway: The Poison King. Plus Announcing Previous Giveaway Winners (4)
- 25: A Cruel Exception (0)
- 25: Giveaway: The New York Review of Books 2010 Calendar (14)
- 23: Remembering History (1)
- 22: Pie in the Sky (1)
- 22: Giveaway: Mrs. Rowe’s Little Book of Southern Pies (17)
- 20: Do you smell that? (3)
- 19: Echoes of History (0)
- 18: The Twice-Bought Head of Cardinal Mezzofanti (2)
- 17: How To Control an Outspoken, Educated Woman (2)
- 16: Superstitions in the Smoky Mountains (2)
- 15: Pliny on Astronomy (2)
- 11: Coach: Status Symbol (2)
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- 01: Let’s Take a Bath! (3)
- 01: They called her “First Lady”! (2)
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- 30: Witches and Midwives (2)
- 28: Burke and Hare Anatomy Murders (3)
- 26: Writing Great Historical Fiction for Young Readers (0)
- 25: The Belly of Paris by Emile Zola (0)
- 23: Queen with a Heart (0)
- 21: The End of an Era (4)
- 19: Stone Wonders of Ancient Scotland (0)
- 18: On Historical Writing, or How to Build a Skyscraper (0)
- 16: History Goes to the Movies (4)
- 15: GRACE HAMMER by Sara Stockbridge – A Reader Review (0)
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- 11: Philippa Gregory’s The White Queen (0)
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- 07: Meet Van Gogh’s Doctor (5)
- 05: The Miraculous Staircase (0)
- 04: Paul Collins – The Book of William (0)
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- 28: Reasons Why I Wouldn’t Want to Be a Regency Miss (4)
- 27: The White Queen by Philippa Gregory (0)
- 25: Hints of Cherry and Witch’s Urine? (1400 AD) (3)
- 23: The Emperor and the Ape (0)
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- 20: Reader Reviews of Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran (0)
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- 16: Harnessing the Niagara Falls (1)
- 15: We interrupt our regular programming… (3)
- 14: The Best Characters in Children’s Historical Fiction (3)
- 13: Feeling Swinish: Or the Origins of “Pandemic” (5)
- 12: Babysitters, Bosses, and ‘Brats’ (1)
- 11: Fifteen-year-old Françoise meets her first husband (0)
- 07: Bookies and Sponges (0)
- 05: Hemingway’s Moveable Feast (0)
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- 31: Coming Attractions (0)
- 28: The Affair of the Poisons (2)
- 27: Be Sure to Update Your RSS Feed! (0)
- 26: The Pharaoh’s Underwear (0)
- 24: Choosing the Right Books (1)
- 22: Flint axe and Creationism (1)
- 21: One Marvelous Magazine (4)
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- 07: Charles I and the Act of Dying (2)
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- 31: The Information Master (3)
- 29: Decades-Long Pregancies? (1)
- 25: Baby’s Got a Brand-New Do! (2)
- 24: East of the Sun (1)
- 15: King Charles II: One Merry Monarch (2)
- 13: A few more resources for history research… (0)
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- 07: Henry Hudson’s Lost Voyage (2)
- 06: Was There a Scientific Revolution? (0)
- 04: Do Mandrakes Really Scream? (0)
- 01: Holy Foreskin! (5)
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- 28: Telling Time in Early Europe (0)
- 26: What’s For Dinner? Porpoise anyone? (0)
- 23: Literary Travels (2)
- 21: C-Sections Before Anesthesia (1)
- 19: Early Anesthesia (0)
- 16: History Resources (6)
- 15: Hendrik Cesars and the Tragedies of Race in South Africa (0)
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- 12: Interview: Katherine Howe (8)
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- 07: Can Witch Trials Be Reasonable? (1)
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- 31: Inquiring Minds (0)
- 31: The Good Wife’s Guide (0)
- 29: The Blue Hour (0)
- 27: Wide Saragasso Sea (1)
- 23: Thomas Edison at the Eiffel Tower (3)
- 20: Spring in Paris (2)
- 15: The Motor Bandits (2)
- 11: Parisian Detective Work (7)
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- 30: The Color of Pirating (2)
- 28: The Invisible Hook (1)
- 23: Medical Curiosities, Authorial Resources (0)
- 21: Book of the Week: Dr. Olaf von Schuler’s Brain (0)
- 18: Food for Thought (4)
- 16: The Other Vanderbilt (0)
- 13: Book of the Week: The First Tycoon (0)
- 11: Galileo Goes to Jail (2)
- 09: Revolutionary Tidbits (0)
- 07: 1789 (1)
- 02: Kids, Stop Dissecting the Dog! (3)
- March 2009 (16)
- 31: Book of the Week: Decoding the Heavens (0)
- 31: Decoding the Heavens (0)
- 26: Let’s Drink Like a Pope! (0)
- 24: Book of the Week: Keepers of the Keys of Heaven (0)
- 21: Magic Squares (2)
- 19: Historical Footprints (0)
- 17: PASSING STRANGE (0)
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- 12: 18th Century Domestic Violence (6)
- 09: Book of the Week: Wedlock (1)
- 05: Sacred Relic or Heavenly Accessory? (5)
- 04: The Knife Man (1)
- 02: Book of the Week: The Miracles of Prato (0)
- 01: Alphabet Soup (1)
- 01: Murder in a 17th Century German Village (0)
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- 22: The Last Witch of Lagenburg (0)
- 21: They Weren’t Green, But Were the Giants Jolly? (0)
- 20: But She Doesn’t Look Like a Witch! (2)
- 19: Why Call It a Witch? (2)
- 16: Book of the Week: Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities (0)
- 15: Early Surgery & Cautery: Or How to Boil a Puppy (2)
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- 12: An Extraordinary Love Story (2)
- 07: Madame du Coudray (1)
- 07: The King’s Midwife (3)
- 05: Vocabularies of Inquisition (0)
- 03: Book of the Week: The Grand Inquisitioner’s Manual (2)
- 01: Take a Peek: 17th Century Cookbooks (0)
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- 31: Early Lens Making (4)
- 29: Ancient Marvels (0)
- 28: Cleopatra’s Makeup (0)
- 26: Book of the Week: The Way of Herodotus (0)
- 24: Women’s Medical Secrets (3)
- 22: History is not for the Faint of Heart (2)
- 21: Book of the Week: Heretic’s Daughter (0)
- 20: What would the Middle Ages do with Outlook 2007? (1)
- 15: A 19th Century Abortionist (5)
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- 13: The King Dances (1)
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- 08: Do the Beheaded Blush? (3)
- 05: Surgical Strikes (1)
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- 02: A View from the Inside (0)
- 01: A History of Rum (0)
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- 31: Pop Open the Champagne! (0)
- 30: Witches and Midwives (2)
- 29: Book of the Week: Caribbean Rum (1)
- 28: Men in the Birthroom (0)
- 26: Bone Magic (4)
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- 18: 18th Century Marriage Customs (7)
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- 14: When in Paris… (0)
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- 29: When in Rome… (4)
- 27: Once Upon a Time… (3)
- 25: Syphilis in Early Modern Europe (6)
- 24: Recycling Red Riding Hood (0)
- 22: The Chamberlen Family Secret (10)
- 20: To the Moon! (0)
- 17: Book of the Week: Sun and the Moon (0)
- 17: Holly Tucker, Ph.D. (0)
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- 12: Makeup Tips for Ancient Egyptian Gals (9)
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- 10: The Heretic Queen (5)
- 08: On Marvels and…Mustaches (0)
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- 06: Veuve Clicquot 1893: This One’s Really Vintage (4)
- 05: The Eyes Have It (4)
- 03: Of Bloodletting and Birthdays (4)
- 02: Review Round-Up (2)
- 01: Just What the Doctor Ordered (6)
- October 2008 (35)
- 30: Let Them Eat Hair Garnishes (5)
- 28: Midwives and Witches, oh my! (5)
- 28: Are You A Witch? (0)
- 28: New Subscription/Digest Option (0)
- 27: Book of the Week (1)
- 26: Gangraena or pernicious practices of bloggers (0)
- 26: Fellow Travelers (0)
- 25: MerMEN and now…MerDOGS! (2)
- 23: 18th Century Contraception (2)
- 21: The Art of Dialing: Telling Time in Early Europe (0)
- 21: (0)
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- 19: Children…then and now (100)
- 19: Was there a Scientific Revolution? (0)
- 18: The Chicken or the Egg (1)
- 16: Little Men in Sperm (3)
- 15: Take a Peek at This Line-Up! (0)
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- 01: Renaissance Plastic Surgery (0)
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- September 2008 (10)
- 30: Dissections in 19th-century Vienna (0)
- 29: Fairy Tales about Fairy Tales (0)
- 28: Link of the Day (0)
- 27: Metamorphoses (0)
- 26: Renaissance Marvels (0)
- 23: History of Birth Defects (0)
- 22: Medieval Madness (0)
- 15: Anatomy of a Teaching Gig (0)
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- 12: Amalia’s Tale (0)
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