Historical Fiction

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The story of a woman's struggle for independence. Exiled to the desolate London mansion, she adopts an assumed name and earns her living as a pamphlet writer. She was the first woman to write of a wife leaving her abusive husband, the first woman who stated her political views so firmly and fearless. She was unafraid to be censured; she was challenging the strict British society rules and enjoyed that dangerous game. Up to this point, any woman who left her husband met some type of horrific demise.

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The Dare

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The Malleus Maleficarum is the best-known treatise on witchcraft. It was written by the discredited Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer in 1487. It endorses the extermination of witches and for this purpose develops detailed legal and theological recommendations, unethical and illegal procedures, on witches detection and tortures. How was it back then to be accused of witchcraft?

A hammer for a witch

The Malleus Maleficarum is the best-known treatise on witchcraft. It was written by the discredited Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer in 1487...

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Formed of three different stories, the book tells us the way an innocent soul might take through its life. Based on a theory of reincarnation we follow the soul of felicity through three of its lives, each of which leaves a certain scar on its innocence: innocence of Body, Innocence of actions and Innocence of mind. Each story is based on true historical facts, that enhance the realism of the plot.

When Innocence Dies

Formed of three different stories, the book tells us the way an innocent soul might take through its life. Based on a theory of reincarnation we follow the soul of felicity through three of its lives...

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Sought after as an indication of social status, the term gentleman retained a certain value as an index of rank and affluence. The title had acquired a variety of usages and meanings which fully reflected the complexity of English society. The acceptance by “society” as a gentleman required an income derived from sources other than manual labour and retail trade as well and there were certain expectations of gentlemen-like behaviour, that were not all that easy to match.

Leasure Duty

Sought after as an indication of social status, the term gentleman retained a certain value as an index of rank and affluence. The title had acquired a variety of usages...

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In 18th century England the married woman was considered to have neither rights nor property due to the fact that with the marriage all her property was exchanged automatically to her husband. The ideal of marriage had been brought to its lowest possible level, it emphasized the sexual side of the connection, and almost entirely disregarded the spiritual. But what could a woman have done if she’d had something to say?

Silent goods

In 18th century England the married woman was considered to have neither rights nor property due to the fact that with the marriage...

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Clear skies dawned over London on December 5, 1952. British capital gasped for air. By the afternoon, though, the fog began to turn a sickly shade of yellow as it mixed with the thousands of tons of soot being pumped into the skies of London by its forest of chimneys and industrial smokestacks. A toxic fog smothered the British capital, paralyzing the city and blackening out the sun. Take a look back at the worst air pollution disaster in British history, which is estimated to have killed at least 4,000 Londoners.

12 hours of blindness

Clear skies dawned over London on December 5, 1952. British capital gasped for air. By the afternoon, though, the fog began...

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