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Winter Tales - 4 Novellas
In anthology form  or one at a time, these four fun thrilling novellas all have themes of winter, seasonal traditions and folklore. Join...
Sylvia Rose
Aug 29, 20233 min read
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Victorian Trends: Sailor Suits to Taxidermy
Trends in natural health, exercise, pets, fashion, the occult, mourning and taxidermy span the nineteenth century. On the British throne,...
Sylvia Rose
Aug 24, 20236 min read
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Famous Women Inventors - Anna Connelly
Anna Connelly saves countless lives when she invents and patents the first modern fire escape in 1877. After the Civil War, Americans...
Sylvia Rose
Aug 20, 20232 min read
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Plight of the Lutzelfrau: German Mythology
On Dec 13 the Lutzelfrau comes to bring candy, fruit, nuts and gifts of light to children and households. While Lutzelfrau has pagan...
Sylvia Rose
Aug 15, 20233 min read
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Great 19th Century German Woman Artists
Women artists of the late nineteenth century include Elisabet Ney, Anna Peters and Dora Hitz. In the youthful German Empire women's...
Sylvia Rose
Aug 1, 20234 min read
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Four Early German Inventions We Still Love Today
Coffee filters, gummi bears, guide dog school and refrigeration are among the German inventions of the 19th and early 20th centuries,...
Sylvia Rose
Jul 13, 20234 min read
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19th Century: Home Gym, Bicycles, Antiseptic
The home gym, antiseptic, bicycles and Bunsen burners all emerge in the 19th century . European engineers, scientists, physicians and...
Sylvia Rose
Jun 9, 20234 min read
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Off to the Black Forest we go!
The Black Forest ( Ger. Schwarzwald ) in southwest Germany is treasured for its unsurpassed natural beauty. Two major rivers begin in...
Sylvia Rose
May 31, 20233 min read
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The Many Faces of Frau Holle
Frau Holle is an ancient Goddess originating in the pagan lore of Germania. Also called Holda, Hulda or Old Mother Frost, she's often...
Sylvia Rose
May 28, 20234 min read
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Song of the Loreley - Lethal Attraction
Loreley (Lorelei) is a rock inhabited by a spirit of the same name. At the narrowest part of the Rhine River, Germany, the beauty and...
Sylvia Rose
May 20, 20235 min read
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Pioneering German Women - Bertha Benz
In August 1888, Bertha Benz of Mannheim, Germany loads her kids into a revolutionary vehicle and heads for Pforzheim. She drives the Benz...
Sylvia Rose
May 19, 20233 min read
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3 Great German Artists for Art Lovers
Here are three amazing German artists everyone should know. Franz Marc is a founder of German expressionism. Käthe Kollwitz depicts war...
Sylvia Rose
May 17, 20233 min read
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The Anxious Victorian: Mental Health
The Victorian era brings progress to Europe, but also problems. Increased pace of life leads to stress conditions such as neurasthenia ,...
Sylvia Rose
May 8, 20234 min read
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Frau Holle - A German Fairy Tale
A mother, her daughter Hilda and stepdaughter Elsa live in a house in the woods. Elsa does all the work as the other two are lazy, but...
Sylvia Rose
May 7, 20234 min read
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Steam & Style - Agrippina of the Rhine
This is the story of paddle steamship Agrippina of the Rhinel the fate of the Empress Agrippinal; and the lowdown on Victorian era trends.
Sylvia Rose
May 1, 20233 min read
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Wild Women and Winter Tales
December 25 marks the Feast of Frau Holle or Hulda in Germany. She's also celebrated at the Winter Solstice as a goddess of Light. Her...
Sylvia Rose
Apr 17, 20233 min read
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Queen Eleanor & the Calamitous Crusade
The final novella of the Lora Ley - Winter Tales has a time travel twist to the Germania of 1148 AD. The Feast of Fools festival or...
Sylvia Rose
Apr 12, 20234 min read
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