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Fortune Telling - The Mystic Victorian
Fortune telling, divination and mystic arts gain huge popularity in the European Victorian Era. Nations careen through cycles of progress...
Sylvia Rose
Jun 29, 20234 min read
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Industry & the Age of Monsters Europe
The Age of Monsters in 19th century Europe is the result of a cataclysmic explosion of art, literature, science and philosophy. Nations...
Sylvia Rose
Jun 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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The Strange Case of Rudolf Diesel
Rudolf Diesel (1858 – 1913) invented the diesel engine. The powerful piece of machinery changes lives and engineering forever. What...
Sylvia Rose
Jun 5, 20234 min read
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Heidelberg - Dueling Scars, Jail & Beer
Dating to 1386, Heidelberg University is the oldest in Germany. Besides studies in medicine or law, a student could aim for three badges...
Sylvia Rose
May 24, 20233 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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Speyer, Lorelei & Murder on the Rhine
Enjoying a fabulous Rhine cruise here in Canada! The Rhine is one of most romantic rivers in the world, with gorgeous scenery, ancient...
Sylvia Rose
Apr 29, 20232 min read
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Steam & Coal in Victorian Germany
In Victorian era Germany, steam is an engineer's dream. Wood burning steam machines and logging for quick construction almost destroy the...
Sylvia Rose
Apr 23, 20236 min read
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Victorian Detective Murder Mysteries
A luxury Rhine cruise turns into a trip to murder as Reiker goes undercover to solve a slew of tourist murders.
Sylvia Rose
Apr 21, 20232 min read
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