History Blog
Book Research: Sydney Hyde Park and the Archibald Fountain
Today's trip down the history path was about the Archibald Fountain in Sydney Hyde Park because it plays a part in my...
Book Research: Sister Alice King – Heroic Nurse of World War 1
In preparation for my novel "Mabel of the ANZACS" I did a whole lot of research which led me to some very interesting...
Book Research: ANZAC Memorial – Sacrifice and Duty
The following is from the ANZAC Memorial here in Sydney. It's a place I have visited often. It's an emotional place...
The Root of All Cruelty Is…
The New Yorker magazine has a very interesting article. The Root of All Cruelty? Perpetrators of violence, we’re told,...
War Heroine Laskarina Bouboulina!
When I was doing research for my first book "In The Blood of the Greeks" - I wanted to give my character, Zoe Lambros,...
27 January – Holocaust Remembrance Day
On this day in 1945, the death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated. 6 MILLION innocent Jews and others such as...
Nazis Couldn’t Sleep Because of the Searchlights…
Doesn’t this article just break your heart? I shed so many tears I filled a bucket. The poor Nazis couldn’t get to...
Surviving The Peace: Chapter 3
Chapter 3 October 30, 1944 – Midnight On the road to Athena’s Bluff Whenever my mama found out I was reading or...
A Day By The Sea by Hayriye Makas Uygun
Our friend Hayriye drew a portrait of us at the sea! The post A Day By The Sea by Hayriye Makas Uygun appeared first...
New Art of Eva Updated on Artwork Page
That didn’t take long now, did it? Of course not. Go and see my latest artwork of Eva and myself! The post New Art of...
Surviving The Peace Chapter 2 – October 29, 1944
Surviving The Peace Chapter 2 (29 October 1944) has been posted. It’s from the second entry of October 29, 1944. I was...
OHI Day 28 October – In Memory of My Brothers
Today is 28 October and that means it’s OHI Day (Οχι) – We calebrate / commemorate the NO that got us into World War...
