ZOE’S JOURNAL
Fiction blog site of Zoe Lambros from the Award Winning Historical Lesbian Romance Series by Mary D. Brooks
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Latest Blog Posts
104-year-old Anzac, Alf Carpenter, recalls fighting in the Battle of Crete
At 104 years of age, Alf Carpenter is one of Australia’s oldest surviving Anzacs. He’s lived through two world wars, the Great Depression, 9/11 and now the coronavirus pandemic, but none are as...
Facts About Spartan Women: They Could Own Land!
Spartan women were very different from their sisters in Athens. One of those differences was that they could own their own land! Sparta rose to power in 6 BC. According to the Greek philosopher...
Fashion in the 1950’s
Fashion in the 1950s saw a clear gender divide. While men and boy’s fashion moved towards a more casual day-to-day style, women and girl’s fashion prioritized elegance, formality, and perfectly...
Facts about Spartan Women: They Were Educated
Spartans were famous for producing strong and powerful soldiers. But what do we actually know about the women of ancient Sparta? Without a doubt, Spartan women were the most educated, athletic and...
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, a role model that she was inspired by. I just love research...
Movie Trailer: RESISTANCE (2020) WW2 Movie
RESISTANCE Trailer (2020) Jesse Eisenberg WWII Movie PLOT: The story of a group of Jewish Boy Scouts who worked with the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War...
Lest We Forget: Anzac Day 25 April 2020 (102 Years Since The End of WW1)
It’s been 102 years since the end of The Great War (World War I). On this day we remember the men and women who had given their all in WW1 and the wars that followed. I do not glorify war but...
WW2 Denmark: A Nazi Saves Jewish Tailor…
A Jewish tailor was advised to flee Denmark in 1943 by a German client. But why would this leading Nazi defy Hitler? When Alexander Bodin Saphir’s Jewish grandfather was measuring a...
Ladies in Black – A New Movie Looking at 1950’s Australia
I was listening to a radio interview on Sydney radio today with Noni Hazelhurst (I LOVE Noni) and she’s talking about her new movie “Ladies in Black” which is set in a department...
Video: Auschwitz Birkenau – The Revolt of the Greek Jews
Hard to watch documentary but a must watch. We must NEVER let this happen again. A documentary from the book by Photini Tomai (Constantopoulou) “Greeks in Auschwitz-Birkenau” HSA –...
Addicted to Eva by Zoe
Song “Addicted to You” by Avicii
IN THE BLOOD OF THE GREEKS – THE BEGINNING OF AN EPIC LOVE STORY
Forbidden love, heart racing suspense, an epic tale set in war ravaged Greece.
