Mirella P. posted an article on Historical Novel Review - Dec 15, 2009, 6:13 am
Ellen O’Casey has put the horrors of the villain Donovan’s trial behind her, married her true love Dr Robert Monroe and has spent twelve years in America. She and Robert return to London with the...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Historical Novel Review - Dec 14, 2009, 10:09 am
Book Reviewed by Helena Gowan / Edited and posted by Mirella Patzer. This 17th century New England tale unfolds with the burial of a baby of the Putnam family, leading the reader into a sinister wo...
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Mirella P. posted an article on History and Women - Dec 14, 2009, 2:01 am
I was born the daughter of a preacher. Along with my sisters, I was raised in a small parsonage in a Yorkshire village. When I was still a child, I lost my mother. As the eldest, I assumed the role...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Historical Novel Review - Dec 13, 2009, 10:40 am
Our blog was recently nominated and tagged as a Kreativ Blogger. The rules of earning this nomination is to complete the following: 1. Tell readers seven things about yourself. 2. In the Kreativ B...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Best of Italy - Dec 12, 2009, 10:05 am
The bestselling celebration of Italy’s language, culture, and greatest art: THE ART OF LIVING If you love Italy, you’ll love learning about its language. If you come from an Italian family,you�...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Best of Italy - Dec 12, 2009, 9:48 am
For a real treat, I would like to invite you to visit the blog of my good friend, author Diane Hales. She wrote the bestselling book, La Bella Lingua. Hers is an amazing story - an American with no I...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Recipes Most Wanted - Dec 11, 2009, 8:27 am
I found this recipe in a newspaper over twenty years ago. I've been making it ever since. It's extremely decadent and my family's favourite. Once you've had a taste of the real stuf...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Best of Italy - Dec 11, 2009, 1:37 am
Lucrezia Borgia was the daughter of the Spanish Cardinal, Rodrigo Borgia, who later became Pope Alexander VI. Much scandal regarding incest and murder surrounds her. She entered into a passionate af...
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Mirella P. posted an article on History and Women - Dec 10, 2009, 10:04 am
I was born beneath a full moon in Tuscany on August 13, 1313, a date clearly chosen for magical reasons. August 13 was a feast day of the ancient Italian goddess, Diana. My father was a widower with ...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Historical Novel Review - Dec 10, 2009, 7:55 am
Harbour is a novel about Hong Kong society in the months leading up to the 1941 invasion of Hong Kong by Japan. It is a time of great contrast, of decadence and deficiency, of prejudice and acceptanc...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Historical Novel Review - Dec 9, 2009, 1:18 pm

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Mirella P. posted an article on Recipes Most Wanted - Dec 8, 2009, 2:39 pm
I've had this recipe in my collection for about 25 years now. I guess you can consider it a classic. It's a great little casserole, meant for breakfast, which can be used all year round. I ...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Recipes Most Wanted - Dec 8, 2009, 2:36 pm
In Italian folklore, it is widely believed that Panettone originated in the city of Milano in northern Italy during the 15th century. It became instantly popular. Today, hundreds of years later, peo...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Echoes of History - Dec 8, 2009, 10:12 am
In Italian folklore, it is widely believed that Panettone originated in the city of Milano in northern Italy during the 15th century. It became instantly popular. Today, hundreds of years later, peo...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Echoes of History - Dec 6, 2009, 7:23 am
It's that time of year again, and many of us will be participating in a Secret Santa gift exchange. But what exactly is it and how did this little game come about? The true Secret Santa was Sa...
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Mirella P. posted an article on History and Women - Dec 6, 2009, 2:01 am
It’s hard to believe that prior to 1929, women in Canada weren’t considered “persons” under the law. Even worse, women in Canada were also prohibited from owning property. If a woman’s hus...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Best of Italy - Dec 5, 2009, 11:36 am
Saint Nicholas (270 A.D. to 346 A.D.) was really Nicholas of Myra, a saint and bishop in Turkey. Many miracles have been attributed to him. He is also known as Nicholas the Wonderworker. He had a r...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Echoes of History - Dec 4, 2009, 11:29 am
When, oh when, are publishers and makers of electronic book readers going to wake up and get it? Nothing frustrates me more than e-readers these days. There's Kindle, Paprus, Kindle, HP, Samsung...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Historical Novel Review - Dec 3, 2009, 9:00 pm
Brandy Purdy, author of The Boleyn Wife, provides fascinating insight into her beginnings as a writer. 1. At what age did you start reading books? I think I actually started reading at about age fou...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Historical Novel Review - Dec 3, 2009, 5:40 pm
First Line: He was born in Scabtown the day Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre. The Creed of Violence by Boston Teran is a fascinating, multi-faceted novel that takes place in Mexico in...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Historical Novel Review - Dec 3, 2009, 4:15 pm
Book Review written by Cori Van Housen Robert Elmer’s tale of WW11 occupied Denmark grabs you from the start with engaging characters and explosive action on the streets of Copenhagen. German forc...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Historical Novel Review - Dec 3, 2009, 12:00 pm
In an enduring tale, filled with intrigue and glamour, love and lust, Brandy Purdy invites the reader into the dynamic world of the Tudors, with her novel The Boleyn Wife. Her heroine Jane in particul...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Best of Italy - Dec 1, 2009, 10:57 am
Count Alessandro di Cagliostro (2 June 1743 – 26 August 1795) was the alias for the occultist Giuseppe Balsamo (also called Joseph Balsamo), an Italian adventurer. Alessandro Cagliostra was born to ...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Echoes of History - Dec 1, 2009, 9:25 am
The true origins of that most popular breakfast, Eggs Benedict are in dispute. There are four versions. The first is about a retired Wall Street stock broker named Lemuel Benedict. In 1942, the yea...
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Mirella P. posted an article on History and Women - Dec 1, 2009, 8:26 am
In my lifetime, I earned the monniker, the "Bloody Countess". To stay young, I tortured and bathed in the blood of hundreds of young women. Eastern European history is rife with noble men and women ...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Echoes of History - Dec 1, 2009, 8:00 am
Back Cover Blurb: Blue Bells of Scotland Shawn Kleiner has it all: money, fame, a skyrocketing career as an international musical phenomenon, his beautiful girlfriend Amy, and all the women he want...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Historical Novel Review - Nov 29, 2009, 8:20 am
r First Line: Karl von Schagel paced the drawing room. In the last five minutes, he had probably consulted his pocket watch a dozen times. Set during World War II, this historical political thrille...
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Mirella P. posted an article on History and Women - Nov 27, 2009, 11:46 pm
I am the Queen of Thailand and the king who reigned from 1549 to 1569. All consider me to be a heroine of Thailand, because I sacrificed my life while trying to save my husband during a battle. My hu...
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Mirella P. posted an article on History and Women - Nov 27, 2009, 11:45 pm
Originally a servant, I became mistress to the king of Neustria after persuading him to murder his first wife. But I was not satisfied to be a mere mistress. Because he was a king, he remarried, but...
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Mirella P. posted an article on History and Women - Nov 27, 2009, 11:44 pm
To this very day, I am considered the most famous dancer in the world. I was born on January 31, 1881 in St. Petersburg. My mother was a washerwoman and my father was a reserve soldier whom I never...
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Mirella P. posted an article on History and Women - Nov 27, 2009, 11:43 pm
I was born in 300 BC in ancient Greece, and in today's world, you know me only as a legend. Did I exist? Or did I not? I shall leave it to you to decide. Here is my story: I was a noblewoman ...
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Mirella P. posted an article on History and Women - Nov 27, 2009, 11:41 pm
I was married at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on 27 October 1633. In 1637 I supported Anne Hutchinson, who preached that God "spoke directly to individuals" rather than only through the clergy. ...
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Mirella P. posted an article on History and Women - Nov 27, 2009, 11:31 pm
Mechthild of Ringelheim Blessed with the gift of prophecy through dreams, Mechthild of Ringelheim knows she is destined to rise to great heights. When she marries Heinrich Liudolfing she enters th...
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Mirella P. posted an article on History and Women - Nov 27, 2009, 11:30 pm
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Mirella P. posted an article on History and Women - Nov 27, 2009, 11:29 pm
COMING SOON FROM ETERNAL PRESS A lost ancient treasure. A 100 year family feud. A woman who must choose between two men: one bound by a dying wish, the other bound by desperation. And a passion riche...
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Mirella P. posted an article on History and Women - Nov 27, 2009, 11:28 pm
Anita Davison Anne Whitfield Antiquarian's Attic * * * Becoming Italian Becoming Italian Word by Word Best of Italy Blogging Women Book Mooch Brandy Purdy ...
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Mirella P. posted an article on History and Women - Nov 27, 2009, 11:27 pm
My Biography A true blue Taurean in every way, Mirella Patzer (nee Sichirollo) was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, but grew up in Calgary, a city famous for the Calgary Stampede, oil companies, an...
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Mirella P. posted an article on Echoes of History - Nov 27, 2009, 9:08 pm
Voltaire (1694-1778), a famous French author, wrote this love letter to his beloved Olympe Dunover while in prison. Why was he in prison? Because Olympe's mother and the French ambassador disapp...
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