Historical Fiction and Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction, Book Reviews and ruminations on life
3
Aug
Character sketch from The Last Seal. Sketch is by Gill Pearce of Hellion’s Art Artemas Summary: Flamboyant Cavalier and leader of the Liberati. More info: Fought for the king in the civil war but lost power and influence during the Commonwealth. […]
Tags: Chara, richard denning, The Last Seal
31
Jul
The Liberati are a secret society which in ancient times served the demons who ruled this earth and through them exerted power over mankind. Though defeated in the wars in which mankind liberated themselves, through the ages they have strived to free the demons and through them rule our world. In The Last Seal, the […]
Tags: Secret Societies, The Last Seal
27
Jul
Character sketch from The Last Seal. Sketch is by Gill Pearce of Hellion’s Art Summary: A doctor and the cynical son of a Praesidum member who was murdered by Artemis and seeks revenge. More Info: His father was a member of the […]
24
Jul
The 17th century is the age of Newton and Harvey and other scientists that discovered many of the scientific truths we know today. YET it was still a time where people believed in magic, witchcraft and omens. It could be a paranoid time. Today I look at some of those beliefs. Witchcraft and Magic Put simply in this time […]
Tags: 17th Century, Magic, Omens, The Last Seal
20
Jul
Character sketch from The Last Seal. Sketch is by Gill Pearce of Hellion’s Art Benjamin, a Westminster school boy, is haunted by flashbacks to the night his parents died in a fire. One day, whilst playing truant, he comes […]
15
Jul
King James I This decade saw the country slipping more and more into a financial mess. This was due to incompetence and self serving amongst James’Â advisers. Tensions between pro catholic and pro protestant parties began to grow as well as the feeling that the King was under too much influence of a group of Catholic […]
Tags: Decade a week, King James I, The Last Seal
10
Jul
The nature of demons All races have stories of powerful and terrifying creatures which are said to be immortal and almost invincible. These ‘demons’ in some form or other pervade our folklore, enter our legends and also find their place in our religions. To the Christian church they are fallen angels; once servants of the […]
Tags: demons, The Last Seal
8
Jul
The end of the Elizabethan Age and the beginnings of the Stuart Dynasty by Richard Denning In 1600 Elizabeth, the last Tudor monarch, had been Queen for 42 years. Many in the kingdom had known no other monarch. At the height of her power during the triumph over the Spanish Armada in 1588, she had […]
Tags: Elizabeth I, James I, The Last Seal
7
Jul
Like all people in all ages, the inhabitants of London in 1666 had their own slang and language. Some are words we still used to day. Some are very alien and reflect a long lost world, yet a world inhabited with people like you and I. They were full of the same fears, desires, longings […]
Tags: 17th Century, slang, The Last Seal
6
Jul
Character Sketch from The Last Seal. Sketch is by Gill Pearce of Hellion’s Art Summary: Cheerful, cheeky but initially selfish young thief who must decide whether to risk her life to save her city. More info: Orphaned during the plague, Freya scrapes […]
Tags: Character Sketch, The Last Seal