This story is from biblical times and as such follows The Bible and the Genesis 34, but it is different in many important ways. It is explaining how women in time of their periods needed to stay in red tent, telling each other’s story to amuse themselves. It is the story of women in the men times. No woman has a leadership role in the Bible. … Continue reading Red Tent
The story of Princess Sultan is true. The words are the authors’, but the story is princesses’. The shocking human tragedies described in this book are factual. In a country still ruled by kings, she is a princess. The men of her country hold firmly patriarchal laws. The Saudi Arabian male’s honor rests on the honor of women, and therefore the man must impose his … Continue reading Princess Sultana
This is an epic story about Genghis Khan – a founder of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death. He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia in 12th and 12th century. Invading Europe many times, it is said that 1/5 of the descendants in Europe and directly from his raping moments. The story starts with the birth of … Continue reading Wolf from steppe
The monks gave him the name John Savage. He as a savage for them, living with them in some abbey in the Northern England, raping him and beating. After this John would usually fall into epilepsy. Monks were calling it a devil’s attack. John escapes with his mysterious Maur man… somehow there is something about both of them being together. They are travelling around England … Continue reading Pillars of Light
Cleopatra’s Alexandria (nowaday’s Egypt) is tragically fallen after Caesar‘s assassination in 1 century BCE, and her allieanation with Mark Antony (the following Roman Emperor). Cleopatra kills herself with letting the royal cobra snake bites her. Her twins children survived and they are ment to rule Alexandria together as half-gods The Sun and The Moon. Selena (daughter of Mark Antony) was taken from Egypt and together with her twoin brother … Continue reading Lotos from Nile
The author is Simon Sebag Montefiore – one of my favourite writers. The story follows the prohibited love affair of two which came to light in 1945. While Russia celebrates victory over the Nazis, shootings are scattered in the midst of the great Moscow celebration: on the earth are the lifeless body of two students, young men and girls in costumes from the 19th century. It … Continue reading One night in Winter
Philippa Gregory is one of the best historical novel writers nowadays. Her most famous iteration of books is The Cousin’s Wars describing through her novels the War of Roses for control of the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the House of Lancaster (associated with a red rose), and the House of York (whose symbol was a white rose). The conflict lasted through many sporadic … Continue reading Richard’s Queen
The book comes in two sequels, written by two authors Rita Monaldi and Francesco Sorti. The place of happening is Rome, in September 1683. While the Turkish army spends on the borders of the West and opens Vienna, the sudden death of a passenger at the inn in the center of the Holy City invites the panic: is it a poison or plague? From the fear … Continue reading Imprimatur l and ll
Throughout my life I am constantly reading about the history of women, their position in society, and the struggle for power. The more I read about them as the background rulers in a particularly male world, the more inspiration I find, the more I identify myself. The last in the series (from the Book of Wars of the Cousins, ie War of the Roses) is … Continue reading The Constant Princess
Revolutionary Russia, the main character Inna Feldman, who decides to flee Kiev after witnessing the assassination of Prime Minister Stolypin in a theatre, is a Jewish orphan and by that fact almost inappropriate in a society. She is travelling to St Petersburg to a distant relative in search of safety and security. There she faces two men she is torn between. First is a violin-maker who is … Continue reading Midnight in St Petersburg
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