Bad day here at Casa Vieja...hurt my back gardening. Even writing brings no relief...my last chapter was distinctly bitter. There will be wine on the table at lunch.
In Royal Service to the Queen is on BookBub's Shortlist: a weekly collection of today's biggest, buzziest books!
On sale wherever you buy your eBooks! For a limited time only IN ROYAL SERVICE TO THE QUEEN is on sale for $6.99
I am transplanting my garden into pots! Inspired by one of the great arts and crafts gardens in England, Great Dixter. This is the effect I am going for on our terrace! What do you think?
Author Archives: mM021114
Death of a Dishonorable Gentlemen
Death of a Dishonorable Gentlemen will be released by Minotaur Books, St. Martin’s Press January 6, 2015.
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Death of a Dishonorable Gentlemen
A Party for Winston
A Party for Winston. The second book in the series to be released in January 2016.
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on A Party for Winston
Lucile, Lady Duff-Gordon and the Dress of Emotion
Lucile, Lady Duff-Gordon is possibly more infamously known for the scandal surrounding her escape from the Titanic in an almost empty lifeboat with her secretary and her husband Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon. Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurs, Socialites
Comments Off on Lucile, Lady Duff-Gordon and the Dress of Emotion
Iyntwood’s Favorite Reads for 1912
It’s that list-making time of year. The ‘best of’ lists…’ As a particularly dedicated list-maker, I wanted to share Iyntwood’s favorite reads for 1912. Continue reading
Posted in Writers
Comments Off on Iyntwood’s Favorite Reads for 1912
Kenneth Grahame and the Wild Wooders
“The Wind in the Willows” published in 1908 by Kenneth Grahame has often been referred to as a pastoral hymn to the rural beauty of England and the relatively un-spoiled countryside of the early 1900s. Continue reading
Posted in Writers
Comments Off on Kenneth Grahame and the Wild Wooders
Vaslav Nijinksy and the Ballet Russe
It was during the frenzy of the Coronation year of George V in 1911 that brought Nijinsky, star of the Ballet Russe, before the British public. Continue reading
Posted in Performing Artists
Comments Off on Vaslav Nijinksy and the Ballet Russe
Bertie and the Entente Cordiale
It seems only right that I kick off this blog with the greatest Edwardian of them all: King Edward VII or Bertie as he was known to his family. Continue reading
Posted in Royalty
Comments Off on Bertie and the Entente Cordiale