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EC2
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Post by EC2 » Wed July 15th, 2009, 1:40 pm

In an Anderson shelter, cuddling my one-eyed rabbit while the bombs drop all around.
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard n’I chasront

'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'

Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal

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Misfit
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Post by Misfit » Wed July 15th, 2009, 1:54 pm

The French have just retaken Calais from the British and our hero is preparing to take the keys to the city to Henri II.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be

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MLE (Emily Cotton)
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Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
Location: California Bay Area

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Wed July 15th, 2009, 7:08 pm

I'm about to embark on a career of piracy on the Spanish main, flaunting the peace treaty our craven King James I signed with Philip III.

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Post by drspoon » Thu July 23rd, 2009, 2:03 pm

I've just fallen asleep on the floor inside the church at the Priory of Inchmalhome.
Where is human nature so weak as in a bookstore?" - Henry Ward Beecher

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Post by diamondlil » Fri July 24th, 2009, 11:20 am

I am in Egypt during WWI. Whilst there are many soldiers in town, I am, as usual, far more interested in pyramids and other archeologically minded subjects. Well, except for the odd mystery that comes my way.
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EC2
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Post by EC2 » Fri July 24th, 2009, 11:42 am

I am in Normandy in the 1120's to 30's, finding out that prior to 1135 Stephen of Blois was well ahead in his plans to claim England and Normandy should Henry I die.
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard n’I chasront

'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'

Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal

www.elizabethchadwick.com

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Post by Susan » Fri July 24th, 2009, 12:10 pm

I'm somewhere in England in 1348 in an old widow's inn (well, it used to be an inn) with nine very unusual people wondering what will happen next.
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chuck
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Post by chuck » Fri July 24th, 2009, 5:25 pm

I'm in Marblehead, Massachusetts 1991....Researching materials about; the personal experiences of an accused 1692, Salem Witch.........And once in awhile I experience time slipping/daydreaming excursions....

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "Murder before Evensong" by Rev Richard Coles
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Post by Madeleine » Mon July 27th, 2009, 2:07 pm

I'm currently in present-day Edinburgh, but I suspect some time travel will be happening soon.
Currently reading "Murder before Evensong" by Rev Richard Coles

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Post by sarah » Mon July 27th, 2009, 2:12 pm

I've just been in the middle of an Arab uprising with Dorian Courtney or "el salil" as he is now known after being kidnapped by Arabs, sold to a Prince and being adopted as his son.

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