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Gunpowder by Jack Kelly-- a Book Review, Brant Forseng, @brantforseng

Gunpowder, Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics — A Book Review

Posted onMarch 5, 2017Leave a comment

Lady Merreth’s world is one where early gunpowder weapons are just coming into their own. As a writer, I was gratified to stumble across Jack Kelly’s Gunpowder, Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive that Changed the World. Read More …

So, What Did You Do in the Middle Ages?

Posted onAugust 20, 2013August 21, 2013Leave a comment

Historical Occupations … Jobs, that is, not what happens to a country after it loses a war. I write historical fiction and frankly, know little about the various jobs, careers, and occupations of folk who are now long dead. Aside Read More …