Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – A-Z World Cuisines with Carol Taylor – Discovering the Cuisine of Norway…The Land of the Midnight Sun! Norwegian cuisine is shaped by its geography. Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. With a harsh climate, it has a …

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King Henry V had much to prove—to himself as well as the rest of Europe. By the time the English reached Agincourt, they were starving, exhausted, and easy pickings. Or so the French thought. THE AGINCOURT KING

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Smorgasbord Book Promotions – New Book Spotlight – #Fantasy #Magic – Tales from the Irish Garden: The Missing Pieces by Sally Cronin Delighted to share the news of my latest release… Tales from the Irish Garden: The Missing Pieces. This collection has been two years in the making… and I have to thank Pixabay for bein…

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Ascent: A story of danger, adversity, and love by Cathie Dunn When the world is remade around us, do we shape it in return… or are we shaped beyond recognition? #BookLove #BookReview #weekendreads #bookrecommendations

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Smorgasbord Book Review – #Shortstories Hopes, Fears and Realities: Stories, Poems and Personal Tales by Alex Craigie Delighted to share my review for the latest release by Alex Craigie..Hopes, Fears and Reality: Stories, Poems and Personal Tales About the collection What do a terrified boy, a ruthless beauty quee…

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The devil lies in the details - a reflection on writing historical fiction - Anna Belfrage Writing novels set in the distant past has its disadvantages. Like when your heroine ends up in a situation where you just know she’s dying for a piece of chocolate – except that chocolate hasn’t been...

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To Be A Queen by Annie Whitehead: Forged in Duty Is resilience something we possess… or something we are forced to become? #BookReview #weekendreads #goodreads #BookLove

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Is resilience something we possess… or something we are forced to become?

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The White Wolf Ancestry of Romans, Genghis Khan, Turks, and Dacians From the White Wolf and Rome's Lupercal cave, to the wolfish origin of the Mongols, the She-Wolf Asena ancestry of Turks and fearless Zalmoxis, Great White Wolf of Dacians. Plus a short story bonus!

🐺 On my blog this week, I'm watching out for wolves:
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A Mischief of Murder by Helen Hollick: Which Truth We Seek? When confronted with the past, is it the truth we seek… or the version we can live with? #CozyCrime #BookReview #TuesdayBookBlog

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The Bee Spotter’s Guide by Dave Goulson I confess I have hardly read a word recently as we’ve had builders in for three months and it’s just been a round of making hot drinks, answering questions and listening to very loud to…

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Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives 2026 – Posts from last six months of 2025 – #Family #Recipes – Clabe Wilson’s Sauerkraut by Joy Neal Kidney Welcome to the  series of Posts from Your Archives for 2026 and I will be sharing posts from the SECOND six months of 2025 from your archives which I will select. You can find out how to participat…

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Romanian Heroines from Dreamland, Women Whose Stories Made History - This Women's History Month discover the unsung heroines of Romania’s past—the common women who fought to protect their families and preserve traditions while allowing history to bloom.

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Smorgasbord Medicine Woman’s Treasure Chest 2026 – Essential Oils and Aromatherapy – Oils, origins, uses and Safety #Blend #Historical Thieves Oil Blend by Sally Cronin Welcome to the series about essential oils and aromatherapy and I hope you will find useful. Twenty-seven years ago I ran a health food shop and diet advisory centre here in Ireland and we sold ess…

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Goldsmiths Square Sibiu, Contemporary Photos and the Story of a Medieval Mongol Invasion - Patricia Furstenberg, Writer of Historical Fiction, Children's Books Look past the contemporary photos of Goldsmiths Square Sibiu to discover the life of a medieval village at the time of the Mongol invasion of 1241 through a medieval story.

Look past the contemporary #photos of Goldsmiths Square #Sibiu and discover the life of a #medieval village at the time of the Mongol invasion of 1241, through a #story.

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Smorgasbord Book Review – #Historical #New World #Revolution #Civil War #20th Century -Traveling Through History: A Collection of Historical Short Stories by Janet Morrison Delighted to share my review for the historical short story collection by Janet Morrison –Traveling Through History: A Collection of Historical Short Stories About the collection. This collec…

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Old Targului Street Sibiu Day-Night Walk Photos and a Medieval Story - Patricia Furstenberg, Writer of Historical Fiction, Children's Books As we wandered on the thousand years old Targului Street in Sibiu and snapped both eerie and cheerful photos I imagined how life must have been for the Saxons who built the first wooden houses here, during Medieval Era.

We wandered along the 1000 years old Targului Street in #Sibiu and snapped both eerie and cheerful #photos. I thought of how life must have been for the Saxons who built the first wooden houses here, during medieval times.
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🍀 🐠 Have a bite of raw fish today to have #goodluck fishing all year long! A Romanian tradition for #StPatrickDay
#17March coincides with Alexii in Romania (who wouldn't shut the bug box so the creeters spread all over world!)

#folklore #StPaddysDay #OTD

When Secrets Bloom Reviewed by the Historical Novel Society - Patricia Furstenberg, Writer of Historical Fiction, Children's Books Review of When Secrets Bloom by the Historical Novel Society: "a compelling guide through a world where women’s authority is constantly undermined" Historical Novel Review HNR Issue 115, February 2026...

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Medieval Women Haunted by Startling Laws in the Romanian Lands - Patricia Furstenberg, Writer of Historical Fiction, Children's Books In medieval Romanian lands, women’s legal rights were limited by patriarchal laws. They were excluded from public office, military, inheritance, with brothers inheriting before daughters. Despite these restrictions, women managed households and preserved family wealth and honor.

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Marriage, inheritance or violence, there was a law for any stage of a woman's life.
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Smorgasbord Book Reviews – #Crime #Mystery #ContemporaryFiction – Fatal by Laura Lyndhurst Delighted to share the news of the latest release by Laura Lyndhurst..another intriguing crime mystery I am sure… Fatal.  About the book A man’s character is his fate Widowed Lou’…

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Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Weekly Round Up – 2nd – 8th March – Big Band Era, Chart Toppers, Duck Dishes, Immune System, Aromatherapy, Book Excerpts, Reviews, Bloggers and Humour Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed this week on Smorgasbord. The sun is shining at the moment and it at least has brightened up this corner of the world. I am not a political co…

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Smorgasbord Book Promotions 2026 – Share an Excerpt – Boost one of your books – #Medievalhistory – When Secrets Bloom: An enchanting Transylvanian : Some secrets heal. Others kill by Patricia Furstenb... In this regular series for 2026, you are invited to share an excerpt of 400 to 500 words from any book you have written you would like to give a boost to. This feature is for any author who has bee…

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Smorgasbord Book Promotions 2026 – Share an Excerpt – Boost one of your books – #Medievalhistory – When Secrets Bloom: An enchanting Transylvanian : Some secrets heal. Others kill by Patricia Furstenb... In this regular series for 2026, you are invited to share an excerpt of 400 to 500 words from any book you have written you would like to give a boost to. This feature is for any author who has bee…

Smorgasbord Book Promotions 2026 - Share an Excerpt - Boost one of your books - #Medievalhistory – When Secrets Bloom: An enchanting Transylvanian : Some secrets heal. Others kill by Patricia Furstenberg smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/03/06/s... #bookboost #weekendreads

Extract from EL by Thaddeus Ó Buachalla | @mercierpress.bsky.social - Swirl and Thread ‘When reality itself becomes the conspiracy . . .’ EL by Thaddeus Ó Buachalla was first published in Irish by Coiscéim in 2022. It won an Oireachtas Literary Award and was awarded Irish Language Novel...

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1 March, Martisor – Tradition and Symbolism in Romania #Im4Ro - Patricia Furstenberg, Writer of Historical Fiction, Children's Books The Martisor is a traditional offering of good luck on 1st March together with wishes for good health, happiness and love. Seasonal symbolism of Romania. Charming and pure. Memories.

On my blog, a bit of history and tradition for #1stMarch, day of Marţişor in Romania
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Winding Up the Week #461 In this celebratory St David’s Day special, I explore the literary landscape with a distinctly Welsh twist, revisit books read and reviewed, uncover some of the finest writing about literature acro…

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Winding Up the Week #461 In this celebratory St David’s Day special, I explore the literary landscape with a distinctly Welsh twist, revisit books read and reviewed, uncover some of the finest writing about literature acro…

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Winding Up the Week #460 This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries (including International Book Gi…

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