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Books ​HMS Ambuscade is the name given to eight Royal Navy ships between 1746 and 1993. The Ambuscades were frigates and destroyers, the fleet's workhorses in almost every major naval conflict - from...

The concept of #HistoryWritersDay24 passed me by. So here are my five contributions to the genre in a blatant act of self promotion 😂. www.balkanhistory.org/books.html

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Completely missed that we were holding this event on #HistoryWritersDay24

You can buy Britain's Iron Chancellor in hardback or ebook at 25% for a limited time thanks to Pen & Sword's tie-in discount code HWD24 (use at checkout)

Use the discount code here👇
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For #HistoryWritersDay24, check out my book, An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South, out earlier this year from Oxford University Press.

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And finally for #HistoryWritersDay24 Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse A series of mysterious deaths linked to "The Pale Horse" inn, rumoured to be run by witches using dark magic to kill. But there's more than meets the eye... 💀🧙‍♀️

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An absolutely stunning review of my Boeing B-29 from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social and just in time for the close of #historywritersday24. I'm a happy camper.

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#HistoryWritersDay24 Kind of thing I do…

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#HistoryWritersDay24 I'm a non-fiction writer. A book, a couple of book chapters, numerous articles… The more I know a subject, harder it is to tolerate #HistoricalFiction on it: someone else's imagination coming btwn me & subject; inaccuracies/manipulation for effect.

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Fun fact: Lila Lee (played by Jayne Meadows) was inspired by real-life cosmetics mogul Mary Kay Ash! While Mary Kay's brand was famous for its pink cars, Lila Lee used lilac as her signature color. #MurderSheWroteTrivia #HistoryWritersDay24

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Murder by Appointment Only (#MurderSheWrote - S2, Aired July 20, 1986): Jessica Fletcher is at the Lila Lee Cosmetics Convention with her nephew Grady. But when a murder takes place, Jessica is on the case! 🕵️‍♀️💄 #HistoryWritersDay24

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#Historywritersday24 Take a look at the darker side of military history with my recent books;

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Two new arrivals for #HistoryWritersDay24

#HistoryBookChat

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#HistoryWritersDay24 Really excited about the release of my new book “Behind The Wire - The Road to Oflag VIIb Eichstatt ” the story of Captain John Blomfield Dixon, a POW in Germany from 1940 to 1945.
You can pre-order a copy here;
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It's #HistoryWritersDay24 over in the Bad Place. Some great previews of the latest in historical research. But there's no reason why they should have all the fun... Yale UP have a 30% discount with code HWD24 including on The Wandering Army. Check out yalebooks.co.uk/historywrite... by midnight.

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I didn’t know #HistoryWritersDay24 was a thing but far be it from me to miss a chance for shameless self-promotion. Check out my book “A New Conception of War: John Boyd, the U.S. Marines, and Maneuver Warfare” from Marine Corps University Press.

www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/...

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⭐️ Special offer⭐️

#HistoryWritersDay24

The ebook version of my novel

The Dartington Bride is on special offer

£0.99 UK
$1.32 USA

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#Kindle #HistoricalFiction #

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Can you spot some some locations in France and Devon from my latest novel?

#HistoryWritersDay24 #eluzabethan #huguenots #Devon #HistoricalFiction

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In #DeathOnTheNile (1978),💅🔍 the killer cleverly uses red nail polish in an elaborate ruse to disguise the time of the crime. #agathachristie #HistoryWritersDay24

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Love & Barbed Wire A game of love and loss during WW1. You play lovers separated by the war. How does it change your relationship? A game for pairs of players.

Since it is #HistoryWritersDay24 I’d also like to mention my letter writing game inspired by letters written back and forth between the WW1 trenches and their loved ones back home: Love & Barbed Wire

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A Cool and Lonely Courage This is an ENNIE-nominated tragic role playing story game about the women of the SOE (Special Operations Executive) during world war 2, for two to five players.

Since it is #HistoryWritersDay24 I want to mention my story-game about the women spies of the SOE in WW2 France. A game for 2-5 people that introduces you to life as an agent, and helps you tell compelling stories.
planesailinggames.com/games/lonely...

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The formula for a miraculous wrinkle cream leads the founder of a cosmetics company to murder.🧴💥Can #Columbo solve the case? #HistoryWritersDay24

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We start with #Columbo: "Lovely But Lethal" (Series 3, aired 23 Sept 1973) Peter Falk stars as Lieutenant Columbo alongside Vera Miles (Viveca Scott), Vincent Price (David Lang), and Martin Sheen (Karl Lessing). 🌟 #ClassicTV #HistoryWritersDay24

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Just for context I am a freelance historian and consultant examining the crossroads of beauty, health and wellness with science & technology. 💄🔎🕵️#HistoryWritersDay24 #CosmeticsAndCrime

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Views of East Budleigh that can’t have changed much since Katherine Raleigh lived at Hayes Barton and worshipped in All Saints Church

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#HistoryWritersDay24 #devon #HistoricalFiction

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today is #HistoryWritersDay24 which basically means that Yale are offering a fabulous 30% discount on all my books (and some others!) including free postage ... it's only today, so grab a bargain which you can :-) discount code: HWD24 yalebooks.co.uk/author/lee-j...

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Here’s a wintry view Katherine might recognise — the River Dart near Greenway. Travel through sixteenth century Devon with a remarkable woman

‘If you like history then you will love this book! “

#HistoryWritersDay24
#HistoricalFiction #devon

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For #HistoryWritersDay24

I’m starting at St George’s Church, Modbury in Devon. My story of Sir Walter Raleigh’s mother starts close to this spot

rosemarygriggs.co.uk/books/

#steeplesaturday #daughtersofdevon

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