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#June: in Old English, Ærra Līþa "Before Midsummer". Also a month for murders...
Read about the killing of young Wigstan, and the curious death of a later king...
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Annie Whitehead Author FRHistS
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Annie Whitehead Author FRHistS
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Author, Historian, FRHistS, HWA, SoA. Winner HWA/Dorothy Dunnett Soc. Comp, Judge HWA Nonfiction Crowns & HNS story Comp
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Joined December 2013
- I'm going to say this quietly, but with a few judicious mutes & careful follows, I seem to have manipulated my feed which now consists of book stuff, nature stuff & excellently witty posts from people I enjoy following. It may not last, but I'm enjoying the fruits of my witchery
- Well it's only taken just shy of six years, but my local Waterstones has finally stocked my book!
- Just...Wow! Mid-seventh century #anglosaxon brooch recovered in a grave from Covent Garden. On display in the Museum of London. #medieval
- I'm old, I'm British, and Word has just told me that 'any more' should be one word, not two. It's official then. and I'm not okay...
- Lovely example of an #anglosaxon disc brooch. Disk Brooch, early 600s, Kent, according to Met Museum. (Image public domain)
- I've just been sent this photo by an historian whom I really admire. Here's my lil book on a table in Foyles, Birmingham, keeping some rather prestigious company😊 mybook.to/MerciaRiseandF…
- Delighted, thrilled and honoured that I have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, so that's a nice start to Wednesday😊
- My book was published a shade over five years ago and I pinch myself - it's sitting at #11 in its category today on Amazon 😊I've just been sent this photo by an historian whom I really admire. Here's my lil book on a table in Foyles, Birmingham, keeping some rather prestigious company😊 mybook.to/MerciaRiseandF…
