by Pepper Basham | Dec 13, 2008 | Fiction Book Reviews
Miranda Carson can’t wait to return to England for Christmas and to be with her boyfriend, Ian. She has spent a lifetime yearning for a place to call home, and she’s sure Carlton Heath will be it, especially when a hinted-at engagement ring slips into the...
by Pepper Basham | Dec 12, 2008 | Fiction Book Reviews
Here’s to a guy who spent a long time in captivity after years of marvelous and adventurous freedom. This is one of the chambers Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned in by Queen Elizabeth until his death. His family remained imprisoned with him until his...
by Pepper Basham | Dec 12, 2008 | Fiction Book Reviews
Here are some more examples of armor on display in the Tower of London. The example below is of King Charles I’s armor. It’s really pretty impressive. It didn’t really help the poor guy out in the end, but I bet he looked smashing in it.
by Pepper Basham | Dec 10, 2008 | Fiction Book Reviews
This site was interesting. One display in the Tower of London is of two very different sets of armor. One suit fit a man who stood about 6’9” and the other suit fit a person who barely stood 3′. Now, I’m assuming that the 3′ suit of armor...
by Pepper Basham | Dec 10, 2008 | Fiction Book Reviews
There are several places throughout the Tower, where carvings are still evident….carvings made by the prisoners who populated these small, cold cells. Two such carvings are pictured below and are Biblical references.
by Pepper Basham | Dec 10, 2008 | Fiction Book Reviews
Christina Rossetti, an English poet of the mid 1800s, wrote a wide variety of inspiration, romantic, and children’s poems in her 64 years of life. Her personal life was rife with suffering, but her faith and the beautiful, delicate light of her soul shines...
