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Adrian Carton de Wiart

This week’s episode ‘Adrian Carton de Wiart’ is up!

Today’s tale picks up 18th November 1914. The setting Shimber Berris, the tallest mountain in the African state of Somaliland. The Kharif, “a hot labouring wind heavy with sand” was in full force, but up in the hills that day the air was quite pleasant… Actually, a slight correction, the air was heavy with waves of red hot bullets flying in around head height. While this kind of weather isn’t to…

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Adrian Carton de Wiart

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Update: Best laid plans… 2024 edition…

Hi everyone I’m just dropping by with a quick update. I’m currently running a couple of days behind schedule, and am hoping to have this week’s blog post/ Podcast episode up some time on Saturday. I had something in mind for this week that seemed really compelling – but the more I dug into the topic, the more I became convinced this wasn’t a tale I personally should be telling. Someone with a…

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A Dangerous Liaison

It’s late on July 1st 1694 and a young man rows silently along Hanover’s Leine river. The handsome soldier and aristocrat is on a mission, aided only by moonlight. I couldn’t say for certain, as no-one captured the specifics – but I imagine him doing his best to keep to the shadows as he floated by – bobbing and weaving to avoid detection from guards and onlookers alike. His heart aflutter, the…

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A Dangerous Liaison

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The Triptych

This week’s episode is up!… Today we meet a notorious vicar, sail the Pacific Ocean, and catch a public execution… Trigger warnings: death by misadventure and guillotines…

The Triptych – Tales of History and Imagination Hey there reader, having come off a long three-parter, I decided to mix things up a little with a collection of shorter Tales this week. As I’m trying to match Patreon minisodes to main feed episodes in some way or other, the following have been languishing in reserve for some time.Hey there reader, having come off a long three-parter, I decided…

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The Triptych

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The Siege of Münster: The Secret Path

This week’s episode is up!

The Secret Path – Tales of History and Imagination Hi there reader, this is part three of a three part tale. If you haven’t yet, check out parts one and two. As per previous Münster episodes, content warning – death, religious extremism and cannibalism.  We pick up our Tale today in the company of Henry Gresbeck – the carpenter, turned sentry. The date, Sunday, May 23rd 1535. Gresbeck, like…

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The Secret Path

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The Siege of Münster: The Tailor King…

This week we return to Münster. A new prophet has taken over, promising salvation from von Waldeck and his army - but will he prove as mad and quixotic as his predecessor?

Hey there reader this is part two of a three parter. If you haven’t yet, check out part one here. Oh, content warning on this one – there is much goriness – including beheadings and public immolations.  We resume our tale on May 22nd, 1534. Between the episodes the people of New Zion had forgotten about Jan Matthias. For all of his charisma, his ride into no-man’s land was all kinds of reckless…

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The Tailor King

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Jan Matthias Rides Out…

This fortnight (and next) we’re in Münster, a city in the Holy Roman Empire with some governance issues. Today we look at how a group of religious extremists took over the city.

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Jan Matthias Rides Out…

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Charles Lightoller’s Worst Day Ever

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Blog Post: Things I Missed (2023)

Happy New Year everyone… Just a bonus Blog only post from me today, covering some things I skipped over in this year’s Tales.

Hi all, Happy new year for tomorrow. I hope the holiday season – if you celebrate at this time – has been good to you. I’m planning to return with a whole lot of new blog posts/podcast episodes in February. I started reading and writing for the first two episodes last week and have another week off before I’m back to the daily grind, so am hoping to start getting some posts scheduled soon.  In…

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The Stone of Destiny

Happy Holidays all! In this week’s, Christmas episode, we talk about the liberation of the Stone of Destiny

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The Stone of Destiny