Tag Archives: Elizabethan era

Shadow of Night

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

Modern witch Diana Bishop and her vampire lover, Matthew Clairmont, are back in Deborah Harkness’s Shadow of Night. Diana and Matthew, scientific creatures who research DNA and alchemy in the new world, time travel back to merry Old England’s Elizabethan … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s Kitchen

Posted on April 23, 2011 by

Today is William Shakespeare’s birthday, and the Bard will be the subject of praise for his plays, his sonnets, his universal themes, his language – but probably few will be thinking about Shakespeare’s Kitchen – not the 2007 collection of … Continue reading →

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