by David West | Aug 31, 2025 | News
On the 31st of August, 1888, Mary Ann Nichols was murdered. She was the first of Jack the Ripper’s victims. As a writer of historical crime fiction, murder is my stock-in-trade. However there always has to be a reason. Even in Fire and Earth, what seems like the...
by David West | Aug 30, 2025 | News
I posted recently about how my author website has suddenly started attracting attracting Google traffic. Posting every day for over a year suddenly seems to be paying off. I started my Kindle Direct Publishing experience with Amazon Adverting Campaigns. I tried both...
by David West | Aug 30, 2025 | News
Wikipedia tells me that on the 30th of August, 1594, a masque was held at Stirling Castle to celebrate the baptism of Prince Henry, first son of King James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark. The masque (courtly entertainment) was written by William Fowler and Patrick...
by David West | Aug 29, 2025 | News
On the 29th of August, 1831, Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction. Michael Faraday, born on the 22nd of September, 1791, in Newington Butts, England, remains one of the most influential scientists in the field of electromagnetism and electrochemistry....
by David West | Aug 28, 2025 | News
On the 28th of August, 1619, Ferdinand II was elected as Holy Roman Emperor. He succeeded Matthias who was Holy Roman Emperor whose lack of political initiative led to conflicts including the Fettmilch Uprising (central to the plot of Called to Account), and the...
