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Women in The Guilded Age. Part 1.
Women in London's Guilds. Part 1 Introduction
PB Phillips
4 days ago5 min read
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The Invention of Perry. By P.B. Phillips.
A silly rhyme on how apples became pears, and how pears captured the heart of the cider maker.
PB Phillips
6 days ago2 min read
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PB Phillips
Nov 25 min read
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Where to get a cup of tea in London, 1696 CE?
A cut scene from the novel A filigree of Gold.
PB Phillips
Oct 254 min read
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Stay A While - A little Rhyme
Little rhyme about care, caring, cared for, and care homes.
PB Phillips
Oct 231 min read
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Introducing the world of the, Seeking Solus series of novels.
London, just 607 acres of land, was mostly rebuilt by the time Kit Pascoe relocated from Oxford to work as bounty collector.
PB Phillips
Oct 194 min read
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Filigree of Gold - Morgan's Map of London
Morgan's Map of London (1682) was, and is, the most wonderful resource for thinking about how the people in the Seeking Solus series saw and lived life in London at the end of the seventeenth century. I must have spent hours with a magnifying glass looking at my copy, following the alleys and courtyards, the churches and the guild houses, the inns and the temptations. Before I owned a copy of Morgan's map and a magnifying glass, I used the website: Explore our unique, histori
PB Phillips
Oct 121 min read
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Sunday Roast. By P.B. Phillips
Sunday Roast
PB Phillips
Oct 101 min read
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Introduction to a series of new Historical Fiction Novels. Seeking Solus: Life and Love as the First True Thief Taker.
The Seeking Solus series will be a suite of novels covering the life, times, loves, and heartaches of Kit Pascoe, alias John Solus. The following is backstory: Kit was born in Exeter CE 1670, the son of cloth fullers. As a boy, he believed he was set for a life of contented productivity in his own town. Exeter held his family and his two closest friends, Gillian and Roesia, but Kit's life is turned upside down by his father's actions. Although Kit was educated beyond his stat
PB Phillips
Oct 42 min read
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Backwater River
The Seeking Solus series of novels, not such a quiet backwater of history.
PB Phillips
Oct 12 min read
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How the idea for the novels came about.
Lord, to think of her.
Radiant, the truest goddess to behold.
How the Devil grew and took him.
With him, me and Blessed She.
PB Phillips
Sep 271 min read
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Please can you help with Translation?
Seeking Solus novels in multi-languages
PB Phillips
Sep 171 min read
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