Since today is Marie Antoinette's birthday (the ripe old age of 260), I decided to make the whole month about my favorite doomed French queen. The...
Marie Antoinette Month: Marie Antoinette (Part I)
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Month of Macabre: The Séance
Victorians were surrounded by death. Consumption, cholera, typhoid, smallpox, scarlet fever-illness and death were a regular part of life in...
Month of Macabre: The Catacombes of Paris
When I was in high school, I got the amazing opportunity to travel to London, Paris and Madrid, spending a couple days in each incredible city. I...
Month of Macabre: The “From Hell” Letter
On October 15, 1888, George Lusk (then the head of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee) received a letter in the mail. It was delivered with half of...
Month of Macabre: A Timeline of the Salem Witch Trials
October 12th marks the 323rd anniversary of the end of the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. Salem, Massachusetts is famous for the witch trials and the...
Month of Macabre: A History of the Guillotine
What is it about the guillotine that sends shivers down the spine? When it comes to execution, the guillotine was more humane and effective than...
Month of Macabre: Review: The Death of Kings
In honor of October, the creepiest month of them all, I'm doing a month-long blog post series called A Month of Macabre. If you have a blog post...
Review: The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago
The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago by Douglas Perry I'm a CHICAGO musical fan and generally enjoy...
Jillianne Hamilton writes delightful historical fiction and historical romance featuring rebellious heroines and happy endings.
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