Category: Fiction
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Odysseus’ Names
Written by Justin Biggi. “What is in a name? Start it like this, Muse. Sing it like it is. Or I will sing it for you…”
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The day before the Commune, 17 March 1871
Written by Inge Erdal. On the eve of the Paris Commune of 1871, a revolutionary government that lasted a mere two months, two men discuss the past and the future.
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Helen Comes to Troy
Written by Hazel Atkinson. The story of Helen of Troy is one told through generations, but how would she have felt embarking on a new life in Troy? Here, we get the tale anew from her perspective.
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Awake, My Lord
Written by Jenn Gosselin. As the day in Ancient Egypt begins, the gods must be tended to. Only precise ritual practice will ensure the Lords of Lords is ready for his adoring children.
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Flora MacDonald – Heroine or Traitor?
Written by: Isballe Sher. On the 16th of April 1746, the Jacobite rebels were defeated at Culloden by Government troops under the command of William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. Following the catastrophic defeat of Charles Stuart (better known as ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’), those who remained loyal to the Prince’s cause sought to help him negotiate a means of passage to France, all the time braving the possibility of discovery of his escape by the ‘Redcoats’. In June 1746, Charles and his few remaining loyal supporters arrived at Benbecula, where they enlisted the help of Flora MacDonald.
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The Revealing of the Gunpowder Plot
Written by: Isabelle Sher. The author wishes the reader to know that the details of this event are to this day shrouded in mystery. We will likely never know if Lord Monteagle was one of Cecil’s spies, if he had some part in the writing of the anonymous letter, or whether he knew anything of a plot at all.
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The Pendle Witch Trials – The Testimony of Jennet Device
Written by: Isabelle Sher. Extracts taken from the work that earned Thomas Potts the King’s favour – and which is entitled The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster.
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