Writer of historical fiction/alternate history, author of Napoleon in America, history blogger (Napoleonic & 19thC)
https://shannonselin.com/
Shannon Selin
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My new Historical Journal article, "British Military Music and the Legacy of the Napoleonic Wars", is now available to read online: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Napoleon's nephew Achille Murat died on April 15, 1847. He was one of the more eccentric Bonapartes, eating alligators and avoiding bathing.
Eamonn O’Keeffe
Napoleon Bonaparte’s nephew Achille Murat grew up as the Crown Prince of Naples. He became an eccentric Florida pioneer known as the Prince of Tallahassee.
From the archives of All Things Georgian, 'Harriette Wilson v Julia Johnstone - The Truth v Lies' - wp.me/p3JTNy-5bD
In the Days After Hastings: Apparently—at least initially—no one had any intention of recognizing the usurper. Of course, this was destined to change. buff.ly/3XQte8H
🖲️ People. THIS is a concept.
🖲️ I want to read this book (when the pre-eminent necessities are dealt with) & our Nation has returned to a Democratic course. My hands are full at present; my mind is pondering where Selin has taken this...
It will be my First book read on our return to wellness.
April - in Old English it was Easter-mōnaþ. Here's a little blog post about some Anglo-Saxon goings on in April and at Easter:
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Today I review the Napoleonic-era seafaring novelette THE PUP AND THE PIANIST by Sara Kjeldsen. ruinedchapel.com/2025/04/11/b... #booksky
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a Janeite devoted to the celebrated authoress must be in want of new books!
Luckily, it’s Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday in 2025. A wealth of new non-fiction books will be published this year.
Check out the list here regency-explorer.net/jane250/
Today, in this very long piece, for which I apologise in advance, we are going to take a look at arguably to the two most famous Regency courtesans, Harriette Wilson and her friend Julia Johnstone,…
St. Helena, February 6, 1821. As sun broke over the black wart in the Atlantic, a banging on the door disturbed the island's governor at his toilet. "Your Excellency...General Bonaparte is missing." shannonselin.com/my-book/napo... #Napoleon #althist #histfic #Whatif
This is a Napoleonic-era seafaring yarn about a teenage boy, Max, serving as a powder monkey aboard a British man-of-war. Young Max is still finding his way when the ship is wrecked during a battle…
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A new blog post on a long and fascinating letter from Henry Clinton written at the end of the Vimeiro campaign.
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Mercedes Rochelle
St. Helena, February 6, 1821. As sun broke over the black wart in the Atlantic, a banging on the door disturbed the island's governor at his toilet. "Your Excellency...General Bonaparte is missing." shannonselin.com/my-book/napo... #Napoleon #althist #histfic #Whatif
Sarah Murden
🖲️ Cy Ludd Hengeston 🌊
Annie Whitehead
Shannon Selin
It is the curse of historians that new sources come to light once a book has been finished. Towards the end of the period when I was researching and writing my book on Sir Arthur Wellesley’s 1808 c…
