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Disaster on the Thames (1878)
Three Good Questions This is the sixth in an ongoing series of posts about historical research, featuring news articles, adverts, and other sources mostly from Britain in the 19th century. Just for fun, imagine you
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Scenery of Cashmere and the Upper Indus (1865) Part Two
Three Good Questions (and some answers) Last month I invited you to imagine that while doing some historical research you’d found a piece in the Illustrated London News from 4th February 1865 about fortresses on
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Anarchist Conspirators In London (1894)
Three Good Questions This is the fifth in an ongoing series of posts about historical research, featuring news articles, adverts, and other sources mostly from Britain in the 19th century. Just for fun, imagine you
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Beta Reading (Part Two)
Nearly four months have flown by since I first posted about beta reading and the methodology I’ve used for gathering feedback on Avarice of Empire. The usefulness of the process has far exceeded my expectations.
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Soirée in Aid of the Deaf and Dumb (1865) Part Two
Three Good Questions (and some answers) Last month I invited you to imagine that while doing some historical research you’d found an article about a fundraising event for the Deaf community published in the Illustrated
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Scenery of Cashmere and the Upper Indus (1865)
Three Good Questions This is the fourth in an ongoing series of posts about historical research, featuring news articles, adverts, and other sources mostly from Britain in the 19th century. Just for fun, imagine you
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Electricity Is Life (1854) Part Two
Three Good Questions (and some answers) Last month I invited you to imagine that while doing some historical research you’d noticed an advert for Meinig’s Patent Portable Galvanic Electro-Generator in the 1854 edition of Hart’s
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Soirée in Aid of the Deaf and Dumb (1865)
Three Good Questions This is the next in an ongoing series of posts about historical research, featuring news articles, adverts, and other sources mostly from Britain in the 19th century. Just for fun, imagine you
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The East Kent Fire Brigades (1879) Part Two
Three Good Questions (and some answers) Last month I invited you to imagine that while doing some historical research you’d found an article about the East Kent Fire Brigades published in the Illustrated London News
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Electricity Is Life (1854)
Source: Hart’s New Annual Army List (1854) Three Good Questions This is the next in an ongoing series of posts about historical research, featuring news articles, adverts, and other sources mostly from Britain in the
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I’m Iain Harper. Welcome to ThreesWrite.
I write biographical historical fiction about people whose fascinating lives will resonate with yours across the divide of time. My unpublished debut novel, Avarice of Empire, tells the true story of Captain Charles Agnew of the 16th Lancers, a 19th century British cavalry officer memorialised in a unique way at Canterbury Cathedral.