Gemini, Cancer, Leo & Virgo Constellations

The Constellations of Atalanta: Myth, Astronomy, and the Night Sky of Ancient Greece

On a clear summer night in the Northern Hemisphere, four constellations rise in sequence from the eastern horizon like old friends arriving at a long-awaited reunion. Gemini the Twins appears first, their bright stars Pollux and Castor burning side by side with the easy companionship of brothers. Cancer the Crab follows, small and subtle, easy

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Linear B tablets

Speaking Bronze Age: Linear B and the Language of Mycenaean Greece

In the summer of 1952, a young English architect and philologist named Michael Ventris made one of the most extraordinary announcements in the history of scholarship. He had deciphered the writing on the clay tablets recovered from the ruins of Knossos, Mycenae, Pylos, and Tiryns—tablets inscribed with a script that had resisted decipherment for half

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Ancient/Old vs. Modern/Contemporary

Why I Write in Archaic English | Language as the Soul of Historical Fiction

There is a question I am asked, sooner or later, by nearly every reader who encounters my novels for the first time: Why the archaic English? The question is reasonable. We live in an age that prizes clarity, speed, and transparency of style. Modern prose aspires to invisibility—the words, ideally, should dissolve on the page,

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BOOK REVIEW

Asterios and the Labyrinth | Historical Novel Society Review by K. Bordonaro

Written by Edmond Thornfield Review by Karen Bordonaro (Published on HNS Reviews Magazine, May 1, 2026.) The storied reign of King Minos, ruler of Knossos on the island of Crete during the Bronze Age (circa 1700 BCE), is enveloped in many myths and legends into which this tale of his son, Asterios, offers an intriguing addition.

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