Shadows in Eden

I enjoy my own language, and when I come across a word which might not be so familiar to me, I like to check its meaning. So when in a wri...

In the year 1514 the archbishop of the abbey of [1] Saint-Germain-des-Prés, then situated on the outskirts of the city of Paris, ordered a...

Her wrists are shackled, not with iron, but with a chain of gold: an acknowledgement by her captors of her high status. The golden chains ...

The year 1430 was one of turmoil and strangeness. In France Joan of Arc was captured by Burgundian forces and burnt at the stake. Further ...