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From your "dashing through the snow" to "deck the halls with boughs of holly", I'm here to inject a little history into your general holiday merriment and mischief-making!

Dec 24, 2022

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A must-read for anyone interested in Hawaiian history, especially from the perspective of a native Hawaiian. Learn more about the life of Hawai'i's only…

Jan 30

It's King Henry VIII's death-day. Ergo, it's the perfect time to dredge up some factoids from his past and educate the living!

Jan 29

Also known as "10 'doomed' women who faced less-than-perfect endings. Don't expect a happy ending here, folks.

Jan 6

These days, images of kittehs look like kittehs. In the medieval period, depictions of cats proved more...fanciful.

Jan 1

The history of the Christmas tree and how Catherine of Aragon finally one-upped her husband...on my Christmas tree at least.

Dec 14, 2022

The last years of the Hawaiian monarchy

Nov 29, 2022

Welcome to this week’s issue of Musings of a Bookish Historian! I apologize for the delay in posting, but thank you for reading this anyways! Things…

Nov 11, 2022

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