Unbroken Curse
https://books2read.com/Unbroken-Curse-by-Erika-M-Szabo
This really made my day!
Born in a brothel in Paris in the early 1700s, Madeleine's
future had been decided by her courtesan mother and Madame Claudine. Her
innocence at age fourteen would be sold to the highest bidder. She’d be treated
as a usable and disposable toy to fulfill her patron’s every perverted desire
until he tires of her. Then she’d become a courtesan to entertain anyone who
visits the brothel.
Madeleine dreams of a better future. She runs away and finds
temporary refuge in a convent, but she doesn’t have too many options when she
turns eighteen. Either going back to the brothel, becoming a servant with an uncertain
future, living her life as a nun, or becoming a filles à la cassette, one
of the King’s Casket Girls, since no reputable man would marry her in France
with nothing to her name. To escape her gloomy future, she
sails to the New World with hopes for a better life.
What will her future hold? Will she find happiness?
https://books2read.com/Hophops-Alphabet-Tree-by-Erika-M-Szabo
https://books2read.com/Hophops-Alphabet-Tree-by-Erika-M-Szabo
It has been a long run with many authors participating in the blog with 792 interesting blog posts since 2017. The blog had 379,998 visitors who left 1248 comments.
However, three of our blog posts had been reported as malicious content and removed yesterday without warning the admins of the blog and without explanation. There is nothing wrong with censuring and flagging dangerous or malicious content, God knows there are plenty on blogs and social sites. However, when the authors don't even have a chance to find out why their posts had been removed without warning and what could have been offensive about the posts, it goes a step beyond censorship. It also really takes the fun out of writing new blog posts.
Although the posts had been reinstated, our enthusiasm to connect with readers on this blog is gone.
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After many years of being a "struggling" actor in LA, I turned to writing. I have had several novels published: "I'm No P. I."; "A Ghoulish Good Time"; "The 13th Hour"; "Being a P. I.--Again". I have had MS for serval years now; I know physical and mental pain; so I need much laughter to endure it. Hopefully, my novels do just that--give much laughter.
Paula J. Mann lives a double life. She is a geologist by day and a novelist by night. She's best known for writing psychological thrillers and crime fiction. She also writes historical fiction and paranormal suspense. She loves traveling and shares her experiences on her blog: http://paperpenandinkwell.blogspot.com
"I wanted to know the backstory to a character in another book I wrote. For that book, I wanted to explore what would happen if the son of a farmer woke up one morning and discovered he was a prince and a wizard."
According to the legend, the Sword of God was created by Hadúr the blacksmith god. It was forged from a meteorite and given to the Scythian people to conquer the world and won by the Magyars and Huns when together they defeated the Scythians.
The legend says that the Huns wanted to go one way, and
the Magyars another, so they gave the sword to a blind man to spin. Where it landed,
they would go. But a gust of wind took the sword out of sight towards the west,
and it was lost.
The sword is also known as the Sword of Attila, so clearly
the legend doesn’t end there. Much later, a shepherd found it buried in the
ground, after the tip nicked the leg of one of his sheep, causing it to bleed. He could see
it was powerful, and presented it to Atilla, insisting that he was the only one
worthy.
Atilla used the sword in battle, despite that Huns preferred bows and axes. And while he died before the sword’s magic could help him
conquer the entire world, he certainly conquered a decent portion of it.
Attila was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in March 453. He was also the leader of a tribal empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, and Alans among others, on the territory of Central and Eastern Europe. He was the only king from 434 AD to 453 AD and became one of the most feared rulers, especially among eastern and western European empires.
Unlike what most people believe, Attila didn’t have an impoverished childhood and was born in a financially comfortable household. In fact, Attila and his older brother Bleda received training fit for a prince.
While there are very few accounts of what Attila looked like, King Priscus’s records show that Attila was a short man with a wide chest and a large head. He had small eyes, a thick black beard, and his skin was tanned.
Attila’s father, Mundzuc was a clan chieftain and was a brother to Hunnish kings Octar and Ruga. After Ruga's death, Attila killed his older brother, Bleda, to acquire the kingdom left to the both of them. According to King Priscus’s accounts, Bleda was assassinated by Attila, after a long conspiracy in 445 AD.
In 447 AD, Attila attacked the Eastern Romans at the Battle of the Utus, after which he carried his famous Balkan invasion, which allowed him to create a solid Eastern European stronghold.
Despite being a despotic ruler and famous for his large collection of gold, Attila preferred a simple lifestyle.
Watch the movie about Attila's life, with Gerald Butler