"History is full of incremental improvements and revolutionary convulsions - often these are followed by reactionary backlashes in which rights are revoked, inequalities re-established."

#ElizabethBoyle, Fierce Appetites

#historyrepeats

Weekend reading, devouring this romp through medieval texts while the author recovers from grief and reflects on other aspects of her life, with anecdotal medieval snippets, enough to entertain, intrigue and inform without overwhelming.

Fierce Appetites by #ElizabethBoyle

#ReadingIrelandMonth25

This book was great! It kept me engaged in the story. The characters were well written. Great break from reality! #ElizabethBoyle #books #lovereading #escapefromreality

On the blog now, thoughts on the captivating hybrid memoir, #FierceAppetites by medieval historian #ElizabethBoyle.

A year navigating loss, grief & relationships while reflecting on stories encountered in medieval literature.

Life is complicated.
History repeats.
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“It's not so much that history is written by the victors, as the old saying goes, but the powerful do often have the capacity to make themselves heard and to erase the voices of others.”

#ElizabethBoyle, Fierce Appetites

#whowriteshistory
#theloudestvoice
#erasure