by Christine Trent | Dec 11, 2017 | Podcast: The Queen is not Amused
The town of Mold in northeast Wales has its own fascinating history dating back to the 11th century reign of William Rufus, but became infamous for its riots in the summer of 1869. Friction between Welsh coal miners and a particularly abusive English mine manager...
by Christine Trent | Nov 27, 2017 | Podcast: The Queen is not Amused
England in the early 19th century was rife with bad harvests, disease, and poverty. Parliament developed the concept of workhouses to assist the poor, by providing them with housing and meaningful work to do. This plan met with varying levels of success, but was...
by Christine Trent | Nov 13, 2017 | Podcast: The Queen is not Amused
The Suez Canal, which connects the Mediterranean and Red Seas through Egypt and thus provides a quicker shipping route from west to east, was inaugurated in an elaborate, weeks-long ceremony in November of 1869. It was promoted not only as an engineering wonder, but...
by Christine Trent | Oct 30, 2017 | Podcast: The Queen is not Amused
Imagine the most pestilent, disease-ridden, rat-infested prison in 19th century Great Britain. Now drop those conditions into a harbor and you have a prison hulk. Only used for about a century, these floating dens of misery were responsible for countless prisoner...
by Christine Trent | Oct 16, 2017 | Podcast: The Queen is not Amused
Opened on May 1, 1851, by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the Great Exhibition was the first of the World’s Fair exhibitions of culture and industry. Albert, the Prince Consort, was a major force behind the exhibition, which contained some 100,000 objects, by...
by Christine Trent | Oct 10, 2017 | Podcast: The Queen is not Amused
Many of my readers have asked about my brother, who co-hosts my podcast, The Queen is Not Amused. So that you can get to know more about him and how we work together, I’ve asked him to write a blog post to answer the many questions you’ve had about the...
by Christine Trent | Oct 2, 2017 | Podcast: The Queen is not Amused
The causes of the Crimean War (1853-1856) were complicated, as they usually are. During the years leading up to the war, France, Russia and Britain were all competing for influence in the Middle East, particularly with Turkey. In addition, Russia was angry with...
by Christine Trent | Sep 28, 2017 | Christine Shares
I wanted to send you a special note to let you know that NO CURE FOR THE DEAD, the first of the new Florence Nightingale Mysteries, is now available for pre-order on Amazon! This is my tenth book, and will be my first hardback release. It is currently available in...
by Christine Trent | Sep 18, 2017 | Podcast: The Queen is not Amused
In the 1850’s Sidney & Elizabeth Herbert were the political power couple of their time. Sidney was the Secretary of War during the Crimean War, and Elizabeth was his ardent supporter. Together, they brought forward a young nurse named Florence Nightingale to...
by Christine Trent | Sep 3, 2017 | Podcast: The Queen is not Amused
Perhaps the most disastrous theatre fire in Britain’s history occurred in 1887 when Exeter’s Theatre Royal—built to replace another theatre that had burned down just two years earlier—burnt down during an evening performance. Around 200 people were killed and about...
