So this is love. While movie romcoms tend to give me such bad secondhand embarrassment I need to bury my head between my knees, there’s something about reading romance that absolutely delights me. They’re what I turn to when I need a pick-me-up, and historical romances are among my favorites: forcing would-be lovers into strict […]
One of my all-time favorite historical figures is Grace O’Malley, Ireland’s pirate queen. She took over her Irish clan, made herself a wildly successful piratess during the Irish rebellion against England, and ultimately walked into Elizabeth I’s palace for a meeting under her own steam. (There are quite a few great fictionalized accounts of her […]
