Anna Belfrage
@abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
History nut, avid reader & writer. Author of acclaimed time travel series The Graham Saga, medieval series The King's Greatest Enemy & The Castilian Saga. Guzzles tea, loves chocolate and HEA . . .
https://www.annabelfrage.com
https://www.annabelfrage.com
My first post for 2026 is a post about writing series, as hosted by @helenhollick.bsky.social
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'Doing The Dishes' : Writing For Readers - Writing a Series
A blog about pirates, 1066, King Arthur, history, mysteries, writing and general chit-chat interesting bits and pieces
ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:50 AM
My first post for 2026 is a post about writing series, as hosted by @helenhollick.bsky.social
ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/01/doin...
#writing
ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/01/doin...
#writing
She was a tough cookie who took a bloody revenge after her hubby's death. Not exactly mild and sweet, she still became a saint!
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December 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
She was a tough cookie who took a bloody revenge after her hubby's death. Not exactly mild and sweet, she still became a saint!
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Love the 18th century? The Austrian Hapsburgs? Then check out this post about Empress Maria Theresa - or rather, her unknown eldest daughter Maria Anna! #review #WomeninHistory #History
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An imperial mother and her daughter - Martina Grenze offers insight into 17th century Austria - Anna Belfrage
Those of you who follow my blog, know I have written several posts about the Spanish Hapsburgs (I have provided selection at the bottom of this post) Obviously, I am rather fascinated by this family ...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Love the 18th century? The Austrian Hapsburgs? Then check out this post about Empress Maria Theresa - or rather, her unknown eldest daughter Maria Anna! #review #WomeninHistory #History
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Guess Who’s Coming To Christmas - The Wedding Edition by Pauline Baird Jones is a Christmas and Holiday Book Festival pick with giveaway, perfect for readers who enjoy humorous holiday fiction
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#booksky
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#booksky
Guess Who’s Coming To Christmas - The Wedding Edition by Pauline Baird Jones is a Christmas and Holiday Book Festival pick with giveaway, perfect for readers who enjoy humorous holiday fiction
Deck the halls with boughs of... chaos? 😲
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December 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Guess Who’s Coming To Christmas - The Wedding Edition by Pauline Baird Jones is a Christmas and Holiday Book Festival pick with giveaway, perfect for readers who enjoy humorous holiday fiction
substack.com/@nnlightsboo...
#booksky
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#booksky
Today's #CoffeePotBookClub post features Ms Gidley's novel :Annie's Day - a WWII novel www.annabelfrage.com/2025/12/04/a...
#blogtour
#blogtour
Annie's Day - a WWII novel - Anna Belfrage
Today, I am hosting Apple Gidley and her book, Annie’s Day on my blog as part of the ongoing Coffee Pot Book Club tour. The cover, IMO, is gorgeous. Don’t you agree? Blurb: War took everything. Love ...
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December 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Today's #CoffeePotBookClub post features Ms Gidley's novel :Annie's Day - a WWII novel www.annabelfrage.com/2025/12/04/a...
#blogtour
#blogtour
Lovely @helenhollick.bsky.social is shining a light on series - all to help you find the perfect binge read for Xmas. Today, @alisonmorton.bsky.social visits with ehr fab Roma Nova series!
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Serious about a Series: Alison Morton
A blog about pirates, 1066, King Arthur, history, mysteries, writing and general chit-chat interesting bits and pieces
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December 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Lovely @helenhollick.bsky.social is shining a light on series - all to help you find the perfect binge read for Xmas. Today, @alisonmorton.bsky.social visits with ehr fab Roma Nova series!
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Enjoy on my blog:
🦇 A Transylvanian Tale of Old Superstitions 🦇
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"We stood at the entrance, the fallen stork’s nest a silent omen of bad luck. What wasn’t there was what worried me."
#Transylvania #magicalrealism #folklore #DarkNights #Halloween
🦇 A Transylvanian Tale of Old Superstitions 🦇
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"We stood at the entrance, the fallen stork’s nest a silent omen of bad luck. What wasn’t there was what worried me."
#Transylvania #magicalrealism #folklore #DarkNights #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Enjoy on my blog:
🦇 A Transylvanian Tale of Old Superstitions 🦇
alluringcreations.co.za/wp/a-transyl...
"We stood at the entrance, the fallen stork’s nest a silent omen of bad luck. What wasn’t there was what worried me."
#Transylvania #magicalrealism #folklore #DarkNights #Halloween
🦇 A Transylvanian Tale of Old Superstitions 🦇
alluringcreations.co.za/wp/a-transyl...
"We stood at the entrance, the fallen stork’s nest a silent omen of bad luck. What wasn’t there was what worried me."
#Transylvania #magicalrealism #folklore #DarkNights #Halloween
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A thoughtful, new #review from Bonnie:
Indie Spotlight: Book Review of When Secrets Bloom by Patricia Furstenberg bonniereadsandwrites.com/2025/11/14/i...
#BookRecommendation #readingovertheweekend #HistoricalFiction #bookseries
Indie Spotlight: Book Review of When Secrets Bloom by Patricia Furstenberg bonniereadsandwrites.com/2025/11/14/i...
#BookRecommendation #readingovertheweekend #HistoricalFiction #bookseries
Indie Spotlight: Book Review of When Secrets Bloom by Patricia Furstenberg – Bonnie Reads and Writes
Indie Spotlight is my effort to help promote Indie books. You can help too by sharing this post with all your social media followers. Below see my review of an amazing novel, When Secrets Bloom, th…
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November 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
A thoughtful, new #review from Bonnie:
Indie Spotlight: Book Review of When Secrets Bloom by Patricia Furstenberg bonniereadsandwrites.com/2025/11/14/i...
#BookRecommendation #readingovertheweekend #HistoricalFiction #bookseries
Indie Spotlight: Book Review of When Secrets Bloom by Patricia Furstenberg bonniereadsandwrites.com/2025/11/14/i...
#BookRecommendation #readingovertheweekend #HistoricalFiction #bookseries
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My BOOK OF THE MONTH #shoutout A #ShortRead story from the #SeaWitchVoyages of #CaptainJesamiahAcorne
When the only choice is to run where do you run to?
When the only sound is the song of the sea do you listen? Or do you drown in the embrace of a mermaid?
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When the only choice is to run where do you run to?
When the only sound is the song of the sea do you listen? Or do you drown in the embrace of a mermaid?
viewbook.at/WhenMermaidS...
November 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
My BOOK OF THE MONTH #shoutout A #ShortRead story from the #SeaWitchVoyages of #CaptainJesamiahAcorne
When the only choice is to run where do you run to?
When the only sound is the song of the sea do you listen? Or do you drown in the embrace of a mermaid?
viewbook.at/WhenMermaidS...
When the only choice is to run where do you run to?
When the only sound is the song of the sea do you listen? Or do you drown in the embrace of a mermaid?
viewbook.at/WhenMermaidS...
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Thrilled to support @childreninread.bsky.social with 2 of my books! #Bid on #HaroldTheKing jumblebee.co.uk/childreninre... OR #AMirrorMurder jumblebee.co.uk/childreninre... Authors/Illustrators dedicate their books for the biggest online #BookAuction in the world. B.B.C. Children in Need Appeal.
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Thrilled to support @childreninread.bsky.social with 2 of my books! #Bid on #HaroldTheKing jumblebee.co.uk/childreninre... OR #AMirrorMurder jumblebee.co.uk/childreninre... Authors/Illustrators dedicate their books for the biggest online #BookAuction in the world. B.B.C. Children in Need Appeal.
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Today's #SERIES #Promo features @carolynhughes.bsky.social - what was it like to #survive the #plague? Life in the #14thCentury
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November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Today's #SERIES #Promo features @carolynhughes.bsky.social - what was it like to #survive the #plague? Life in the #14thCentury
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Saturday’s walk to my allotment along the path to St Mary’s Church, Wolborough, where John Raleigh was married in 1560.
It was lovely to hear the 🔔
#devon #churchbells #history
It was lovely to hear the 🔔
#devon #churchbells #history
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Saturday’s walk to my allotment along the path to St Mary’s Church, Wolborough, where John Raleigh was married in 1560.
It was lovely to hear the 🔔
#devon #churchbells #history
It was lovely to hear the 🔔
#devon #churchbells #history
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As I was in Honiton yesterday, here’s a rather skinny door at St Michael and All Angels.
Nearby is the tomb of James Rodge, bone lace seller, who died in 1617 and left a substantial sum to the poor of the town.
#adoorablethursday #Honiton
Nearby is the tomb of James Rodge, bone lace seller, who died in 1617 and left a substantial sum to the poor of the town.
#adoorablethursday #Honiton
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
As I was in Honiton yesterday, here’s a rather skinny door at St Michael and All Angels.
Nearby is the tomb of James Rodge, bone lace seller, who died in 1617 and left a substantial sum to the poor of the town.
#adoorablethursday #Honiton
Nearby is the tomb of James Rodge, bone lace seller, who died in 1617 and left a substantial sum to the poor of the town.
#adoorablethursday #Honiton
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#OTD 20 Nov 1515
#MariedeGuise was born in Bar le Duc
Queen consort in 1538 on her 2nd marriage to #JamesV of Scotland ruling as regent from 1554-60
As a 21yr old widow she'd refused #HenryVIII in 1537... very wise!
A shrewd politician she kept the French-Scottish alliance alive
#History
#Tudor
#MariedeGuise was born in Bar le Duc
Queen consort in 1538 on her 2nd marriage to #JamesV of Scotland ruling as regent from 1554-60
As a 21yr old widow she'd refused #HenryVIII in 1537... very wise!
A shrewd politician she kept the French-Scottish alliance alive
#History
#Tudor
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM
#OTD 20 Nov 1515
#MariedeGuise was born in Bar le Duc
Queen consort in 1538 on her 2nd marriage to #JamesV of Scotland ruling as regent from 1554-60
As a 21yr old widow she'd refused #HenryVIII in 1537... very wise!
A shrewd politician she kept the French-Scottish alliance alive
#History
#Tudor
#MariedeGuise was born in Bar le Duc
Queen consort in 1538 on her 2nd marriage to #JamesV of Scotland ruling as regent from 1554-60
As a 21yr old widow she'd refused #HenryVIII in 1537... very wise!
A shrewd politician she kept the French-Scottish alliance alive
#History
#Tudor
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##NewRelease2025 A Daughter of Warwick: the story of Anne Neville is Available now in audio narrated by Alex Lee.
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##HistoricalFiction ##WOTR ##RichardIII
http://mybook.to/dow
##HistoricalFiction ##WOTR ##RichardIII
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
##NewRelease2025 A Daughter of Warwick: the story of Anne Neville is Available now in audio narrated by Alex Lee.
http://mybook.to/dow
##HistoricalFiction ##WOTR ##RichardIII
http://mybook.to/dow
##HistoricalFiction ##WOTR ##RichardIII
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Queen Elizabeth’s first speech, Hatfield, #onthisday 20th November 1558 www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/re... #Elizabethan #Tudors
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Queen Elizabeth’s first speech, Hatfield, #onthisday 20th November 1558 www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/re... #Elizabethan #Tudors
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Victorian era guide to “approved” hemlines for girls shows just how regulated dress and appearance were from a very young age.
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Victorian era guide to “approved” hemlines for girls shows just how regulated dress and appearance were from a very young age.
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Guest Post: Historical and Fictional Female Voices in Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall Trilogy, By David Holland, Founder of Wolf Hall Weekend: thetudors.substack.com/p/guest-post... @sylviabso.bsky.social @wolfhall.bsky.social #Tudors #HistoricalFiction
Guest Post: Historical and Fictional Female Voices in Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall Trilogy
By David Holland, Founder of Wolf Hall Weekend
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November 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Guest Post: Historical and Fictional Female Voices in Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall Trilogy, By David Holland, Founder of Wolf Hall Weekend: thetudors.substack.com/p/guest-post... @sylviabso.bsky.social @wolfhall.bsky.social #Tudors #HistoricalFiction
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Henry Stuart, Prince of Wales – The Best King we Never Had? www.sarahfraser.co.uk/the-best-kin... @sarahfraseruk.bsky.social #Stuarts
November 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Henry Stuart, Prince of Wales – The Best King we Never Had? www.sarahfraser.co.uk/the-best-kin... @sarahfraseruk.bsky.social #Stuarts
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“BESS Tudor Gentlewoman transports you through time to experience forgotten stories of survival, love and, above all, hope."
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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction
mybook.to/BESS
#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“BESS Tudor Gentlewoman transports you through time to experience forgotten stories of survival, love and, above all, hope."
mybook.to/BESS
#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction
mybook.to/BESS
#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction
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Let me introduce myself: I'm a translator who has always loved books. To the point that I had my mum teach me to read at a very young age.📚
I also love coffee ☕️ so expect a lot of book and coffee posts.
📷 Taken at Lello (Oporto, Portugal)
I also love coffee ☕️ so expect a lot of book and coffee posts.
📷 Taken at Lello (Oporto, Portugal)
August 19, 2023 at 8:03 AM
Let me introduce myself: I'm a translator who has always loved books. To the point that I had my mum teach me to read at a very young age.📚
I also love coffee ☕️ so expect a lot of book and coffee posts.
📷 Taken at Lello (Oporto, Portugal)
I also love coffee ☕️ so expect a lot of book and coffee posts.
📷 Taken at Lello (Oporto, Portugal)
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#PleaseShare
Bundle up for a #weekend of naughty reading.
📕 mybook.to/25StoryBundle
📙 mybook.to/25Bundle-2
📘 mybook.to/25Bundle3
📙 mybook.to/25StoryBundle4
📕 mybook.to/25StoryBundle5
#KindleUnlimited #Erotica
Bundle up for a #weekend of naughty reading.
📕 mybook.to/25StoryBundle
📙 mybook.to/25Bundle-2
📘 mybook.to/25Bundle3
📙 mybook.to/25StoryBundle4
📕 mybook.to/25StoryBundle5
#KindleUnlimited #Erotica
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
#PleaseShare
Bundle up for a #weekend of naughty reading.
📕 mybook.to/25StoryBundle
📙 mybook.to/25Bundle-2
📘 mybook.to/25Bundle3
📙 mybook.to/25StoryBundle4
📕 mybook.to/25StoryBundle5
#KindleUnlimited #Erotica
Bundle up for a #weekend of naughty reading.
📕 mybook.to/25StoryBundle
📙 mybook.to/25Bundle-2
📘 mybook.to/25Bundle3
📙 mybook.to/25StoryBundle4
📕 mybook.to/25StoryBundle5
#KindleUnlimited #Erotica
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November 18, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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‘Metropolis’ by Colin Garrow
‘…a well-written, easy on the eye thriller…’
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#FinlayMacBethThrillers
‘…a well-written, easy on the eye thriller…’
geni.us/ps3XiW
#FinlayMacBethThrillers
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
‘Metropolis’ by Colin Garrow
‘…a well-written, easy on the eye thriller…’
geni.us/ps3XiW
#FinlayMacBethThrillers
‘…a well-written, easy on the eye thriller…’
geni.us/ps3XiW
#FinlayMacBethThrillers
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🚨 Standalone stories, same unforgettable characters.
The AIRWAVES Series = adrenaline, mystery & radio vibes 🎧
Step into a world of thrill + adventure!
👉 amazon.com/stores/Jim-Y...
#BookBoost #ThrillerBooks #Dystopian
The AIRWAVES Series = adrenaline, mystery & radio vibes 🎧
Step into a world of thrill + adventure!
👉 amazon.com/stores/Jim-Y...
#BookBoost #ThrillerBooks #Dystopian
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🚨 Standalone stories, same unforgettable characters.
The AIRWAVES Series = adrenaline, mystery & radio vibes 🎧
Step into a world of thrill + adventure!
👉 amazon.com/stores/Jim-Y...
#BookBoost #ThrillerBooks #Dystopian
The AIRWAVES Series = adrenaline, mystery & radio vibes 🎧
Step into a world of thrill + adventure!
👉 amazon.com/stores/Jim-Y...
#BookBoost #ThrillerBooks #Dystopian