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Annelisa Christensen
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Author of Seventeenth Century Midwives series (award-winning: The Popish Midwife, The Midnight Midwife, The Ghost Midwife). Hoping my 20K followers from the murky platform will follow, but otherwise starting afresh. Will be expanding from Amz asap. No DMs
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Hi Blue Sky!

I have it on good authority that this is where 'all the good people' are. Having had a look around, I believe it. So much calmer here. So much less friction.

I am looking forward to getting to know you all, and if you've followed me here from another platform, get to know you anew.
Annelisa Christensen with green hair in a bun, wearing a red cloak at Hastings Literary Festival, holding up her three published books from the Seventeenth Century Midwives series: The Popish Midwife, The Midnight Midwife and The Ghost Midwife. On the table in front of her are stacks of the same three books. Cover of the book, The Ghost Midwife, second book in the Seventeenth Century Midwives series by author Annelisa Christensen: The cover shows an original seventeenth century black-and-white print design, with the foreground characters brightly coloured. To the left is an older woman in a long emerald green cape holding up a tallow candle on a stick toward a transparent woman, who is wearing a long scarlet, many-layered cape to signify the ghost of a midwife. Behind the two women can be seen parts of an original broadsheet from the period telling the story of The Ghost Midwife in rhyme. The scene is set in front of the aged-stained yellow background with a print-style black border typical of the series. Above the image of poem and two women is the title The Ghost Midwife in ye-olde-style writing in black. Below the image is the author's name, Annelisa Christensen, in a more modern font. Cover of the book, The Midnight Midwife, third book in the Seventeenth Century Midwives series by author Annelisa Christensen: The cover depicts a seventeenth century style black-and-white print design, artificially brightly coloured: On the left is a young woman in a long scarlet dress standing over, and holding the hands of another, also young, kneeling woman to the right, wearing long blue off-the-shoulder royal blue dress. Behind the two women is an original historical black-and-white print of the town of Saint Albans, north of London, where the story is set, through which you can see the aged-stained yellow background with a print-style black border typical of the series. Above the image of the women is the title The Midnight Midwife in ye-olde-style black writing. Below is the author's name, Annelisa Christensen, in a more modern font. Cover of the book, The Popish Midwife, first book in the Seventeenth Century Midwives series by author Annelisa Christensen: The cover depicts a seventeenth century style black-and-white print design, with the figures cloak artificially brightly coloured. The image is of Elizabeth Cellier, wearing the scarlet cloak the midwives wore back then. In front of her is a large barrel labelled ‘Meal Tub’, and in her hand is a rolled-up scroll with the word ‘plot’ on the side. Elizabeth Cellier is hiding the scroll in the barrel. To the left, behind her, on the wall hang kitchen utensils on hooks. To the right of her, in ye-olde-style writing, are the words ‘A Tale of High Treason, Prejudice and Betrayal’. This scene is set on an aged-stained yellow background with a print-style black border typical of the series. Above the scene is the title The Popish Midwife in ye-olde-style black writing. Below the scene is the author’s name, Annelisa Christensen, in a more modern font.
March 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM