Category Archives: History

I Wept for Greece

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Ron Pavellas

The book is “Postcards from Greece,” by Victoria Hislop. The story she tells is soulful and compelling. Briefly, it is two stories intertwined: the present-day narrator’s, during her trip to Greece, and that of the writer of the postcards, an unknown … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek culture, Greek History, History | Tagged Cartes Postales from Greece, eleftheria i thanatos, Freedom or Death, Greek Church, Greek Civil War, Holy Roman Empire, philhellenes, Republic of Turkey, Treaty of Constantinople | Leave a comment

Absolute Certainty

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Ron Pavellas

A Fictional Take on the French Revolution Within the last few years my delayed education in history has been improved by my reading of books about and involving the French Revolution, such as Fatal Purity: Robespierre and French Revolution by … Continue reading →

Posted in Books and Literature, History, Revolution | Tagged Francisco Rebolledo, French Revolution of 1789, King Louis XVI of France, Madame de Pompadour, Marie-Antoinette, Maximilien Robespierre, Rousseau, Ruth Scurr, Voltaire | Leave a comment

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