History – Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers https://shepheardwalwyn.com Independent Publisher Book Seller UK Fri, 15 Sep 2023 09:03:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Women’s History Month: The Women of Shepheard-Walwyn https://shepheardwalwyn.com/womens-history-month-the-women-of-shepheard-walwyn/ https://shepheardwalwyn.com/womens-history-month-the-women-of-shepheard-walwyn/#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2023 05:04:32 +0000 https://development.shepheardwalwyn.com/?p=3484 Today, we marked the 16th day of Women’s History Month. This month intends to celebrate women’s contributions to culture, history and society, as it runs from March 1st until March 31st. At Shepheard-Walwyn, we want to take this month to celebrate, recognise and uplift women. The theme for Women’s History Month this year is “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories,” recognising the critical role…

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]]> https://shepheardwalwyn.com/womens-history-month-the-women-of-shepheard-walwyn/feed/ 0 100 Years Ago – The Evacuation of the Russian Royal Family from the Crimea https://shepheardwalwyn.com/100-years-ago-the-evacuation-of-the-russian-royal-family-from-the-crimea/ https://shepheardwalwyn.com/100-years-ago-the-evacuation-of-the-russian-royal-family-from-the-crimea/#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2019 06:29:31 +0000 https://development.shepheardwalwyn.com/?p=258 A guest post by Coryne Hall In November 1918 the armistice ended the First World War. The German army now had to evacuate the Crimea, which they had occupied since the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk earlier that year. King George V was now becoming extremely worried for the safety of his aunt the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna, who was living in the Crimea with her daughters Xenia and…

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]]> https://shepheardwalwyn.com/100-years-ago-the-evacuation-of-the-russian-royal-family-from-the-crimea/feed/ 0 The Murder of the Tsar and his Family, July 1918 Lessons for Us https://shepheardwalwyn.com/the-murder-of-the-tsar-and-his-family-july-1918-lessons-for-us/ https://shepheardwalwyn.com/the-murder-of-the-tsar-and-his-family-july-1918-lessons-for-us/#respond Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:04:46 +0000 https://development.shepheardwalwyn.com/?p=659 By John Symons The last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, was born one hundred and fifty years ago. One hundred years ago, on 17th July 1918, he, his wife and their five children were murdered by the Bolsheviks. With our constitutional monarchy, there are many lessons for us here. Who can forget the scenes filmed in 1994 in St Petersburg, recently reborn in its original name after seventy years as…

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]]> https://shepheardwalwyn.com/the-murder-of-the-tsar-and-his-family-july-1918-lessons-for-us/feed/ 0 Celebrating 400 Years of Shakespeare’s Gifts https://shepheardwalwyn.com/celebrating-400-years-of-shakespeares-gifts/ https://shepheardwalwyn.com/celebrating-400-years-of-shakespeares-gifts/#respond Fri, 18 Mar 2016 05:05:37 +0000 https://development.shepheardwalwyn.com/?p=225 Celebrating 400 Years of Shakespeare’s Gifts To ask a group of Shakespeare lovers what it is that they love most in Shakespeare would be to raise a great hymn of praise and delight. Imagine then the crescendo we can expect on 23rd April 2016, when, as it seems, the whole world intends to mark his quartercentenary 400 years on. A great global party no less, uniting countless festivals, tributes…

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