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Site title: Voyager of History – This blog is a selection of interesting things I've come across during my history research. I have a wide interest in history ranging from Wars of the Roses, country houses, Stuarts, Georgians, Louis XIV, Napoleon and criminals. So expect to see a bit of everything on here, with a focus on little known stories.

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I came across the story of Clara Grant and her charitable efforts in the poverty stricken communities of London’s East End by accident. I was researching something else and her name cropped up. As tends to happen, I fell down a research rabbit hole wanting to find out more about her. I very quickly found her empathy and passion for helping poor chil...


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Welcome to the first post of 2026! Can’t quite believe it’s 2026, but here we are. In my round up post of 2025, I said that the first post would be on Clara Grant, a woman who gave out bundles of gifts to the poor children of the East End of London. However, between Christmas and New Year, I watched a programme on the wonderful Christmas markets in Cologne, which are the larg...


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The year 2025 has certainly been one of upheaval in many respects. It’s not been a good year health wise and at times, it has felt like a struggle because of that. There has also been a lot of outside stress too. There has been some good in it though. Both my history talks and guided walks have been going really well. I’ve enjoyed getting to know various groups and sharing hi...


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I’ve been doing these top history reads since 2021 as a helpful guide to some gift ideas for the history lovers in your life. They have proved fairly popular so here we are with the 2025 edition. I really can’t quite believe it’s that time of year again! Anyway, the list is the usual mix of different periods, as well as a mixture of fiction and non-fiction, so hopefully there...


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My favourite American president is Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt. Not only because as legend has it, he is the reason we have teddy bears, but because I feel he was a genuine man who wanted the best for his people but also was a man of action to get things done. Like most people my age, I also fell in love with Robin Williams portrayal of him in the Night at the Museum ...


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