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Knowlwood is a piece of Orange County, CA farmland history

In 1960, Roy and Fay Knowlton partnered with Gene Wood to start a restaurant called Knowl-Wood at the old Orangewood Ranch which is now called...
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Three Kingdoms or close to it

As intimidatingly epic in scope as it is in length, the historical fiction of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms holds the equivalent Eastern...
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Valhalla Rising: A hellish journey for everyone involved

Our Netflix queue has been providing a steady stream of historical dramas about the Crusades, so we decided to watch something different with...
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Arn: The Knight Templar - an epic in need of an editor

Having recently watched Black Death and Season of the Witch, Arn – The Knight Templar seemed like a nice way to round out the knight trifecta...
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Season of the Witch: a medieval version of Evil Dead crossed with Dylan Dog

I watched Black Death and Season of the Witch a week apart, which gives some perspective on what goes right and what goes terribly wrong in both...
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Black Death: Wicker Man gets medieval

I watched Black Death and Season of the Witch a week apart, which gives some perspective on what goes right and what goes terribly wrong in both...
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Tarr's 'Vanquished' is a Victorian delight in romance

I'm not much for the Queen Victoria era when it comes to my historical fiction likes, but Vanquished (Victorian Romance) by Hope Tarr could...
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