2017-04-20 13:20
It’s taken many years for me to feel able to speak of the violent death of Tom, my closest and oldest friend. As children we went everywhere together. Then, as is the way of things, we… Read More
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A blog dedicated to book reviews, legends and myths for fans of history, suspense and horror books by the author PJ Cadavori.
2016-01-05 18:13
Imagine …It is a day of execution at a cross roads in medieval Dorset. The gibbet dominates the scene where the four roads meet which connect the local villages. Life is cheap, and fo… Read More
2015-05-20 17:46
Bounce, bounce, bounce.It used to drive me mad. But I get ahead of myself, so let’s start at the beginning. Many years ago in an ancient cottage in a remote part of Devon lived an old… Read More
2014-12-22 17:17
Holy Grass – hierochloe odorataWe all know the story of “no room at the inn” so when Jesus was about to be born there was a frantic scramble to prepare the manger, to make… Read More
2014-10-23 15:44
It’s the time of year when thoughts turn to muffled walks along the beach, when winds and gales storm in from the vast reaches of the oceans to pluck the leaves from trees which are th… Read More
2014-10-13 17:05
Hermitage Castle, ScotlandIn the border lands between Scotland and England there is a most sinister building which has had literally a continuous history of horror, warfare and bloodshed, in… Read More
2014-08-12 14:43
Thoor Ballylee Castle, County Galway, IrelandRecently I was thumbing through an old book of Yeats’ poetry, as one does on rainy, storm sodden nights, his particular brand of mysticism… Read More
2014-07-31 12:34
Strange adventures in the County of Dorset AD 1747When you stumble upon a book with a title like this, you just have to spend a few pounds to buy it.It is primarily a story about English Sou… Read More
2014-07-30 16:38
Bisham Abbey Manor House, BerkshireIt all started in the dim mists of the thirteenth century. The Knights Templar were at the height of their powers. They had bought some land in Berkshire a… Read More
2014-07-10 14:02
Imagine ... the excesses of Christmas and the New Year are left behind; resolutions are still respected. Taking exercise through your local woodland is exhilarating. It is spring; the trees… Read More
2014-06-23 13:08
Just the other day I found a tiny little book no larger than a mobile phone which was printed in 1835. Yet it contained 175 pages of very entertaining poetry, with a strong rural bent. It&rs&hell…Read More
2014-06-18 12:31
About 200 years ago a merchant ship sank in foul weather off the Kent coast. There were many such incidents in those days, but in this particular case the only survivor was the Captain who… Read More
2014-05-28 14:20
Buckland Abbey, DevonIn 1581 Sir Francis Drake bought Buckland Abbey in Devon. Local legend has it that his ambitious re-building programme was accomplished in a matter of a few days… Read More
2014-05-20 14:45
Lady Lisle In 1685 a certain Lady Lisle lived at Moyles Court in the New Forest in Hampshire. This was of course the same year that the Monmouth rebellion was crushed (see my blog The S… Read More
2014-05-07 11:00
Imagine ... it is mid November and you are walking over some of the most beautiful coastal countryside in Southern Ireland. The gentle sea breezes are caressing you from the far reaches of t… Read More
2014-05-02 12:26
Wilmington Farm, SomersetPre-history ... it is a time of ancient mystical beliefs. The harshness of winter is being banished. The morning mists hinting at warmer weather have started to cove… Read More
2014-04-14 12:59
Easter Island The time...Easter Sunday 1772.The place...A remote island in the surging wilderness of the Pacific.Jacob RoggeveenIt is still a mystery what the Dutch explorer Jacob Rogge… Read More
2014-04-14 12:52
Kitty Jay's graveHigh on the ridges of Dartmoor there is a lonely grave. It is at a crossroads where suicides were normally buried. It is unconsecrated ground. There is a stake driven throug… Read More
2014-04-14 12:51
The time.........the mid 1600sThe place........the desolation of Dartmoor, in Devon.Dartmoor, DevonWhen you walk across the wildness of Dartmoor the tangible connection with pre-history, the… Read More
2014-04-14 12:51
Robert HerrickProbably one of the greatest times for literature in the British Isles was about 400 years ago. Writers such as William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, John Donne, Milton, Dryden, Jon… Read More
2014-04-14 12:50
Berkeley Castle, GloucestershireThe year was 1327 when that most unfortunate King, Edward II, was put to death.The place was Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire. Within this Castle is a deep… Read More
2014-04-14 12:50
Fred ArcherThe British Empire was being rocked to its very foundations when the Indian Mutiny erupted in 1857. But in that year, back at home in Cheltenham a boy was born. He was the son of… Read More
2014-04-14 12:49
The Rollright Stones, OxfordshireIn 1500, so we believe, a group of Knights was moving in a clandestine fashion across the Oxfordshire countryside. They had evil intent for they wished one o… Read More
2014-04-14 12:46
As it’s Saint Valentine’s Day, here at The Official Blog of P J Cadavori we thought a spooky tale about the day was very apt. So we will share the story of one of the darkest day… Read More
2014-03-31 11:31
Castell Coch, WalesFor many centuries after the Norman invasion Wales was a very violent place. There was constant fighting between local barons, and general mistrust of the Normans all of w… Read More
2014-03-13 12:44
William IIWhen that most iconic of Kings William the Conqueror died, he left the throne to his younger son who became William II. Naturally, this caused intense anger with his older brother… Read More
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