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12 Musicals Based on British Literature
Last year, I wrote a post selecting some of my favorite musicals that depict historical people and events. (If you missed it, you can...

Christine Caccipuoti
Oct 9, 20186 min read


History's Information Access Barricades
It is not a pre-requisite to be associated with a scholarly institution to listen to a history podcast or to enjoy a historical fiction...

Christine Caccipuoti
Aug 23, 20185 min read


Ambo & Me (World Elephant Day)
Reader, I met my foster elephant. Today, August 12th, is World Elephant Day. These twenty-four hours are designated for bringing...

Christine Caccipuoti
Aug 12, 20188 min read


A Convert Goes to Camp (NaNoWriMo)
I spent July on a writing retreat in a cabin – that is to say, a virtual cabin. While staying in this virtual cabin, I had one goal: to...

Christine Caccipuoti
Aug 5, 20184 min read


Is (History) Podcasting for You?
For the past few months I used my blog to host the #PodcastingHistory series, which sought to give established independent podcasters a...

Christine Caccipuoti
Jun 11, 20186 min read


#PodcastingHistory 8: Cemeteries: Washington Park Cemetery and Early 20th-Century Atlanta
When it came to choosing the final entry for #PodcastingHistory (for now!) I knew it needed to go to the person who started me on the...

Christine Caccipuoti
May 28, 20188 min read


#PodcastingHistory 7: Wonder Woman
And now for something moderately different... In #PodcastingHistory 7 we broaden our horizons with an entry from Darrin Sunstrum, who...

Christine Caccipuoti
May 14, 20184 min read
#PodcastingHistory 6: COMING SOON
Welcome to #PodcastingHistory 6! COMING SOON.

Christine Caccipuoti
Apr 30, 20181 min read


#PodcastingHistory 5: A Re-examination of Cavalry in the First World War
#PodcastingHistory 5 is here! This time, I get to share a post with you from Wesley Livesay of The History of the Great War podcast....

Christine Caccipuoti
Apr 16, 20185 min read


#PodcastingHistory 4: Jerusalem
Thank you to everyone who has been reading and sharing #PocastingHistory! For this installment I get to hand the blog over to Ali A....

Christine Caccipuoti
Apr 2, 20184 min read


#PodcastingHistory 3: To See the Mongols 4: A William Leaves Town
Welcome to Guest Post 3 of #PodcastingHistory! This week I get to hand this blog over to Devon Field, creator and host of The Human...

Christine Caccipuoti
Mar 19, 20185 min read


#PodcastingHistory 2: A Changeling or His Wife? The Brutal Murder of Bridget Cleary
Welcome to Guest Post 2 of #PodcastingHistory where historians take turns sharing their experiences creating a specific episode of their...

Christine Caccipuoti
Mar 5, 20186 min read


#PodcastingHistory 1: Empress Eugenie in Exile
Welcome to the first installment of #PodcastingHistory! For the next several weeks my blog is going to feature guest posts from some...

Christine Caccipuoti
Feb 19, 20186 min read


Announcing #PodcastingHistory!
I am pleased to share with you, dear readers, that in less than a month I will be using my blog to host a Guest Blog Series titled...

Christine Caccipuoti
Jan 26, 20181 min read


The Wisdom of Hortense, Queen of Holland
In the 1920s, a memoir written over a hundred years earlier by Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland, was published. Hortense’s life...

Christine Caccipuoti
Jan 9, 20184 min read


December 2nd: A Good Day to be a Bonaparte
Every year when December 2nd rolls around I smile, because in the 19th century it was a very significant date for my favorite imperial...

Christine Caccipuoti
Dec 2, 20175 min read


10 Historical Musicals (Other Than Hamilton)
I considered calling this post “Everything I Need to Know about History I Learned from Musical Theatre” but that would be such a gross...

Christine Caccipuoti
Nov 17, 20177 min read


Ambo the Elephant: A Love Story
2016 was not my best year. By the time fall rolled around I was in a pretty dark place: my writing was yielding less-than-stellar...

Christine Caccipuoti
Oct 3, 20175 min read


I and Herman Melville's Arrowhead
The term “Writer’s Block” is one that gets tossed around quite often in writing communities, and understandably so…yet for me the problem...

Christine Caccipuoti
Sep 5, 20175 min read


Napoleon versus...Rabbits?
[Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769. This post is my way of marking it, so Happy Birthday, Napoleon!] When Napoleon Bonaparte...

Christine Caccipuoti
Aug 15, 20174 min read
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