Robert Wright
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World War I: Downton Abbey vs. the “other” war
For those of you following the PBS series Downton Abbey and the movie War Horse, you are seeing the conventional theaters of World War I. Downton Abbey depicts a British upper class family and their servants as the war affects them in the well known battlefields of Western Europe. War…
Two Civil Wars: America and Spain contrasted
In July 2011, I returned from a four week trip to Spain and Portugal, where I was conducting research for my sequel historical novel to Beyond Ultra. I have titled the sequel Valhalla Revealed. If you have already read Beyond Ultra, you will understand the sequel title and should be…
Now that my debut historical novel, Beyond Ultra, is published, I will examine various historical issues that I raise in this story. I would like to start by talking a little about the time period covered in my book. Looking back at the Twentieth Century, it’s easy for us to recognize…