Author: Patricia Furstenberg

Patricia Furstenberg writes with passion about history that blends with fiction, about war heroes, human or canine, while her poems and children's books are uplifting and humorous. Welcome to her blog, Travel, History, Fiction ~ Romania & South Africa ~ 'For what is wind, but the amassed power of words long ago uttered?'
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Reading Over the Weekend: Size Always Matters: Don’t be part of a statistic, start losing weight today by Sally Cronin

Reading over the weekend with Patricia Furstenberg

What if lasting weight loss began simply by understanding why we eat the way we do? Size Always Matters: Don’t be part of a statistic, start losing weight today by Sally Cronin has the right answers.

Some books ask to be analysed. Others ask to be noticed. And then there are those that make you pause halfway through a page and say, I want to remember that.

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Young Vlad III, Part 2: Captive in the Ottoman World – Where He Lived

Istanbul new mosque near Galata Bridge on the Golden Horn, photo by MF

How did the boy born in Sighișoara, Transylvania, come to spend most of his youth among the people who threatened his homeland?

1442 – 1448: Captive in the Ottoman world, while his life hung in balance, young Vlad’s fate depended not only on the actions of his older brother and father, but also on the shifting alliances and ambitions of European powers beyond his reach.

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