Engineerium – Teaser Chapter
Chapter 1 of Engineerium (full blurb here), Book Two of The Cerulean Airship steampunk series. The adventure in Laevium continues with new charac
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just or the Fascination of the Unknown
On August 25, 1767, in the old town of Decize, one of the most prominent figures of the French Revolution was brought into this world: Louis Antoine de Saint-Just. 254 years later,
18th and 19th Century Fashion Magazines
As an author working on stories set during the French Revolution and the Victorian period, I needed visual references in order to understand the 18th and 19th century fashion and p
Balloons and Dirigibles that Remained in History
While writing my steampunk novel Laevium, I needed to know a lot about airships – how they worked and how they were designed – in order to be able to create the image of The Sk
Victorian Spaces with a Touch of Steampunk
The undeniable aesthetics of red brick and wrought iron, so widely spread during the Victorian period, has found a powerful outlet in steampunk. What are the types of spaces most l