by Karen Nyenhuis | Dec 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
Gustaf Cederström, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, “Karl XII and Ivan Mazepa after the Poltava Battle.” The painting depicts Swedish King Karl XII, his name often Anglicized as Charles XII, during the Battle of Poltava. Karl had been injured in the...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Dec 14, 2024 | Great Northern War
By Unknown author – National Archives of Sweden, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=112777804 The Battle of Poltava occurred in what is modern-day Ukraine, although in 1709 it was part of mainland Russia under Peter the Great. I found...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Nov 29, 2024 | Great Northern War
Image: Victory at Narva, 1905, by Gustaf Cederström, National Museum of Sweden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. This image, painted two hundred years after the battle, depicts what the surrender of Russian forces to Sweden might have looked like after...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Nov 24, 2024 | Just Knud Qvigstad, Writing Craft
After watching another online writing conference and listening to yet another literary agent panel, my publishing dream almost died. Set in an unusual time and place, my story world won’t slide into an existing group of readers. My books are probably best...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Nov 7, 2024 | A Miniature Carl Larsson Christmas, Art of Scandinavia
Clicking on this post will lead you to the series “A Miniature Carl Larsson Christmas,” either by clicking on the series title in the category sidebar on the right or on the related posts found underneath. There are twelve posts in the series. My mother...
