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Cindy Reads Romance @cindyreadsromance.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s kind of fun to hunt down images of some of the historical places stories. Here are some recent finds. Books by @elizabethroubaix.bsky.social and Amanda Lindsey Neil. #booksky #romancelandia
Recent Reading Rabbit Holes - Vol. 1Book: Shared on the Nile by Elizabeth Roubaix
Quote: “We were on the way to meet with a ghost, or so the note that arrived for me at Shepheard’s Hotel claimed.”
Image: Shepheard’s Hotel, Cairo (an album dated 1871-2)
Source: Egyptian Mirage: A database of 19th-century "studio photographs" of Egypt,
mainly in the collection of the Griffith Institute, Oxford (Gr. Inst. 3426)Book: Claimed by the Wolf Cult by Elizabeth Roubaix
Quote: “I had taken a villa near the Palatine Hill, which came with a terrace overlooking the Eternal City; if I’m honest, the terrace was the primary reason I’d rented the place when we set our sights on Italy.”
Image: Rome from the Palatine Hill
Source: William Wyld, 1806–1889, Rome from the Palatine Hill, undated, Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, B1996.11.Book: Vicious Civility by Amanda Lindsey Neil
Quote: “There is also a beautiful garden at Lansdowne House, just south of Berkley Square; I know you are an active girl and love your walks.”
Image: Lansdowne House, Berkley Square, 1811
Source: British Library catalogue, No29 of ACKERMANN'S REPOSITORY of ARTS & Pub May 1st 1811 (ALMA: 990048806720109251)
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