Making a Monster

Mary Shelley and the creation of Frankenstein, an iconic monster in our culture. Mary Shelley created a character people fear as well as relate to and understand. Learn about Mary Shelley’s life up to the creation of Frankenstein and how her life was changed by it. Stories about Frankenstein have continued to evolve since it…

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Historical Martial arts of the Victorian Age

The Victorian Gentle was often a student of the sword, pistol, cane and other methods of empty hand fighting. As such there were many authors whose discourses have continued to be studied through the ages into the modern world. We will discuss works and ideas from Colonel Thomas H. Monstery, Pierre Vigny, E.W. Barton Wright,…

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