Eleanor Birney | Historical Mystery
@eleanorbirney.bsky.social
Author of The Green Baize Door.
1900 Philadelphia. One house. Two worlds. And a murder in between.
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Civil Attorney. Boy Mom (x3). History Buff. Houser of Cats.
1900 Philadelphia. One house. Two worlds. And a murder in between.
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Civil Attorney. Boy Mom (x3). History Buff. Houser of Cats.
Pinned
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One house, two worlds, and a murder in between.
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Every story begins somewhere.
Mine start with a question.
🕯 The Green Baize Door
One house, two worlds, and a murder in between.
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Mine start with a question.
🕯 The Green Baize Door
One house, two worlds, and a murder in between.
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#BookSky #HistFic #HistoricalMystery
December 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Every story begins somewhere.
Mine start with a question.
🕯 The Green Baize Door
One house, two worlds, and a murder in between.
📖 ARC: booksirens.com/book/J1FZKFD...
#BookSky #HistFic #HistoricalMystery
Mine start with a question.
🕯 The Green Baize Door
One house, two worlds, and a murder in between.
📖 ARC: booksirens.com/book/J1FZKFD...
#BookSky #HistFic #HistoricalMystery
Every girl was expected to learn some needlework.
Mending, patching, buttons — simple chores.
But in skilled hands, a needle could become something else entirely: a key to another life.
The Green Baize Door.
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#HistoricalMystery #HistFic #IndieAuthor
Mending, patching, buttons — simple chores.
But in skilled hands, a needle could become something else entirely: a key to another life.
The Green Baize Door.
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#HistoricalMystery #HistFic #IndieAuthor
December 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Every girl was expected to learn some needlework.
Mending, patching, buttons — simple chores.
But in skilled hands, a needle could become something else entirely: a key to another life.
The Green Baize Door.
ARC: booksirens.com/book/J1FZKFD...
#HistoricalMystery #HistFic #IndieAuthor
Mending, patching, buttons — simple chores.
But in skilled hands, a needle could become something else entirely: a key to another life.
The Green Baize Door.
ARC: booksirens.com/book/J1FZKFD...
#HistoricalMystery #HistFic #IndieAuthor
Before safety razors, every man used a straight razor — common, sharp, and nearly identical.
In The Green Baize Door, one lies beside the body.
Could you recognize your razor, if a man’s life depended on it?
#TheGreenBaizeDoor #HistoricalMystery #EdwardianHistory
In The Green Baize Door, one lies beside the body.
Could you recognize your razor, if a man’s life depended on it?
#TheGreenBaizeDoor #HistoricalMystery #EdwardianHistory
November 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Before safety razors, every man used a straight razor — common, sharp, and nearly identical.
In The Green Baize Door, one lies beside the body.
Could you recognize your razor, if a man’s life depended on it?
#TheGreenBaizeDoor #HistoricalMystery #EdwardianHistory
In The Green Baize Door, one lies beside the body.
Could you recognize your razor, if a man’s life depended on it?
#TheGreenBaizeDoor #HistoricalMystery #EdwardianHistory
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November 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Featured by BookSirens this month ✨
Early readers are stepping through The Green Baize Door.
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#HistFic #Mystery #EleanorBirney #TheGreenBaizeDoor
Early readers are stepping through The Green Baize Door.
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1828, Old Bailey: An elderly housekeeper was murdered in an otherwise empty mansion. The police said the house was ransacked, but the owner reported nothing missing.
The case that inspired The Green Baize Door.
🕯 One house, two worlds, & a murder in between.
#Mystery #OldBailey #EleanorBirney
The case that inspired The Green Baize Door.
🕯 One house, two worlds, & a murder in between.
#Mystery #OldBailey #EleanorBirney
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
1828, Old Bailey: An elderly housekeeper was murdered in an otherwise empty mansion. The police said the house was ransacked, but the owner reported nothing missing.
The case that inspired The Green Baize Door.
🕯 One house, two worlds, & a murder in between.
#Mystery #OldBailey #EleanorBirney
The case that inspired The Green Baize Door.
🕯 One house, two worlds, & a murder in between.
#Mystery #OldBailey #EleanorBirney
One house, two worlds, and a murder in between.
Advance copies of THE GREEN BAIZE DOOR are now available for early readers of historical mysteries!
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November 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
One house, two worlds, and a murder in between.
Advance copies of THE GREEN BAIZE DOOR are now available for early readers of historical mysteries!
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Advance copies of THE GREEN BAIZE DOOR are now available for early readers of historical mysteries!
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Well, this is alarming.
Muir Woods exhibit becomes first casualty of White House directive to erase history www.sfgate.com/california-p...
Muir Woods exhibit becomes first casualty of White House directive to erase history www.sfgate.com/california-p...
Muir Woods exhibit is first casualty of White House directive to erase history
"In order to know your role in history, you need to see yourself in it."
www.sfgate.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Well, this is alarming.
Muir Woods exhibit becomes first casualty of White House directive to erase history www.sfgate.com/california-p...
Muir Woods exhibit becomes first casualty of White House directive to erase history www.sfgate.com/california-p...
""[A] job title isn't everything, and it's more important to stay true to your values."
A judge resisted Trump's order on gender identity. The EEOC just fired her.
The executive order, signed by President Donald Trump on Jan. 20, stated that the U.S. would recognize only two sexes, male and female.
www.nbcnews.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
""[A] job title isn't everything, and it's more important to stay true to your values."
Reposted by Eleanor Birney | Historical Mystery
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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March 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Wow! Quite a life.
#OtD 31 Mar 1945 Latvian socialist, poet, nun and activist Maria Skobtsova died in Ravensbrück concentration camp. Involved in the Russian revolution, she planned to assassinate Trotsky for repressing the Socialist-Revolutionary Party stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1037...
March 31, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Wow! Quite a life.
"After a week of trying to sort out the impact of the Paul Weiss capitulation and the Skadden story hinting that the industry might be trending toward retreat, this morning a couple firms declared a day may come when the courage of Biglaw fails, but it is not this day."
Following w/ great interest.
Following w/ great interest.
WilmerHale Strikes Back With Paul Clement Lawsuit Over Retaliatory Trump Order - Above the Law
That didn't take long...
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March 31, 2025 at 4:50 AM
"After a week of trying to sort out the impact of the Paul Weiss capitulation and the Skadden story hinting that the industry might be trending toward retreat, this morning a couple firms declared a day may come when the courage of Biglaw fails, but it is not this day."
Following w/ great interest.
Following w/ great interest.
Zadie Smith on getting "old":
"I'm sure you get over it. When I meet women, particularly in their later 50s and their 60s, there's a lot of joy returns, but I think the moment of transition is melancholic for sure."
www.npr.org/2025/03/06/n....
"I'm sure you get over it. When I meet women, particularly in their later 50s and their 60s, there's a lot of joy returns, but I think the moment of transition is melancholic for sure."
www.npr.org/2025/03/06/n....
Zadie Smith is learning to accept the limits of time
Author Zadie Smith says she'll miss being young. In this week's Wild Card, Smith opens up about having enough time and growing older.
www.npr.org
March 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Zadie Smith on getting "old":
"I'm sure you get over it. When I meet women, particularly in their later 50s and their 60s, there's a lot of joy returns, but I think the moment of transition is melancholic for sure."
www.npr.org/2025/03/06/n....
"I'm sure you get over it. When I meet women, particularly in their later 50s and their 60s, there's a lot of joy returns, but I think the moment of transition is melancholic for sure."
www.npr.org/2025/03/06/n....
"I am struck by how differently I write when there is no intended audience. When you work with words for a living, language is hugely important – a tool that you use, exactly and precisely, to convey something very specific to an outside reader."
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/j....
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/j....
If someone published my diary after I died, I’d die again – of shame…
With the announcement that Joan Didion’s deeply private therapy notes are being released, Helen Coffey questions the ethics of putting out artists’ work posthumously when it was never intended for a p...
www.independent.co.uk
March 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"I am struck by how differently I write when there is no intended audience. When you work with words for a living, language is hugely important – a tool that you use, exactly and precisely, to convey something very specific to an outside reader."
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/j....
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/j....
Fun article w/ useful info.
"On 14 February 1971 there were 12 pennies to the shilling and 20 shillings to the pound. The following day the pound was made up of 100 new pence."
www.bbc.com/news/article....
"On 14 February 1971 there were 12 pennies to the shilling and 20 shillings to the pound. The following day the pound was made up of 100 new pence."
www.bbc.com/news/article....
Old Crunchie wrapper found in Cambridge University Library
The pre-1971 wrapper is likely to have been there for more than 50 years, says the library.
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Fun article w/ useful info.
"On 14 February 1971 there were 12 pennies to the shilling and 20 shillings to the pound. The following day the pound was made up of 100 new pence."
www.bbc.com/news/article....
"On 14 February 1971 there were 12 pennies to the shilling and 20 shillings to the pound. The following day the pound was made up of 100 new pence."
www.bbc.com/news/article....
"“Have you ever looked at a map and thought, ‘You know what Denmark needs? More sunshine, palm trees, and roller skates.’ Well, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make that dream a reality,”"
ktla.com/news/califor...
ktla.com/news/califor...
ktla.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
"“Have you ever looked at a map and thought, ‘You know what Denmark needs? More sunshine, palm trees, and roller skates.’ Well, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make that dream a reality,”"
ktla.com/news/califor...
ktla.com/news/califor...
"[R]esearchers wrote that they 'can confidently conclude that this individual indeed represents the first known female burial with [a] weapon from the Hungarian Conquest period in the Carpathian Basin.'"
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
10th-century woman buried with weapons in Hungary is 1st of her kind, but researchers are hesitant to call her a warrior
A woman buried with archery equipment in 10th-century Hungary is unusual but may not necessarily have been a warrior.
www.livescience.com
January 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"[R]esearchers wrote that they 'can confidently conclude that this individual indeed represents the first known female burial with [a] weapon from the Hungarian Conquest period in the Carpathian Basin.'"
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
United shareholders are concerned that their inhumane policies may be "increasing consumer debt, jeopardizing health of policyholders and thereby reducing workforce productivity, straining government resources, and risking increased taxes."
Interesting how this just now occurred to them.
Interesting how this just now occurred to them.
UnitedHealth shareholders demand review of policies that ‘delayed or denied’ health care access
Shareholders of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) are calling on the company’s board of directors to release a report on how its policy of limiting or delaying access to health care may be impacting t…
thehill.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
United shareholders are concerned that their inhumane policies may be "increasing consumer debt, jeopardizing health of policyholders and thereby reducing workforce productivity, straining government resources, and risking increased taxes."
Interesting how this just now occurred to them.
Interesting how this just now occurred to them.
Everyone involved in this seems absolutely lovely. I needed this article. The news cycle the past few weeks has been downright apocalyptic.
"The women were gently cradling his wife. They helped soothe her until emergency crews arrived."
www.npr.org/2025/01/09/n....
"The women were gently cradling his wife. They helped soothe her until emergency crews arrived."
www.npr.org/2025/01/09/n....
A husband honors the 4 women who protected his injured wife from oncoming traffic
When Charlie Essers arrived at the scene of his wife's bike accident, he found four women shielding and soothing her until emergency crews could arrive.
www.npr.org
January 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Everyone involved in this seems absolutely lovely. I needed this article. The news cycle the past few weeks has been downright apocalyptic.
"The women were gently cradling his wife. They helped soothe her until emergency crews arrived."
www.npr.org/2025/01/09/n....
"The women were gently cradling his wife. They helped soothe her until emergency crews arrived."
www.npr.org/2025/01/09/n....
"[A] scenario in which debris in space sets off a chain reaction: One explosion sends out ... fragments that in turn smash into other spaceborne objects, creating more detritus. The cascading effect may continue until Earth’s orbit is so clogged with junk that satellites become inoperable....
With space junk clouding Earth’s orbit, are we barreling toward ‘Kessler Syndrome’? | CNN
The concept known as “Kessler Syndrome” was proposed nearly five decades ago. Experts weigh in on whether the space-based disaster scenario is already unfolding.
www.cnn.com
December 29, 2024 at 2:51 PM
"[A] scenario in which debris in space sets off a chain reaction: One explosion sends out ... fragments that in turn smash into other spaceborne objects, creating more detritus. The cascading effect may continue until Earth’s orbit is so clogged with junk that satellites become inoperable....
"What is particularly interesting is that the artists made little effort to depict the battles as represented in the Bible passages that they were illustrating, regularly ignoring any topographical or geographical details in the text."
www.medievalists.net/2024/12/warf....
www.medievalists.net/2024/12/warf....
Cultural Representations of Warfare in the High Middle Ages: The Morgan Picture Bible - Medievalists.net
The Morgan Picture Bible is more than a mid-13th-century masterpiece of art; it is a vivid and, at times, exaggerated lens into how medieval nobles envisioned warfare.
www.medievalists.net
December 23, 2024 at 4:58 AM
"What is particularly interesting is that the artists made little effort to depict the battles as represented in the Bible passages that they were illustrating, regularly ignoring any topographical or geographical details in the text."
www.medievalists.net/2024/12/warf....
www.medievalists.net/2024/12/warf....
So much interesting!
The fact that, when in hospital, you could only be 1) "going on well" or 2) hoping to be discharged, is mind-bending. The unavailable 3rd possibility would've haunted me.
Conversely, the "I have received no letter from you 1) lately or 2) for a long time" is unambiguous.
The fact that, when in hospital, you could only be 1) "going on well" or 2) hoping to be discharged, is mind-bending. The unavailable 3rd possibility would've haunted me.
Conversely, the "I have received no letter from you 1) lately or 2) for a long time" is unambiguous.
Field Post Cards were used by the French and British armies during the First World War to enable troops to send messages home without censorship. They were only permitted to delete what didn't apply but at Christmas they could add a standard message.
December 22, 2024 at 12:37 AM
So much interesting!
The fact that, when in hospital, you could only be 1) "going on well" or 2) hoping to be discharged, is mind-bending. The unavailable 3rd possibility would've haunted me.
Conversely, the "I have received no letter from you 1) lately or 2) for a long time" is unambiguous.
The fact that, when in hospital, you could only be 1) "going on well" or 2) hoping to be discharged, is mind-bending. The unavailable 3rd possibility would've haunted me.
Conversely, the "I have received no letter from you 1) lately or 2) for a long time" is unambiguous.
"Archaeologists have found 188 medieval reliquaries during excavations at a square in Berlin. Some of them still contain human bones of people considered to be saints or holy."
www.livescience.com/archaeology/....
www.livescience.com/archaeology/....
188 medieval figurines that held Christian saints' bones unearthed in Berlin's oldest town square
Archaeologists have found 188 medieval reliquaries during excavations at a square in Berlin. Some of them still contain human bones of people considered to be saints or holy.
www.livescience.com
December 21, 2024 at 5:00 AM
"Archaeologists have found 188 medieval reliquaries during excavations at a square in Berlin. Some of them still contain human bones of people considered to be saints or holy."
www.livescience.com/archaeology/....
www.livescience.com/archaeology/....
Interesting read. Does/should an author's personal "failings" influence how we feel about their work?
I'd say it informs my understanding of that author's work, or at least of authorial intent. The difference that makes, if any, depends on both the work & the "failing".
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I'd say it informs my understanding of that author's work, or at least of authorial intent. The difference that makes, if any, depends on both the work & the "failing".
lithub.com/writers-i-ha...
Writers I Have Met; Or, On Learning That Cormac McCarthy Was a Creep
This fall, I was rereading a Ray Bradbury story before class. He wrote some of his best work in the campus library, and I enjoy telling students to check out his old typewriter, which they keep beh…
lithub.com
December 18, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Interesting read. Does/should an author's personal "failings" influence how we feel about their work?
I'd say it informs my understanding of that author's work, or at least of authorial intent. The difference that makes, if any, depends on both the work & the "failing".
lithub.com/writers-i-ha...
I'd say it informs my understanding of that author's work, or at least of authorial intent. The difference that makes, if any, depends on both the work & the "failing".
lithub.com/writers-i-ha...