History Archives - Page 18 of 19

Tudor: The Family Story – The Rise of a Dynasty with Leanda de Lisle

Olga Hughes September 12, 2013

The Tudor dynasty began with a fairy tale – a love match between a beautiful young widowed Queen and a...

Jamie Adair September 7, 2013

George RR Martin may have drawn inspiration for Lord Frey from Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known as “Warwick the...

Olga Hughes August 26, 2013

For centuries the black-eyed stare and mysterious smile of Anne Boleyn has captured our imaginations. It is her all-encompassing legacy...

Olga Hughes August 22, 2013

Royal Babies – A History is the story of twenty-five births, from the arrival of Princess Matilda in 1066, whose...

C S Hughes August 21, 2013

Lorem Ipsum is of course classical Latin. Anyone who has done any kind of online publishing will have encountered the...

C S Hughes August 17, 2013

On the birth of the new heir to the British throne, Australia’s Northern Territory gifted the baby Prince George a...

Olga Hughes August 16, 2013

Or can you? Ranging from the seriously cute to the slightly offensive… Although there have been plenty of china...

Olga Hughes August 15, 2013

George Boleyn was an important man in the Tudor court, yet he spent centuries in relative obscurity. The husband of...

Olga Hughes August 13, 2013

His natural inclination is to oppose all things debateable, taking great pride in persuading himself that he makes the world...

Olga Hughes August 13, 2013

The King means it to be kept secret till Whitsuntide; but everybody begins already to murmur by suspicion, and several...