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The Fall Of Camelot
Synopsys:Having lost a son and a lover, Morgan continues on her quest to destroy King Arthur. With Guinevere on the scene, she is patient and cunning and plants the seeds of jealousy. But Mordred,...
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Book Reviews: The Exchange Of Princesses, The Richest Man Who Ever Lived, &...
Hello everyone,here's what I've been reading lately:The Exchange of Princesses by Chantal ThomasSo, you have a story to tell. But you're undecided. Should you write a novel or a non-fiction work about...
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Fashions For 1816
I'm really digging the fashions for 1816. Those horrible, super wide and huge sleeves that dominated the first half of the 19th century hadn't made their appearance yet. And the dresses are pink! I'm a...
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Alexandre Colonna Walewski, Napoleon's Illegitimate Son
On 4 May 1810, the beautiful Countess Marie Walewska gave birth to a bouncing baby boy, Alexandre Florian Joseph Colonna Walewski. Although her husband acknowledged him as his, the baby bore a...
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Marie Antoinette & The Comte d'Haga
The Queen, who was much prejudiced against the King of Sweden*, received him very coldly. All that was said of the private character of that sovereign, his connection with the Comte de Vergennes, from...
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The Curse Of Excalibur
Synopsis:Completely abandoned by everyone she trusted and sold into marriage with the vile Uriens to please her brother, King Arthur, Morgan sits alone in Rheged Castle. A burning desire for revenge on...
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A Game Of Tennis
The Tennis Match by Horace Henry CautyA Game Of Tennis by John Strickland GoodallA Game Of Tennis by John Strickland GoodallTennis by John LaveryA Game Of Tennis by Leopold Franz KowalskiA Game Of...
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Lady Anne Blount, Saviour Of The True Thoroughbred Arabian
Lady Anne Blunt had two passions in life: horses and travelling. Together with her husband, the poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, she travelled extensively though the Middle East, buying Arabian horses from...
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We Are NOT Engaged!
When Queen Victoria met Prince Albert, she fell hard for him, and was eager to become his wife. But before their meeting, she was not so enthusiastic about the prospect of marrying him, or anyone else...
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Ask the Past: Pertinent and Impertinent Advice from Yesteryear
Historian and bibliophile Elizabeth P. Archibald loves perusing old textbooks, pamphlets, and etiquette books. They can be as funny as they are informative. Some of the advice is still incredibly...
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Did William Cecil Murder Amy Robsart?
In 1560, Amy Robsart, Robert Dudley's wife, was conveniently found dead at the foot of the stairs at Cunmor Palace, near Oxford. Her husband, now free to marry Queen Elizabeth I, has always been...
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Dorothea Erxleben, The First Female Doctor In Germany
Born in Quedlinburg in 1715, Dorothea Christiane Erxleben née Leporin was the first female doctor in Germany. It's an achievement that wouldn't have been possible without the support of her dad. Unlike...
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A Wedding Anniversary Guide
The custom of celebrating anniversary weddings has, of late years, been largely practiced, and they have become a very pleasant means of social reunion among the relatives and friends of both husband...
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My Lady Viper By E. Knight
Synopsis:When Anne Boleyn falls to the executioner’s ax on a cold spring morning in 1536, Anne Seymour knows her family faces peril. As alliances shift and conspiracies multiply, the Seymours plot to...
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The Geffrye, Museum Of The Home
© IridescentiSo, what does a history nerd do when she moves to London? Goes museum hunting, of course. And, here, museums abound. But they aren't all famous like the British Museum or National Portrait...
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The Short Life Of Anne Leighton
In late 1591, Elizabeth Knollys, a descendant of the Boleyns, and her husband, professional soldier Sir Thomas Leighton, welcomed a daughter into the world and their family. They named her Anne, and...
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A Negligent Duchess
When, in April 1776, English author Fanny Burney met Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire, at the park, she wasn't too impressed. Here's what she wrote to Samuel Crisp:Mr. Burney, Hetty and I took a...
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The Armstrong Girl: A Child For Sale: The Battle Against The Victorian Sex...
In Italy, the age of consent is 14. I never questioned it. If anything I wondered why in the UK it was 16. Now I know. It is thanks to the efforts of many reformers, including William Stead, editor of...
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Was Mary Boleyn Really The Mistress Of King Francis I Of France?
Eric Ives once famously commented that everything we know about Mary Boleyn "could be written on the back of a postcard with room to spare". So, basically, we know nothing. Only a few random facts...
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Historical Reads: Cheating Valets and Tricks of the Trade
Valets knew many tricks to enrich themselves at the expense of their masters. Author Geri Walton shares a few:Valets, similar to a household steward, used a variety of tricks to enhance their income....
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