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The Wreck of the White Ship – the 900th Anniversary by Nicholas Salaman
‘The most calamitous event ever to afflict the royal family of England.’ 25th November 1120-2020 There have been many anni horribili in the annals of the English monarchy, but none that inflicted […]
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Inspiration for Writing the She-Wolf Queen Trilogy – Carol McGrath
During the English High Middle Ages of the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries there was a succession of foreign queen consorts. Some were honoured as the mothers of kings; others were also mothers of kings, […]
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Finished The Mirror and the Light? Read on to delve deeper…
Many historical fiction fans in their thousands have this month been reading The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel, the final book in her remarkable recreation of the life of Thomas Cromwell that, in […]
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