Showing posts with label Historical trivia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Historical trivia. Show all posts
Thursday, 19 November 2015

"A History of the English Monarchy" extract: Lord of Warriors and Ring-Giver of Men

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My most recent book A History of the English Monarchy covers the English Crown from Roman rule to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603, when...
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Saturday, 16 November 2013

Resounding to the Name of Mary: British queens and the Virgin

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16 November is the Feast of the Patronage of Our Lady in the Roman Catholic communion and in honour of the Virgin's feast day, I wou...
Wednesday, 6 November 2013

The mothers of the queens of England

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To mark the completion of my new book on the British royal families (release date, 2014), I thought I'd post on the mothers of the E...
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Monday, 24 December 2012

Christmas book round-up

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First of all, a happy Christmas to everyone and a very safe new year's, too. Thank you all for continuing to read this blog througho...
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Saturday, 3 November 2012

Thy Choicest Gifts in Store: The ten longest reigning monarchs in English history

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With a brief eleven-year exception in the middle of the seventeenth century, the British Isles has seen monarchical rule since the days ...
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Thursday, 1 November 2012

Uneasy Lies the Head... the ten shortest reigns in English history

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At the time of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh's ninetieth birthday, I posted two posts about the longest- and shortest-serving royal con...
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Saturday, 20 October 2012

Anne Boleyn's pregnancies: stress or sorrow?

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Claire Ridgway, whose new book On This Day in Tudor History is out next month ( very excited), gives her take on the debate about Anne B...
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Monday, 1 October 2012

Long to reign over us: a brief history of the British monarchy (Part 1)

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Above:  The German-born King George II, who ruled Britain between 1727 and 1760; he was the last British ruler to lead his army into b...
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Tuesday, 18 September 2012

A state funeral for Richard III? Don't make me laugh.

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Richard III died in battle on 22nd August 1485. He had been King of England and Lord of Ireland for just over two years, having seized t...
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Thursday, 9 August 2012

Marie-Astrid: the Queen who never was

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The 1981 marriage of Charles, Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer was one of the most famous media events of the century. The splendo...
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Friday, 25 November 2011

Can republics be snobbier than the Monarchy?

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The National Post has a very interesting article upon the Monarchy and attitudes to class in Britain. Perhaps one of the things which peopl...
Monday, 26 September 2011

The Kings and Queens of England

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A full table of the Kings and Queens of England, with their consorts. I also profiled the same for the French monarchy in an earlier post....
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Thursday, 9 June 2011

The Kings and Queens of France

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I thought I would post a genealogical table (of sorts) of various monarchies over the next few weeks. Traditionally, the French monarchy wa...
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Thursday, 26 May 2011

Cameo Consorts

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After yesterday's post on Britain's longest-serving royal consorts , it seemed only fair to include the top ten shortest servin...
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Wednesday, 25 May 2011

Prince Philip and the long-lasting consorts

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Last night, ITV broadcast a very interesting interview with His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, who turns ninety this year and wh...
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Friday, 6 May 2011

The Fall of Anne Boleyn (Day 6): The Queen's Last Letter?

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Reading back over my post from last year, when I analysed the debate over whether or not the letter ( above ) allegedly written by Anne Bol...
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011

The Sixth Catherine

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On Friday, Catherine Middleton will be marrying into the British Royal Family and one day, God willing, becoming our country's queen co...
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