Confessions of a Ci-Devant

Musings on history, life, popular culture, and art by historian Gareth Russell. All opinions, unless otherwise stated, are either my own or possibly Gabrielle de Polignac's.

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Friday, 22 September 2017

"Something Like Summer": Movie review

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In 2011, American author Jay Bell released the first novel in what subsequently became a self-published phenomenon, winning fans acro...

Tuesday, 17 May 2016

"A History of the English Monarchy" extract: Edward II and Piers Gaveston

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As part of the series of extracts from my book A History of the English Monarchy: From Boadicea to Elizabeth I , this extract examines t...

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Tuesday, 1 December 2015

December edition of "Tudor Life"

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Keith Michell as Henry VIII and Jane Asher as Queen Jane Seymour (1972) The December edition of Tudor Life magazine, for members of t...

Friday, 27 November 2015

"A History of the English Monarchy" extract: The Queen in the Silver Saddle

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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, wh...

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Sunday, 14 June 2015

Edits, writing, research and trips

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Beautiful Portballintrae on the Northern Irish coast, where I've been doing a lot of my writing I have just returned from a flying...

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Gareth Russell: Gareth Russell is the author of four works of non-fiction, including the critically-acclaimed biography of Queen Catherine Howard, "Young and Damned and Fair", and two novels set in his native Belfast.

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