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.

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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Monday, 23 November 2015

"A History of the English Monarchy" extract: The Empress and the Sleeping Saints

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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...
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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Sunday, 15 November 2015

Dominic Pearce on the Civil War Queen

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I am delighted and excited that Dominic Pearce's biography of Henrietta Maria of France, wife of King Charles I, is available now fr...
Saturday, 14 November 2015

Marianne Bereft: A Reflection on the early public reaction to the Paris terrorist attacks

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A historian is always caught somewhere between pedantry and pragmatism. In reaction to last night's massacres in Paris, thousands of...
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Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Tudor coronations

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The August edition of Tudor Life , a members e-magazine which I have the privilege to edit, is now available via the Tudor Society. 22n...
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Monday, 15 June 2015

Lady Cecily Stonor of Stonor Park

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The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin in Oxford, where the distribution of Catholic literature helped expose Lady Cecily's devotion to h...
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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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