England’s First Printing Press and Earl Rivers’ Influence, by Susan Higginbotham
Around late 1475 or early 1476, William Caxton, an English merchant who had been living abroad, returned to England with his printing press, the first... Read more
Category: Guest Writers
Guest Post: The Tudor Family and Two Battles of the Wars of the Roses, by Leanda de Lisle
A paper crown clung, fluttering, on a head impaled on the southern gate to the City of York. Richard, Duke of York had been... Read more
Guest Post: “The Last Night on Earth” by Cris Gomes
I cannot sleep. My ladies are all sleeping exhausted as they are of all that spying they have been... Read more
Guest Post: Historical Fiction or Historical Fantasy?, by Steven A. McKay
When I first decided I wanted to write a novel I knew it had to be historical. When I chose Robin Hood as my main... Read more
Guest Post: Wife, Nun, or Whore: the Three Fates, by Kate Quinn
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wife, Nun, or Whore: the Three Fates “My mother used to say that a woman has three choices. Wife, nun—or whore. And once you’ve... Read more
Guest Post: Bess of Harwick’s 3rd Husband, Sir William St. Loe, by Gillian Bagwell
By Gillian Bagwell When “Blood Mary” Tudor died and Elizabeth succeeded her as queen, one of the first things she did was to name Sir... Read more
Guest Diary Entry: “Natalie and Anne”, by Susan Bordo
Excerpted from The Creation of Anne Boleyn, copyright Susan Bordo, 2013, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Natalie Dormer, the 26 year-old actress who was chosen to play... Read more
Guest Diary Entry: “Anne Boleyn: A Cultural Timeline”, By Susan Bordo
May 19, 1536: Anne Boleyn, convicted of treason, adultery, and incest, becomes the first Queen in English history to be executed. She dies with many... Read more
