Historical Fact, fiction and Authors
______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ CONFESSIONS (POV: Thomas Cranmer, May 1536) ______________________________________________ “The queen wanted his head smitten off, Your Grace.” Ralph Morice told me Queen Anne fell... Read more
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “In the midst of life we are in death, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the... Read more
by Beth von Staats _____________________________________________________ Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust into... Read more
By Beth von Staats ________________________________ In celebration of next Sunday’s release of The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses in the United States (PBS at 9:00... Read more
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lord in heaven, life be damn good. Dear old Henry Wykes sure did take care of me, first hiring me to manage... Read more
_____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust into my side: and... Read more
_____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ “You may leave now.” I turn, pulling the covers over me and close my eyes. I hear her rummaging to dress. Ten crowns... Read more
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “And thus much I will say to you, that I intend, God willing, this afternoon, when my lord hath dined, to ride to London,... Read more
_______________________________________ _______________________________________ “You kiss the arse of Luther, the shit-devil… Look, my fingers are smeared…” ~~~ Saint Thomas More ~~~ _______________________________________ In a field just... Read more
___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble; and who so doth us a good turn, we write it... Read more
