From the very start of her reign, Elizabeth gave Robert Dudley rich gifts – indeed, he was the top recipient of her royal largesse –…
Writer of Grants and Historical Fiction
Author: janetwertman
Normally, births are a very happy thing…but giving birth to the boy who for just a little while would arguably second in line to the…
Born to Elizabeth of York and the newly-crowned Henry VII, Arthur Tudor represented the great hope and promise of the new Tudor dynasty. He was…
Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, was the last real connection Henry had to his youth – and the loss hit Henry hard. I’m talking real…
Finally! After years of fits and starts and discussions with potential narrators (including a Countess!), I decided the voice had to be mine. I found…
Several years ago, someone explained to me that “Bless your heart” is actually a savage insult in the American South. Today’s post is a letter…
It would have been inconceivable to anyone on this day that Thomas Cromwell would be executed almost exactly four years later. But that’s for a…
Thomas Cranmer would become a central figure of the English Reformation, but that was not something anyone would have predicted for him! He was born…
The not-quite-eighteen-years-old Henry had come to the throne on April 22nd – and in just two months he had quickly established his authority. Within days,…
Let’s back up a little for context: four months earlier, Mary’s husband (Henry, Lord Darnley) had been murdered at Kirk O’Field, and many people believed…