Honor Grenville Basset, Viscountess Lisle, had two daughters that she was desperate to see placed at court. The truth was, every viscountess probably had daughters…
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I met Cassidy at TudorCon – she hosts the wonderful podcast That Shakespeare Life (new episodes every Monday!) and immediately knew I wanted her to…
This was a major show of power by John Dudley, then Earl of Warwick. A way of really reminding Somerset how far he had fallen…
This is a new format for the blog! If you all like it, I will do it more often! Tony Riches has just come out…
When we think of coronations, we think of the ceremonial part of it: the twelve hours of ritual centered around the new sovereign sitting in…
I am thrilled to be the final stop on the Blog Tour for Melita Thomas’ new book, House of Grey: Friends and Foes of Kings,…
An Esquire of the Body was a personal attendant to the King of England. There were six such Esquires, with a barber and a page,…
I love Catherine’s letters. This is a great one, especially for what it says about her… Let’s just situate ourselves a moment, understand what was…
Today is The Path to Somerset’s first birthday – and to celebrate, I’m running a special promotion on Amazon: you can immerse yourself in my…
The Lord Chancellor was the most powerful man in England (after the sovereign, of course), so this was the ultimate triumph for a man as…
