Henry VIII always had a romantic view of war. And after the death of Catherine Howard, he needed a new reason to feel young again.…
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It strikes me that so many of my recent posts have been of ostensibly happy news hiding a sad future (I’m thinking specifically of the…
While births are generally happy things, they have to be viewed in light of subsequent events (heck, any Tudorphile will tell you that EVERYTHING must…
Today is Publication Day for The Path to Somerset, the story of Edward Seymour’s rise during the tumult of Henry’s post-Jane reign. I am thrilled…
As the King’s Great Matter dragged on, Henry VIII hoped to wear down Catherine’s resolve by keeping her away from her daughter (though at some…
What a wild story. The 28-year old Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond and scion of the House of Lancaster, comes from France to claim the…
This is a great letter, the earliest of Elizabeth’s letters that have come down to us, written to Katherine Parr while Henry was off on…
So today is the anniversary of the sinking of the Mary Rose. I started to write one of my usual blog posts, but nothing was…
This was a big deal. The two men had a major public fight in front of Henry, and their enmity would never be fully contained…
Henry VIII adored his illegitimate son Henry FitzRoy – the living proof that his failure to father an heir was not his own fault. People…
