And while we may never be able to unravel everything that makes these fabulous felines tick, we tracked down some fascinating facts that prove your little furball is even “cooler” than you think. Here are 75 interesting tidbits that will make your favorite pet seem more impressive than ever...
Following on from my10 Facts About Women and Magna Carta, I thought I would revisit the Norman Conquest and started thinking about I found most interesting when writing about 1066 and the years either side. And here’s what I discovered: 1.Not all primary sources are contemporary. Emma of ...
Everything we think we know about who Marie was is pure conjecture. It has even been suggested that she was the illegitimate daughter of Geoffrey of Anjou, father of Henry II, and therefore a half-sister of Henry. She has also been variously identified as a nun at Reading Abbey, the abb...
Five Fascinating Facts about Roald Dahl Roald Dahl was born on this day in 1916, so we’ve taken the opportunity to raise a glass of burgundy (apparently one of Dahl’s favourite drinks – see below) to the man who gave us Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Twits, Matilda, The ...
Using Hermann Oberth’s 1929 design as a starting point, the optimistic physicists of Hillersleben expanded upon the space-mirror concept considerably. Their calculations indicated a parabolic mirror of at least three square kilometers to achieve the desired destructive power—about 100,000 times...
10 Facts about Nicholaa de la Haye that you may not know… Tomb effigy of Nicholaa de la Haye, St Michael’s Church, Swaton As you may have noticed,Nicholaa de la Hayeis the subject of my new book, King John’s Right Hand Lady: The Story of Nicholaa de la Haye. She was one...
the Anarchydemonstrates how Empress Matilda and Matilda of Boulogne, unable to wield a sword themselves, were prime movers in this time of conflict and lawlessness. It shows how their strengths, weaknesses, and personal ambitions swung the fortunes of war one way – and then the other. ...
As has come to be expected with a Matthew Harffy book, the historical research is impeccable; the author’s knowledge of weapons, battle tactics and even sailing the whaleroad is woven into the story so that it is impossible to know where facts end and the author’s imagination begins. T...
The Boy who Would be King The past is full of anchor points and legendary facts. Henry VIII’s marital record, for example, snags many history enthusiasts, helping the 118-year Tudor rule flourish in books, films, and television. By comparison, at 111 years, the Stuart era often flounder...
Light in the Labyrinth,my second Anne Boleyn novel —so I was welland truly already fascinated by Catherine’s story that pointed to her being the unrecognised daughter of Henry VIII. The opportunity to discover more about her and life was too tempting and too good an opportunity to pass up...