although with fiction you need every day details as well as the actual historical events, but where they differ is that in fiction you are free to fill in the gaps in the history (although in a way that fits wit
5. Travel to distant places was not uncommon for the nobility. At different times in the 11th century, both King Cnut and Tostig Godwinson are known to have travelled to Rome; indeed, during his trip to Rome in 1027, Cnut was present at the coronation of Holy Roman Emperor, Conrad II ...
Alfred was charging back into the fight before he knew it, battle fever overtaking him at the realisation that he’d almost had his skull caved in. He headed straight for the axeman. The man had transferred his weapon to his left hand but could only wield it awkwardly and his wide eyes ...
I became heavily interested in Tudor history in around 2010. By early 2015, I grew tired of reading the same-old, same-old aboutAnna of Cleves, a German woman. I asked Claire Ridgeway of theAnne Boleyn Filesif I could contribute a post on Anna to her website, to which Claire kindly ...
she claimed to have visions of Christ and travelled throughout England and on the Continent. She wrote theBook of Margery Kempewhich recounted the story of her life and her visions and considered to be the first ever autobiography in English. Joan invited Margery Kempe to visit her at Raby....
Amy: I generally write a rough chapter plan detailing what I want to cover. When I say rough, I really do mean that but it gives me a start on my research. I then look at what resources do I already have and what do I need. I live in the Midlands so I try to plan my researc...
1032 relates; ‘Here in this year appeared that wild-fire such as no man remembered before, and also it did damage everywhere in many places.’ And 1039 opens with ‘Here came the great gale…’ In 1053 we read, ‘Here [1052] was the great wind on the eve of the Feast of St Thom...
they saw. Each invasion would leave its stamp on Yorkshire s culture and life, while battles would later be fought on Yorkshire soil during both the Wars of the Roses and the English Civil Wars. More than just a romp through the ages, this book reveals the key places where battles were ...
s life hangs in the balance, it falls to Noor to do whatever it takes to rip them free from the toothy jaws of fate. Noor may be a woman, but weak she is not, and in her chest beats a heart as brave and ferocious as that of a lioness. But will her courage be enough to see...
surviving daughters and no male heir. An experienced government official, he had been appointed Treasurer of the King’s Chamber in 1546 and had been knighted by the king on Easter Sunday of the same year.29 He had a portfolio of properties throughout the Midlands and a fine house in ...