The equestrian statue of King Charles I at the top of Whitehall is one of London’s most well-known. But less well-known is the statue of the ill-fated King which can be found standing in a niche on the Temple Bar gateway, located at the entrance to Paternoster Square just outside of...
Lady Mary Tudor was married three times and two of her sons, the grandsons of King Charles II, were beheaded for high treason. Born October 16, 1673, Lady Mary Tudor was the illegitimate daughter of King Charles II of England andMary “Moll” Davis, an actress and singer in theDuke’s ...
Let's take a closer look at the ancestry of King Charles III and the British royal family tree.
who tailored his advice particularly towards the requirements of those with urban and town gardens, rather than grand, sprawling country estates. His first gardening book,The Town Garden: A Manual(1855) was devoted to this topic. It also provided those new to gardening with tips on how to get...
On August 13, 1825, Sophia marriedPhilip Charles Shelley Sidney, the only son ofSir John Shelley-Sidney, 1st Baronet, and Henrietta Hunloke, and the first cousin of poetPercy Bysshe Shelley. Sophia’s husband opted to drop “Shelley” from his surname. ...
Hon. Catherine Carey, married Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham. Hon. Philadelphia Carey, married shortly before 1584 to Thomas, 10th Lord Scrope. Lady Scrope was a lady-in-waiting as the time of the queen’s death in 1603.60
Philip was a cousin to kings: Louis X, Philip V, and Charles IV were the last of the direct line of Capetian kings. When Charles IV died in 1328, Philip became regent until Charles' widow gave birth to what was expected to be the next king. The child was female and, Philip claimed...
In 1661, King Charles II of England (1630-1685) commissioned Sir Christopher Wren for a series of microscopical studies of insects. After accepting the commission, Wren found he lacked the time for the project and passed it on to Hooke because of his knack for drawing. On 1 January 1663,...
Loyn, The Governance of Anglo-Saxon England, 500–1087 (1984), and The Vikings in Britain (1977); Frank Barlow, Edward the Confessor (1970, reprinted 1984); James Tait, The Medieval English Borough: Studies on Its Origins and Constitutional History (1936, reprinted 1968); Charles S. Orwin...
Book Summary:Survivor Type is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the 1982 horror anthology Terrors, edited by Charles L. Grant, and collected in King’s 1985 collection Skeleton Crew. This is a graphic adaptation of the short story, adapted and illustrated by Max Miller. ...