We lovers of history and historical fiction can’t get enough of King Henry VIII, his obsessive quest for a legitimate son, his six, ill-fated queens, and his three children who ruled after him, including the magnificent Elizabeth I. ...
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Historical fiction author Patricia Bernstein comments on religious freedom in guest article for A Writer of History....
The Glentaggart family in A Noble Cunning suffers from anti-Catholic religious persecution, which lasted for over 200 years in Britain. But the persecution of that family and thousands of other British Catholics could have ended long before it did, if King James II had had his way!...
Famous Prisoners in the Tower of London: Sir Walter Raleigh -- His Fame Lives On...
Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer was a primary force in the establishment of the Protestant faith in England whose life ended tragically, burned at the stake by Queen Mary I (“Bloody Mary”)....
Perhaps without fully realizing it as events developed, Princess Anne Stuart played a role in the series of events that brought a German who spoke no English from Hanover to London to become king of Great Britain in 1714. The trouble began with the birth of a royal baby in 1688....
