Historical Novel Society Conference London 2012
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Lancastrian Jokes
My web hosting service shows me the search terms people use to reach my website. Among last month’s was “Lancastrian jokes.” Well, to get to the point, I felt very sorry for this poor soul, trawling the Internet in a …
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New Nonfiction
I’ve been meaning to post for some time about the nonfiction books dealing with the Wars of the Roses and the Tudors that have caught my eye lately. Many of them have just recently been published. Here they are, more …
The Death of Henry VI
On May 21, 1471, Edward IV and his forces, having defeated their Lancastrian opponents, rode triumphantly into London. With them was a very high-profile captive: Margaret of Anjou, queen to Henry VI. Margaret was brought to the Tower, where her …
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Poetry Corner: William Wordsworth on "the Shepherd Lord"
Little did I know until this morning that the great Romantic poet William Wordsworth himself had a particular interest in the legend of Henry Clifford, the so-called “Shepherd Lord” who was supposedly brought up among sheepherders following the death of …
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The Real Edward of Lancaster
As regular readers of this blog know, I am fascinated with medieval genealogy and with the Wars of the Roses and have continued to research these topics even while writing my current novel, which is set in Tudor England. Recently, …
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In Which I Create a Brand-New Conspiracy Theory
As some of you might know, there’s a school of thought which believes that Edward IV was poisoned and that the Woodvilles (of course) were the main suspects. The theory, first proposed by one R. E. Collins in a book …
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The First Battle of St. Albans: More From Whethamstede
A while back, in the best tradition of putting the cart before the horse, I posted a translation by Hannah Kilpatrick of an account of the aftermath of the first Battle of St. Albans. Here is the account of the …
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The First Battle of St. Albans: From Whethamstede’s Register
Thanks to Hannah Kilpatrick, here’s a translation from the Latin of the account of the aftermath of the first battle of St. Albans given in Registrum Monasterii Sancti Albani, otherwise known as Whethamstede’s Register. At the battle, which took place …
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Some Goods of John de Vere, Earl of Oxford
John de Vere, thirteenth Earl of Oxford, born on September 8, 1442, was one of those unusual figures of the Wars of the Roses: a Lancastrian leader who died in his bed. After being defeated at the Battle of Barnet …
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Mark Satchwill’s Portrait of Margaret of Anjou
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I have long admired artist Mark Satchwill’s portraits of historical figures, and I was delighted to be able to commission one of Margaret of Anjou, just in time for the publication of The Queen of Last Hopes! Here it is! …
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