The Archives

History, Historical Fiction and everything in between

Here be all the posts since the blog’s inception in 2013. There’s a few of them but you can navigate by period.

We are kicking off our more in depth look at Everything wrong with Reign (S4) with a look at the portrayal...

It took a minute, but I have finally finished Reign. Ostensibly showing the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, Reign was...

At time of writing, it is a bad time to be a British royal. For a family that depends on positive headlines...

When studying the English court over any period of time, certain family names become familiar and are...

Remember, remember, the fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot. I know of no reason, Why gunpowder...

Was King Edward VIII, later the Duke of Windsor, a Nazi? The question is still being asked of the one...

We continue our exploration of the historical events that inspired HBO’s series House of the Dragon...

The history that inspired HBO's House of the Dragon albeit with less incest and fewer dragons.

Reign season three continues to give us a wildly entertaining and dramatic life of Mary, Queen of Scots....