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.

Robin Hood is something of a curse word in this household. Many moons ago my boyfriend-now husband decided...

Unlike most of the posts I write, this one is not tied into something in modern media, I just happened...

The Golden Age of Piracy was an entirely male dominated affair for a number of reasons. On the most practical...

To Mrs Arabella Hunt Dear Madam –Not believe that I love you? You cannot pretend to be so incredulous....

I love The Tudors, I probably shouldn’t, but I really do. The history is so ridiculous and mashed together...

I have a lot of time to catch up on films and television series at the moment, so there’s that at least....

The position of royal mistress, even a recognised maîtresse en titre was fraught with difficulties. The...

‘The Merry Monarch’ was very merry indeed. Known for his love of partying and women Charles II...

Why don’t real shadows work like that…coz they should Disclaimer: I love Disney. If I went...