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.

Conspiracy theories are a way of life, they’re everywhere. Chances are you could find a conspiracy...

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...