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.

Part of Anne Boleyn’s mystery is that we have so little evidence directly relating to Anne from which...

The Mistresses of Henry VIII (2009) The Mistresses of Henry VIII attests that while the lives and personalities...

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...

I use Grammarly’s plagiarism checker because I wouldn’t last in plagiarism prison Why don’t...

Right, normal blogging resuming in 5,4,3,2… My most recent article The History of: The Young Victoria...

The Young Victoria (2009) as the title might suggest, documents the early life and reign of Queen Victoria....

Happy New Year all! This month is history on film month, because I have decreed it, and what better way...

Aaaaaand I’m back, just in time for the lead up to Christmas. The tree is up, the Muppet Christmas Carol...