The Archives

History, Historical Fiction and everything in between

Welcome to the Archives

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

Historical Periods

Promotional image of ITV series Titanic.
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Book cover for Philippa Gregory's The White Princess
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Non-contemporary portrait of King Edward III.
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Non-contemporary painting of the two young princes who disappeared from the Tower of London in the fifteenth century.
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Side by side stained glass window
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Detail of a Tudor portrait showing a young Prince Arthur wearing a cap.
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Close up showing a pious Margaret Beaufort dressed in a white hood.
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Portrait of King Edward IV.
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Pencil drawing of the Marquis de Sade as an old man.
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Hi! I'm Sarah, and I explore the real history behind historical fiction, forgotten lives, historical myths, and the details that might not make it into the textbooks.

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