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.

Many moons ago, in the long-distant days of 2004, historian John Guy published My Heart is My Own: The...

Recently, I wrote about Lady Jane Grey and her extremely unhappy marriage to a man she despised. By contrast,...

Spoiler Alert: This article contains plot details and analysis for the Netflix miniseries The Fall of...

Lady Jane Grey is most well known for her nine-day stint as queen – the shortest reign of any British...

Content Warning: As the title suggests, here be discussion of historical rape and pregnancy loss. The...

Content warning: This post considers issues of sexual assault and child sexual assault. In 1536, Henry...

The early 1800s saw a massive global endeavour to circumnavigate the world. Naval technology was improving...

If you think of a shipwreck, it’ll likely be the most famous shipwreck in the world; the RMS Titanic....

The coronation of King Charles III approacheth. The event is being hailed as a once-in-a-lifetime event...