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Henrietta Maria, by Leanda de Lisle
Superb and beautifully written.
Leanda de Lisle’s biography of Henrietta Maria has burnt through the mist of four hundred years of propaganda. It pitches Henrietta at her own level. She is brought down from pious pedestals and raised up from the mire in which her reputation has often lain. With this...
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Civil War: Hull and the Hothams
For some Parliamentarians, the Hothams' loyalty was not always reliable, and Oliver Cromwell himself lost patience.
On 1st January 1645, Captain John Hotham, having played loose with his loyalties in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, faced his end at the Tower of London. His proposal to pay Parliament £10,000 to commute his sentence to banishment had been declined, therefore...
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Fiction Book of the Month: Miranda Malins on The Puritan Princess
Miranda's debut novel brought the Cromwell daughters to the fore.
Miranda, The Puritan Princess was your debut novel about the Cromwell family. You're also a Trustee of the Cromwell Association. When did your interest in the Cromwells begin and what sparked it? My fascination with Oliver Cromwell and his family began as a teenager...
The King’s Cavalier, by Mark Turnbull
The new novel in the English Civil Wars series.
Mark Turnbull’s The King's Cavalier is a well-written and excellently-researched historical story, detailing the real tale of King Charles I escape from Hampton Court and his captivity on the Isle of Wight. The story is primarily told through the author’s own...
Lighting Up Lichfield
At Lichfield in Staffordshire, Prince Rupert met with Parliamentary resistance. Did a letter from Charles I prevent a massacre?
The Midlands was hotly contested in the English Civil War, and in 1643 it was a region more vital than ever to the Royalists. Boatloads of royal supplies had been shipped, against all odds, from Holland to Bridlington, escaping Parliament’s patrolling navy. Six...
The King’s Captain, by Mark Turnbull
The new novel in the English Civil Wars series.
Beginning in October 1645, The King’s Captain is set in the midst of the Civil War. It is a war which touches not just England. A seemingly endless conflict. A chance remains with the Marquis of Montrose, a Scottish commander who can help King Charles I secure...