Don’t Mention the War: The Start of Civil War in England The tragedy of the Civil War is explored by the author of a new biography of Charles I. The devastating civil wars of the 17th century tore Great Britain’s three kingdoms apart. They were wars ‘without an...
Mark Turnbull
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Henrietta Maria, by Leanda de Lisle
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...
Episode 115
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Civil War: Hull and the Hothams
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...
Episode 71
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Fiction Book of the Month: Miranda Malins on The Puritan Princess
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
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
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...