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Of Blood Descended, by Steven Veerapen
John Blanke, son of Anthony, the king's trumpeter, embarks on a murder case at Court.
The wonderful cover of Steven Veerapen’s Of Blood Descended invites the reader to enter a rich world of murder and mystery in 16th century England. The contents within do not disappoint. Of Blood Descended carries Veerapen’s hallmark of exemplary historical research...
The Restless Republic, by Anna Keay
This account of the interregnum is noisy, brash and colourful.
Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate - the British nations’ only foray into republicanism – receives too little popular attention. It is often referred to obliquely as the Interregnum: a failed experiment and an interruption to the otherwise smooth course of monarchical...
Elizabethan Secret Agent, by Timothy Ashby
A new history of Elizabethan espionage is both rollicking and skillful.
William Ashby, ambassador and spy, is not a well-known historical figure. Indeed, so successful a secret agent was he that few today will have heard of him. To me, he has always been little more than a name, mentioned in biographies of King James (when Ashby, seeking...
Cheers, Mr Churchill!, by Andrew Liddle
A new book covering Churchill's relationship with Scotland.
Winston Churchill refuses to die. Through film and television - not least The Crown and Darkest Hour - he reappears, chewing cigars and epitomising an imagined British bulldog spirit. He lives on, too, as an ogrish bogeyman, his appalling racial prejudices now freely...
The Rebel Daughter, by Miranda Malins
This is neither men’s history nor women’s history. It is good, gripping history.
Miranda Malins, author of The Puritan Princess, has returned to the Cromwell’s and provided a real treat: a step back in time, to the 1640s, to trace the family’s uneasy rise to power. This time, however, a different Cromwell daughter - Bridget - takes centre stage....
The Rebel Daughter, by Miranda Malins
The story of Bridge Cromwell, wife of Henry Ireton and a gripping story sharply told.
Miranda Malins, author of The Puritan Princess, has returned to the Cromwell’s and provided a real treat: a step back in time, to the 1640s, to trace the family’s uneasy rise to power. This time, however, a different Cromwell daughter - Bridget - takes centre stage....
Fiction Book of the Month: Steven Veerapen on A Dangerous Trade
The Tudor author discusses the novel that started his Queens Spies series.
A Dangerous Trade was the first in your Queen’s Spies thrillers, set in Elizabethan England and involving the interweaving fates of Queen Elizabeth and Mary, Queen of Scots – there were plenty of plots throughout Elizabeth I’s reign. Did any real-life plots make it...
Voices of Nîmes: Suzannah Lipscomb Interview
The acclaimed historian has brought to life the women of 16th and early 17th century France, and discussed with fellow academic Steven Veerapen.
In this Suzannah Lipscomb Interview, she discusses her latest book, Voices of Nîmes, which has brought to life the women of 16th and early 17th century Languedoc through the cases of consistories - moral courts. Through impressive archival research, we now know what...
Helen Hackett on The Elizabethan Mind
The Elizabethan historian is interviewed by fellow writer Steven Veerapen
Helen Hackett, The Elizabethan Mind is the product of an enormous amount of research, comprising study of a variety of texts, from plays to printed prose works, to poems, and of course dramas. I’m curious as to whether you think the medium can tell us something about...