Yet another #London -based book I had a hand in; this one hit the shops back in 2014. I wrote the chapter on the fourth 'canonical' victim of #JacktheRipper , Catherine Eddowes, who was murdered in Mitre Square on 30th September 1888 #History #EastLondon

Philip II of #Spain was born #OTD in #Tudor times (1527); as an adult, he had the misfortune to be married to #HenryVIII 's firstborn, the 'misunderstood' Bloody Mary Tudor. That marriage made him effectively #KingofEngland (jure uxoris, which means he held the title simply

Never one to let the grass grow under his feet, #HenryVIII was betrothed to Jane Seymour #OTD in #Tudor times (1536), just over 24 hours after #AnneBoleyn was beheaded at the Tower of #London - In fact, she'd probably barely begun to decompose before #TheKing began planning his

#AnneBoleyn lost her head at the Tower of #London #OTD in #Tudor times (1536); don't bother asking what happened to either the executioner or his sword, because the vast majority of historians couldn't care less. However, I spent a good while - last year and this - in Calais and

#MaryQueenofScots was taken to #Carlisle Castle #OTD in #Tudor times (1568), to begin her 19 years of imprisonment in #England . Don’t bother looking for the actual rooms in which she was housed, though; they were destroyed in 1835 #History

Two 16th century cameo portrait of Mary Queen of Scots from the book in my previous post called Decoding The Jewels- Renaissance Jewellery in Scotland.

That handsome hipster of an autocrat - Nicholas II - was born #OTD in 1868 (modern dating), in #Russia ; sadly, he was more suited to the life of a simple country squire than he was to running one of the planet’s biggest superpowers #History #Russia nFact

#AnneBoleyn ‘s execution was delayed #OTD in #Tudor times (1536) because - according to the ‘accepted’ narrative - the man charged with one of the most important tasks in #English #history was in fact wandering alone in the #Kent countryside after his horse threw a shoe. Based on

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#AnneBoleyn 's chaplain - Matthew Parker - died #OTD in #Tudor times (1575), almost 40 years after his mistress lost her head #History Before her death, Anne had implored Parker to keep a watch over her daughter Elizabeth

#AnneBoleyn 's brother George - along with the rest of her alleged harem - found themselves a head shorter #OTD in #Tudor times (1536); the executions took place on Tower Hill in #London . Anne herself was just over the road, in the Tower of London itself, but it's doubtful she

In the Tower of #London , #AnneBoleyn was visited by Archbishop Cranmer #OTD in #Tudor times (1536), with a view to getting her to concede to an impediment in her marriage to #TheKing - Such a move would obviously make Anne's daughter a bastard, a name that Mary Queen of Scots

Don't do it, Mary! But she did. #MaryQueenofScots foolishly trusted #AnneBoleyn 's conniving daughter and departed for #England #OTD in #Tudor times (1568); and yeah, thats me, lamenting on the very shore upon which Mary departed #Scotland - For her, 19 years of imprisonment

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#MaryQueenofScots married her third and final husband - James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell - #OTD in #Tudor times (1567); the ceremony took place at #Holyrood Palace in #Edinburgh . Mary made a great fuss of the fact that she was a #Catholic being betrothed in a #Protestant ceremony.

#AnneBoleyn was tried for treason/adultery/incest/etc etc at the Tower of #London #OTD in #Tudor times (1536); she put up a spirited defence but clearly had no comprehension of what a kangaroo court was - neither did her brother George, who was stitched up in similar fashion

This #book contained I think my fourth or fifth published work, and it hit the shops back in 2013; like I said, I'm not always to be found tangling with toxic #Tudor historians. As it turns out, I really am a bit of a #London #history buff, especially when it relates to a certain

#Russia crowned their last #royals #OTD in 1896 (old style dating), in #Moscow ; through their own unsuitability to the throne - and when coupled with the horrors of haemophilia - Nicholas and Alexandra brought first Rasputin and then #revolution to the mighty #Russia n empire

Just when you think #JKRowling can't get any more vile... #TransRightsAreHumanRights - Marvin on #JeremyVine has it just right

#MaryQueenofScots found her forces at Langside - just outside #Glasgow - royally routed #OTD in #Tudor times (1568), as she fought to wrest her kingdom back from her treacherous half-brother. In the melee, Mary was forced to flee, and only #England seemed to offer succour...