Let's take a closer look at this work...this depicts a banquet given by the States of Holland for the English King Charles II at the Mauritshuis in The Hague in 1660. I've labelled some of the figures below. As you can see, we have the Stuart brothers, Henry and James (who later

How cool is this? My Weekly magazine featured #TheDogParkDetectives #PawandOrder as one of their favourite books to look forward to in 2026! I'm over the moon!🥰🐶🕵️📚 #CosyCrime #CrimeFiction #CrimeWriter #BooksOf2026 #ProudAuthor

I'm three steps closer to Lucy's Publication! I'm working on the copy edits, I've sent over the images, and Lucy has an amazing Forward from a fellow historian that I admire & respect. Full of new research and unseen letters, Lucy Walter has her voice! #SecretQueen #amwriting

Hear ye! 'Tis time for #StuartSaturday! Today, please share something: 👑 Stuart & Sparkly ✨ Here, we have a sparkling gold diamond-set locket containing the portrait of King James VI of Scotland and I of England (b. 1566 - d. 1625) by Nicholas Hilliard, English, 1610. © The

My biography of Lucy Walter is getting closer to your bedside. This is the true story of court intrigues, scandal & seduction, of walking the thin-line betwixt loyalty & betrayal. An Infamous Mistress or Forsaken Queen, soon you'll know the treasonable truth. From Pen & Sword Books

This SATURDAY, 400 years since his coronation, we commemorate the death of Charles, King and Martyr, in 1649. 👑🩸 🤝 Royal Martyr Church Union 🍷 Loyal toast in the cloister 🗣️ Lord Bishop Diocese of Bath & Wells, who assisted our present Sovereign at his own coronation ➕ Bishop of Southwark

I'm really, really, really excited to share some amazing news about Lucy... #CoverReveal #SecretQueen #StuartSaturday Historia – the HWA Pen & Sword Books Andrea Zuvich History Rage Podcast Sarah-Beth Watkins

#otd 6 February 1685, King Charles II Dies. For some its was murder, an event that triggered bloody Rebellion. open.substack.com/pub/warwalks/p… #MonmouthRebellion #FightingforLiberty1685 #OneKing1685!

Join me next week - Tuesday 24th February, 7pm - for a free online talk to the 1st Marquis of Montrose Society. There are parallels in the lives & careers of the two most celebrated Royalist commanders of the Civil War. 📩email the society to register: [email protected]

#otd 23 February 1647, Lucy’s mother, Elizabeth Walter sets the precedent of Alimony in English law. In that if a good Wife is set aside by her husband, then he remains liable for all her debts. Charles II's #SecretQueen #17thCentury #KeepitStuart Coming soon from Pen & Sword Books

Taster🧵⬇️ The bio examines Charles as a prince & powerless king, with new focus on his #mentalhealth. How & why did he become the sex-mad Merry Monarch? amazon.co.uk/dp/1399064517 amazon.com/dp/1399064517 pen-and-sword.co.uk/Charles-II-Har… #history #childhood #war #women #royals #revolution

On the anniversary of Lord Brooke's death during the civil wars, #CavalierCast episode 35 is apt: What if Lord Brooke had not been killed - might he have succeeded the Earl of Essex as Parliament's Lord General? 👂buzzsprout.com/1194917 or your normal podcast platform.

With the purchase of the Roche Castle Estate in the early #17thCentury, Lucy’s great-grand parents put the Walter family on the map, but this was not only property & land they owned. Read the real Lucy Walter story on 30 October from Pen & Sword Books #SecretQueen #LucyTuesday

#WorldBookDay2026 My next book is so close...30 October 2026. Also working on Volume 3 of Science of Arms. Pen & Sword Books

Hear ye! 'Tis time for #StuartSaturday! Tomorrow, Sun, 8 Mar 2026, is International Women's Day. Let's post about some fascinating seventeenth-century women. Detail from a portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-1669), 1638, by Sir Anthony van Dyck.

Andrea Zuvich #StuartSaturday! Rochester’s Jacobite daughter, Elizabeth Montagu, Countess of Sandwich, who abandoned England for France & died in the Rue Vaugirard. ‘She partook of all the fire and vivacity of her father, and at the Death of her Husband, quitted England and resided at Paris.’

In 1775 James Macpherson implied that Lucy was in Paris in August 1650 & yet 5 eyewitness put her in Holland at the very same time. Who do you believe, the facts or the popular Macpherson myth? Charles IIs #SecretQueen is out on 30 October from Pen & Sword Books #LucyTuesday