"BESS Tudor Gentlewoman transports you through time to experience these forgotten stories of survival, love and, above all, hope." mybook.to/BESS #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #BookReview

📅In February 1645, Shrewsbury was surprised and taken by the parliamentarians, following the 'treacherie’ of some disaffected townsfolk. It was a major blow for the royalists, being Prince Rupert's former headquarters. Parliamentarians plunder the territory within a mile of

For #NationalBookLoversDay here are my books...so far! #FightingforLiberty1685 #OneKing1685 #ScienceofArm #amwriting #SecretQueen

Colourful covers for #NationalBookLoversDay📚 #17thCentury and #18thCentury subjects, including: An Actor ancestor, Actresses, Satirical Writer, Grand Tour Companion, Friend & Trustee, Daughter of Rochester, Friend & Servant and A Bigamist’s Wife.

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What? Neither Charles nor Hertford ARE happy?! Sorry about that. #grammar #English

Look what’s arrived!😃Claire Hobson 📚's ‘Charles II – From the Cradle to the Crown’! That’s my summer reading sorted, I cannot wait to dive in! Pen & Sword Books P&S History

#otd 1630 Physician James Chambers reports on baby Prince Charles, who 'thrives well' & sleeps a lot. This baby is so serene, it's like he can't be bothered to cry. However, Chambers may be lying in saying Charles's complexion changes daily. The queen wants to hear this. #royals

📅24 April 1646. Archbishop John Williams writes to Sir John Owen at Conwy Castle, #Wales: 'be confident that I love and honour you, and if you please to believe it, with the best understanding that God hath given me will be readye to runne the same fortunes with you in this

Although pardoned by the Whigs Parliament and received a pension, it is important to remember that he was a conspiracist responsible for at least 15 people being executed and huge amounts of religious unrest and violence

Find out more about the man behind the monarch in 'Charles I's Private Life' - kindle edition now just £2.99 for a limited time (RRP £10+). "written with great verve, eloquence and clarity" Professor Andrew Hopper "a stunning new addition to Stuart historiography ... impeccable

Andrea Zuvich Keen to use this war for his own gains, #CharlesII offered to fight & 'prevail ... or perish' for Holland, but Hyde disobeyed orders to communicate this. When Charles found out, he sat in Hyde's room till a letter was sent. Hyde's tendency to protect & lecture now caused trouble.

A special guest post for #StuartSaturday by Claire Hobson, Author of Charles II: From the Cradle to the Throne tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/08/specia… Claire Hobson 📚 #Stuarts #History

#OTD – 17 August 1644 – King Charles I was almost killed while inspecting #Fowey from Hall Barton, home of Lord Mohun, at #Bodinnick. The Parliamentary musket shot killed a fisherman who had taken the King’s place looking across the river from Hall Walk.

Relatively unknown #17th & #18thCentury subjects. However, their lives were as intriguing as many well-known contemporaries. “Her work always combines her high skills in both research and narrative to deliver insight into often delightfully obscure individuals from the past.”

Aachen, Aug 1654 ~80 'gallant men' disgrace themselves on holiday with #CharlesII. He prevents a duel among them. But within 24hrs Colepeper has brawled and Lord Wentworth & Major Boswell have 'quarrell'd and knock’d one another' in a room beside Charles's. #Wine is blamed. #c17

I've recently been writing about this incident. I love doing my work. 😂

I'd better not get started here on the Manning story. #spies #deception #vengeance #illegaltrial Oh no, I'm getting started!