Bess of hardwick

That threatened thrones

Without England’s most notorious Tudor king, the country’s religious and political history would’ve looked very different

The posthumous reputation of James VI and I

Samuel Pepys is England’s most celebrated diarist. Between 1 January 1660 and 31 May 1669, he recorded his day-to-day life in fascinating and illuminating detail. He wrote about his relationship with

Eleanor of Aquitaine: Woman, Queen and Legend ...

The story that’s consumed my life for much of the past few years has it all: family dysfunction, political intrigue, royalty, the rewriting of our national history. A secret hidden for generations. Th