Anne of cleves

How an upstart noble family emerged from the Wars of the Roses to rule England

Battle royal: the British novelist tells us how she overcame setbacks

In her latest novel, Sarah Dunant explores the life of Italian aristocrat Isabella d’Este, the archetypal Renaissance woman

Different ways of dying across the British Isles

Serial part 1

SYLVIA Havilland did not know what would be in her grandmother’s will, but she had a good guess. Granny Havilland had been dead six months, but only now were her lawyers able to summon a small family