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

Queen Camilla isn’t the only one who’s had to deal with scandalous relationships, as her great-aunt had one of her own…

Different ways of dying across the British Isles

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