Henry VII and the Tudor Pretenders: Simnel, Warbeck, and Warwick By Nathen Amin Amin’s book explores the reign of Henry VII from his triumphant victory against Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, until the time of his death in April 1509. Specifically, he focuses on the men that rose to prominence …
Ladies of Magna Carta: Women of Influence in Thirteenth Century England By Sharon Bennett Connolly I admit I did not know a great deal about the Magna Carta. I have read a little about the Baron’s revolt and the rule of King John, but everything I had read was through the eyes and doings of …
1520: The Field of the Cloth of Gold By Amy Licence The Field of the Cloth of Gold is a fascinating and detailed look at the famous meeting between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France that took place in 1520. Right from the start, it is evident that author Amy …
Lovell our Dogge: The Life of Viscount Lovell, Closest Friend of Richard III and Failed Regicide By Michele Schindler Michele Schindler’s book on Sir Francis Lovell is a long-overdue study of an extraordinary man. A man who gave up the promise of a pardon and the return of his lands, property and position, to seek …
A Pauper’s History of England: 1,000 Years of Peasants, Beggars and Guttersnipes by Peter Stubley Peter Stubley’s book explores the people on the lowest rung of England’s history from the Doomsday book of 1086, through to the peasant’s revolt of 1831, onto Tudor England and the Victorian age. Peasants, beggars, prostitutes, pickpockets, conmen, the insane …
