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 …
Sir John Tiptoft: ‘Butcher of England’: Earl of Worcester, Edward IV’s Enforcer and Humanist Scholar By Peter Spring Eloquently written, unbiased and based on a wealth of primary documents, Peter Spring’s book is a compelling study of the life of Sir John Tiptoft, Earl of Worchester. From the moment I picked up Spring’s book …
