Queen Elizabeth I – Queen against the odds (Part three)
Read part two here. One of Elizabeth’s first acts was to appoint Sir William Cecil as her Principal Secretary of State, and they would form […]
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Queen Elizabeth I – The years of waiting (Part two)
Read part one here. Roger Ascham replaced William Grindal as Elizabeth’s tutor when William died in 1548, and he remained as her full-time tutor for […]
Queen Elizabeth I – A Tudor Princess (Part one)
On 7 September 1533 at 3 in the afternoon, Anne Boleyn gave birth to a daughter at Greenwich who would be named Elizabeth. Elizabeth’s father, […]
Elizabeth I & Lettice Knollys
Historian Nicola Tallis’ latest book, Elizabeth’s Rival: The Tumultuous Life of the Countess of Leicester, offers a fascinating glimpse into the interpersonal relationship between Elizabeth […]
Anne Boleyn – The road to execution
Queen Now that she was Queen, she needed to perform a Queen’s most important task. She needed to provide him with a male heir. She […]
Tudor Monarchs: Lives in Letters by Andrea Clarke Book Review
The Tudor period (1485-1603) was one of the most tumultuous and transformative eras in English history. It was period of drama and intrigue, as well […]