The Spanish Princess – Behind the series
With the premiere of The Spanish Princess later tonight, we take a look at the real royalty behind the drama. Catherine of Aragon The Spanish […]
Margaret Pole
Palace and Prison – The Tower of London
The Tower of London has a long history. The White Tower in the middle was begun by William the Conqueror in 1078 and it was greatly […]
Margaret Pole: The Countess in the Tower by Susan Higginbotham Book Review
Of the many executions ordered by Henry VIII, surely the most horrifying was that of sixty-seven-year-old Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, hacked to pieces on […]
The birth and baptism of the future Queen Mary I
Mary was the child who survived. After a difficult labour, Catherine of Aragon had given birth to a healthy daughter in the early morning of […]