Isabel Neville – The forgotten Duchess
Isabel Neville was born on 5 September 1451 at Warwick Castle as the elder daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (the Kingmaker), and […]
Margaret Pole
Margaret Plantagenet – A traitor’s daughter (Part two)
Read part one here. Margaret threw herself into renovating and commissioning new residences, like Warblington Castle. From a later inventory, we know that over 73 […]
Margaret Plantagenet – A traitor’s daughter (Part one)
Margaret Plantagenet was born on 14 August 1473 at Farleigh Castle near Bath as the daughter of George, Duke of Clarence and Isabel Neville. Her […]
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 […]
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 […]