HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! Last Halloween I posted about the correlation between monsters and politicians and how Democrats are connected vampires while Republicans are analogous to zombies in the public mind. I explained that when the POTUS is a Democrat the horror de jure becomes vampires, and when the GOP is in the catbird seat zombies… Read more Turns Out It Was Zombies
Harri Tudur, grandson of a Welshman and a French Princess, the great-great-great-grandson of King Edward III, was crowned King Henry VII, the first monarch of the Tudor dynasty, on 30 October 1485. It is important to note that he made sure he was crowned king by “right of conquest” before he married Edward IV’s eldest daughter… Read more Henry VII Crowned King
Imagine a world where a married woman could work faithfully for her employer for more than fourteen years, chronically underpaid, yet still be thrown out like garbage because she was pregnant with her husband’s baby. This is exactly what happened to Mrs Dorothy Doar in 1832, which I recently read about in the excellent book… Read more A Regency Crime: The Persecution of Mrs Doar
The Colour of Betrayal is the latest whodunit in the popular ‘Sebastian Foxley’ series of medieval murder mysteries by author and historian Toni Mount. Inspired by true stories the series is notable for its accurate historical atmosphere; here Toni shares the basis for some of the main characters in her books. Today, we have a… Read more Guest Post: Author Toni Mount on Foxley Village
Thanks to everyone who participated in the comments! It’s never too late to put in your 2 cents worth … feel free to comment if you must have your share of the conversation! Day 1 ~ Just Jane 1813 Day 2 ~ Diary of An Eccentric Day 3 ~ Savvy Verse and Wit Day 4… Read more Fanny Price vs. Mary Crawford – The Debate Rages On!
Today I am lucky enough to have a guest post by Sharon Bennett Connelly, author of Heroines of the Medieval World and blogger-in-chief at History … the Interesting Bits. Enjoy! Although they had the same start in life, the two daughters of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster led very different lives as adults.… Read more The Daughters of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster
Renée of France, the youngest and second surviving daughter of King Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany, was born on 25 October 1510. Like the other women in her family, Renée of France would show her mettle from an early age … which included religious devotion, a stainless-steel spine, and the kind of… Read more Renée of France
I married my Sweet Babou sixteen years ago today, on 20 October 2001. Our wedding day had times of sanctity and sacred promises, but also had moments of profound silliness, like when the belly dancers gave us a sheep wearing a garter belt: That day, with its mix of solemn glory and ludicrousness, accurately predicted… Read more Sweet 16
King John died on the night of 18 (or early morning of the 19th) October 1216, during a monstrous thunderstorm. This was probably nothing more than a coincidence, but for his contemporaries it was considered an indication that Hell had opened to received the blackened, twisted soul of this vile king. After all, this was… Read more King John: Lackland, Softsword, and Asshat
English poet, essayist, playwright, and novelist Thomas Love Peacock was born on 18 October 1785 in Weymouth, Dorset, into a lower-middle class family. From there he rose to become both an admired writer and wealthy, “a rare instance of a man improved by prosperity.” While working as a clerk with Ludlow Fraser Company in London,… Read more The Laughing Philosopher, Thomas Love Peacock