Stuart History Festival Tickets Out Now!
Hear ye! Tickets for the Stuart History Festival are now available at: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thestuarthistoryfestival
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The Stuart History Festival Speaker Lineup
Hear ye! We’re delighted to unveil the speakers for the inaugural Stuart History Festival. It will be a celebration of (what we believe is) the most dramatic, dazzling, and divisive period in British history! 5-6 July, The Old Palace, Worcester. Gareth Russell Dr Isabella Rosner Dr Jonathan Healey Andrea Zuvich (me!) Mark Turnbull Justine Brown Dr Mark Shearwood… Read on
The Stuart History Festival!
Hear ye! Dr Erica Canela, Mark Turnbull, and I are very pleased to announce the first-ever history festival dedicated to Stuart Britain, 1603-1714! Join us for a weekend of history with incredible speakers (we will be sharing our lineup of speakers and more information in the upcoming days). I’m so excited to be a co-founder of this festival… Read on
TSCL Events 2025
Hear ye! There are many in-person events and online events that make up my 2025 schedule. For book signings, you don’t have to buy my book there, you can always bring copies you have at home and I’ll happily sign them for free. If, however, you’d like to purchase a signed bookplate, these are available for £1. I… Read on
New release! RAVENOUS: A Life of Barbara Villiers, Charles II’s Most Infamous Mistress
Hear ye! Ravenous: A Life of Barbara Villiers, Charles II’s Most Infamous Mistress is out now in the USA! If you love scandalous royal stories full of drama, sex, political intrigue and power, you might enjoy this one. I dedicated Ravenous to my late son, Rupert, so it holds a particularly special place in my heart. Barbara Villiers… Read on
TSCL Interview with Charles Spencer
On 25th November 1120, the White Ship sank in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy, France—an event which led to the drowning of the heir to the English throne, William Adelin—triggering a time of brutal civil war which came to be known as the Anarchy. Today I’m speaking with Charles Spencer, historian and author of the… Read on
Anna Belfrage’s ‘Glory and Gore’ Blog Event
Acclaimed historical fiction author Anna Belfrage kindly invited me on a blog event entitled, ‘Glory and Gore: The Dichotomy of the Glorious 17th Century’, and I’m honoured to have been the first guest in her line-up! Other authors of works set in the seventeenth-century will be posting in the forthcoming days and I’ll be adding links to them… Read on
“Weekend Warriors: Bringing History to Life”: A Guest Post by Margaret Cooper Evans
It’s eight thirty am, the drummers in full uniform march through the soldier’s camps drumming ‘call to arms’. A rapid brrrr…umph, brrrr…umph on their drums. This is closely followed by our Sargent shouting “Kings Guard, form up in fifteen minutes.” There follows a rapid dressing session. My husband is always late for parade sometimes even running to join the… Read on