TALES OF THE TUDORS - These posts refer to the Tudor Age and the historical events that appear in The Devil's Band or The Devil's Lance. Most first appeared on my Facebook page: facebook.com/thedevilstonechronicles
22.12.17 WORDES & MUSIC - Wynkyn de Worde and the First Book of Christmas Carols
29.9.17 UNLUCKY IN LOVE - The man who created Romeo & Juliet
04.07.17 NEVER TRUST YOUR IN-LAWS - How Henry VIII was duped into invading the Basque Country
17.06.17 HENRY VIII - Chivalrous Prince or Brutal King?
29.05.17 DRACULA'S CHILDREN - What happened to the descendants of Vlad the Impaler?
19.05.17 BRIDGET'S CONFESSION - Who was the woman who sent Anne Boleyn to the scaffold?
16.05.17 ANGEL OR DEMON? - Meet the Real Lucretia Borgia
14.03.17 IN THE ARSE ITS BLACK - The curious connection between Henry V & Count Dracula
10.12.16 GREEN & GOLD - The Emerald Tablet and the origins of European Alchemy
03.12.16 DOTAWO - Last Christian Kingdom of Medieval Nubia
12.11.16 FUGGER THE RICH - The Life of Jakob Fugger or How to steal an election
07.11.16 CREATING THE WORLD'S FIRST SUPERPOWER- Charles V &the imperial election of 1519
29.10.16 THE FAMILY OF LOVE - Reynold Scot and The Discoverie of Witchcraft
25.10.16 ABANDON ALL HOPE - A brief guide to Dante's Hell
11.10.16 MARY'S MIDNIGHT RIDE - Another episode from the horrible history of Hermitage Castle
09.10.16 BLACK ARTS AND RED CAPS – The Secret History of Hermitage Castle
22.09.16 PLEADING THE 5TH - How an infamous Tudor court shaped the US Constitution
18.09.16 THE ROSE & THE LILY Henry VIII's wars with France
07.09.16 THE ROAD TO UTOPIA - A brief guide to Sir Thomas More's Masterpiece
23.08.16 BISHOPS, BROTHELS & BOXING - A brief history of Southwark
14.08.16 THE CITY ON THE TICINO - A brief history of Pavia
09.08.16 ON THE WATERFRONT - The great Tudor mansions of the Strand
05.08.16 TRANSATLANTIC TUDORS - John Rut's Voyage to America
29.07.16 THAT SINKING FEELING - A brief history of Renaissance submarines
20.07.16 FROM THE BORDERS TO THE MOON - A curious tale of two Armstrongs
21.05.16 HENRY, HERCULES & THE PRINCES - The epic poetry of Bernard Andreas
14.05.16 WILLOWS & ROSES - The life and death of Martin Schwarz
08.05.16 HERE BE DRAGONS - St Clement & the Graoully of Metz
09.04.16 MUSICIAN & MASTER SPY - The life of Petrus Alamire
23.04.16 SORRY IS THE HARDEST WORD - Martin Luther's letter to Henry VIII
23.04.16 A WAR OF WORDS - Letters from Henry VIII's war in FLanders
17.04.16 THE BADDEST OF RENAISSANCE BAD BOYS - The Life of Urs Graf
15.03.16 TAKING THE RUDDER - Louise of Savoy & the Paix des Dames
GENERAL HISTORY - These posts refer to other periods and historical subjects and many first appeared on my facebook page: facebook.com/thedevilstonechronicles
18.09.16 THE DOG DAY'S KING - The extraordinary life of Jorgen Jorgenson
29.08.16 THE BUSINESS OF PLEASURE A brief history of Blackpool Pleasure Beach
03.04.16 BLIND TO HIS FATE - The life and heroic death of John of Bohemia
31.03.16 CHARGE OF THE HEAVY BRIGADE - Tennyson's other poem about the Crimea
29.03.16 THE SCOTTISH ICARUS - The Tale of John Damian
28.03.16 FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO BARBADOS - The strange fate of the last Byzantines
17.03.16 ST PATRICK'S LETTER TO COROTICUS
16.03.16 THE REAL CASTLE OF OTRANTO