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That’s A Lotta Kings!

The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones

January 21, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Yes, my find-Game-of-Thrones-in-history fetish is well known. You don’t need me to rehash it. But one thing I’m not clear on: what is the fascination people have with the Tudors? Is it because of Henry VIII? Elizabeth I? The tv shows? Because I find the Plantagenets far more fascinating. This is the story of how the English empire began to extend its greasy tentacles. Packed with enough court intrigue to suffocate a horse. And Dan Jones is an excellent chronicler of it all. Yes, there […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Dan Jones, England, english history, France, kings, queens, royalty, The Plantagenets

Jake's CBR16 Review No:4 · Genres: History · Tags: Dan Jones, England, english history, France, kings, queens, royalty, The Plantagenets ·
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Divorced, beheaded and died; divorced, beheaded, survived

March 9, 2017 by TheShitWizard 7 Comments

There would appear to have been two big dangers to the health of women in the 16th century. One of them was childbirth – if you didn’t die during, it was highly likely that you would do so in the immediate aftermath, mostly thanks to puerperal fever (a uterine infection caused by, shudder, tearing and a total ignorance of hygiene on the part of Tudor midwives – and the other was marrying Henry VIII. This is the story of the six unlucky ladies to have […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Alison Weir, english history, kings, Non-Fiction

TheShitWizard's CBR9 Review No:13 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Alison Weir, english history, kings, Non-Fiction ·
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