He enraged King John of England who tried to smoke out ‘the little fox cub from his den’ (referring to his red hair) by burning Berwick. Alexander encouraged Prince Louis of France claimant to the ...

Over the following six weeks he managed, through a series of heart-poundingly close escapes, to evade capture before finally making it to safety in France. One of the joys of this book, a result not ...

Also crowned Henri II of France, December 1431, Cathedral of Notre Dame ... 1422 Henry aged 8 months becomes King of England on the death of his father, Henry V, and then, two months later, King of ...

King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. Their love story is often overshadowed by their plenteous troubles. Catherine’s many ...

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Her father died when she was four, leaving the crown to her only brother, John II, and making her heiress presumptive again. Her mother, Queen Catherine, governed the Crown of Castile as regent during ...

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Early Tudor timber-framed wool merchant's house (circa 1500) provides a fascinating insight into local history. This early Tudor timber-framed wool merchant's house (circa 1500) provides a fascinating ...

What must Asma al-Assad be thinking right now? Bright, beautiful and British-born, she could be living an affluent life in ...

It took a couple hours of waiting around under the hot sun, but when Mother Nature decided to cooperate, she did so in full ...

The author of “The Canterbury Tales’” was a bureaucrat. businessman and emissary. He wove the colorful personalities he ...