Perkin Warbeck: The Man Who Would be King
Could Perkin Warbeck have actually been Richard of York, rescued from the Tower of London and returning to England to …
Category: Writing History
Stories and essays drawn from history
A Prince in Hot Water: The Duke of Windsor and the Murder of Sir Harry Oakes
Shipped off as Governor of the Bahamas to keep him out of harm’s way, the Duke of Windsor was yet …
The Curse of the Tichborne Dole: A Medieval Postscript to the Amazing Story of the Tichborne Claimant
Could a medieval curse have predicted the challenge posed to the Tichborne family by the notorious Tichborne Claimant? Every …
Butcher or Baronet: The Amazing Story of the Tichborne Claimant
How could this rough, dirty and barely competent Australian butcher have made a convincing claim to one of Englands oldest …
Lord Leicester’s Love Child: Part Two
Despite, or perhaps because of, his unfortunate birth, Sir Robert Dudley went on to have the exciting life his father …
Lord Leicester’s Love Child
Discover a long forgotten love affair at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. I thought I knew all there …
A Fatal Tryst: The Bogle/Chandler Mystery
At the height of the Cold War, a brilliant physicist and the wife of his colleague are found dead ‘in …
The ‘Flogging Parson’ and the Convict Girl
In colonial New South Wales, a convict girl defies a panel of magistrates and refuses to accuse her master of …