Castles, Customs, and Kings · True Tales by English Historical Fiction Authors by Brown, Debra -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Introduction Contributing Authors List of Novels by Contributing Authors Falling in Love with England and Its History Roman Britain and Early Medieval Period (55 B.C.—A.D. 1000)

Boadicea: Warrior Queen of the Iceni Britons Ancient Roman London as Destroyed by Boadicea, Britain’s Warrior Queen The First Word in English Degsastan: A Lost Battlefield Anno Domini and the Venerable Bede Monarchy: The Early Middle Ages—House of Wessex Athelstan: The Secrets of a Dark Ages King

Late Medieval Period (1001-1485)

William Before He Was the Conqueror Monarchy: William the Conqueror Christmas 1065 Two Men, One Crown: Harold Godwinson and William of Normandy The Tower of London Monarchy: The Normans—William Rufus and Henry I The Mysterious Death of King William the Second Monarchy: The Normans—Stephen and Matilda Why I Love Eleanor of Aquitaine Henry II and Thomas Becket Alais of France: Forgotten Princess Knights Templar: The Beginning A Bad Rap for Henry and Eléonore Simon de Montfort and Simon de Montfort An Alchemist, an Earl, and the Stupor Mundi: The Cannon and Gunpowder in 13th Century Europe, with a Nod to Tess of the D’Urbervilles William Wallace, the Hero? What if Edward Bruce Had Succeeded in Ireland? Two Legends, Two Outlaws: Robin Hood and William Bradshaigh A Brief but Very Satisfactory Wooing: Edward III and Philippa of Hainault A (Possible) Page from the London Gazette: September 1331 The Elusive History of the Order of the Garter The Plague Scourge of Europe: The Religious Hysteria Created by the Black Plague How Joan of Kent Became Princess of Wales Alice Perrers: A Notorious Woman Edward, 2nd Duke of York A Royal Love Story: Richard II and Anne of Bohemia Richard II and His Doubles An All-Consuming Passion: The Love Affair that Changed the Course of English History Bloody Deeds at Tewkesbury A Short—but Heartfelt—Valentine from the Fifteenth Century Richard III vs. Henry VII: Naughty or Nice? Mysteries, Miracles, and Tableaux: Early Theater in England Of Cameleopards and Lions: The Medieval Bestiary Food for Thought: Medieval Feasts Dinner as It Might Have Been at Kenilworth 760 Years Ago Life in a Medieval Village Medieval Bathing for Cleanliness, Health, and Sex Boundaries: Medieval Women in Medieval Gardens A Seer, a Prophet, or a Witch? Money Lending in the Middle Ages, or You Think Your Visa Card’s Rates Are Bad? King Lear’s Town: A Little History of the City of Leicester Miniature Cathedrals: England’s Market Crosses Relic in the Valley: St. Martin’s at Cwmiou Welsh Idylls: St. Gwenog’s Church Tretower Court and Castle Buried Treasure: St. Mary’s in Burford

Tudor Period (1485-1603)

An Inconvenient Princess The Worst Marriage of the 16th Century For Sale: Rich Orphans—The Tudor Court of Wards The Execution of Sir Thomas More English Crime and Punishment: Death by Pyre—A More Seemly Death for Women? Little Ease: Torture and the Tudors “The Rack Seldom Stood Idle...” The Will of the Prioress The Last Nun Our Tudor Sisters The Art of Courtly Love: Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn The King, the Archbishop, and the Bear The Death of Henry VIII: Demolishing the Myths The Birth of “Bloody Mary” Elizabeth Tudor’s First Crisis: Enter Mary Queen of Scots Elizabeth & Mary, Rival Queens: Leadership Lost and Won Border Reivers: Kinmont Willie Armstrong “Carrying Away the Booty”: Drake’s Attack on the Spanish Silver Train “El Camino Real”: A Path Worn through Time English Ladies-in-Waiting Childbirth in Early Modern England Mother Mourning: Childbed Fever in Tudor Times The Truth about Halloween and Tudor England Tudor Christmas Gifts The Elizabethan Gardening Craze

Stuart Period (1603-1714)

The Three Weddings of James VI and I (but Only One Wife) A Witch’s Lair Found Buried under a Mound Pirate Extraordinaire and Friend to the Crown General George Monck and the Siege of Dundee So You Say You Want an Execution... Religious Upheaval during 17th Century England Prophecy and Polemic: The Earliest Quaker Women The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons Secret Service, Spies, and Underhanded Dealings during the 17th Century Desperate Measures in 17th Century Medicine Superstitions and Bodily Health The Death of King Charles II Sarah and the Queen Lloyd’s: Lifeblood of British Commerce and Starbucks of Its Day The History of Gingerbread 17th Century Recipes The Scent of Lavender Marriage in 17th Century England Fabulous Fabrics of the 17th Century Party Clothes in the 17th Century 17th Century Garden Design for Women Gossip in Early Modern England What Was Old in the Olden Days?

Early Georgian Era (1715-1800)

Mary Delany, Artist and Personality The Rise and Rise of the English Landscape Garden Doggett’s Coat and Badge: The World’s Oldest Rowing Race The Original Jack the Lad: Jack Sheppard, 1702-1724 In the Wake of James Cook Right-Royal Comings and Goings at Weymouth, 1794 The Blue Stocking Circle Robin Hood, Agincourt, and Gender Equality?: Archery in Late Georgian England Elizabeth Linley Sheridan: Lady of Fantasy and Tragedy Grace Dalrymple Elliott: A Very High Flyer Indeed! Sir John Soane: At Home with an Eccentric Genius...or “Padre Giovanni Has Come to Visit.” Child’s Play...or Is It?: Georgian Era Nursery Rhymes Celebrating Burns’ Night Pronunciation: Eighteenth Century Style Steal a Book, Seven Years’ Hard Labor Overseas: Transportation as Punishment in the 17th-19th Centuries A Shocking Catalogue of Human Depravity: Patrick Colquhoun and the Cataloging of 18th Century London Crime Britain’s Cross-dressing Women The Wig Business Was Big Business in 18th Century France Gorgeous Georgian Metrosexuals, or How to Strut Your Metrosexual Stuff in Georgian England Flip, Shrub, and Other Drinks Favored of Georgian Londoners A Midnight Masquerade in 18th Century London Feeling a Little Flushed, Dear? (The Invention of the Flush Toilet) A Time to Reflect—on Mirrors Currency in the Second Half of the 18th Century Travel in the Second Half of the 18th Century, or What Would Jane Austen’s Earliest Heroes Have Packed for the Weekend? Stand And Deliver...Your Tolls?: The Rise and Fall of the Turnpikes Top Ten Tourist Attractions in London, 1780 Sir Sidney Smith and the Siege of Acre, 1799 Madness in Their Method: Water Therapy in Georgian and Regency Times Stourhead: Painting with Nature The Pursuit of the Picturesque The Must-have Garden Accessories for the Rich and Richer? A Glasshouse and Pineapples!

Late Georgian and Regency Era (1800-1837)

The Extraordinary Clandestine Activities of a Nineteenth Century Diplomat 11 May 1812: The Death of a Statesman London in the Early 19th Century The Hole in the Wall: Regency Dancing Almack’s: It’s Not Quite What You Think... Dorothea Christorovna Benckendorff Lieven: Princess Lieven Lady Hester Stanhope: Regency England’s Eccentric Expatriate Regency Era Classified Ads Libraries in Georgian and Regency England Ashes, Tallow, and Turpentine: Coming Clean in the Regency Era A Regency Era Lady’s Prodigious Layers of Clothing The Changes in Ladies’ Fashion from 1780s to 1814: Too Much or Too Little Ladies’ Slippers and Half-Boots in the Regency Mr. Darcy Strips Off... Unrequited Love: Jane Austen and America Class Distinctions in Regency England Vicars and Curates and Livings…Oh My! A Glimpse of York during the Regency Era Nom nom nom: Regency Style Phantasmagoria: Getting Your Fright On in Late Georgian England The Great Frost Fair of 1814 Entertainment Tonight: Regency Style

Victorian Era (1837-1901)

The Victorian Technological Revolution: Transportation Sir Goldsworthy Gurney and His Steam Carriage The Rebecca Riots Fourteen Years’ Hard Labour Scotland Yard and a New British Mystery The Great Stink of London 1858 The Harlot Who Was Dickens’ Muse, or Even Greater Expectations Cameos, Silhouettes, and Cartes de Visite The Humble Envelope Popular Pigeons and Slanderous Psittacines The Poor Always Among Us The Higher Education of Women in the Victorian Era Flirting With Fans: A Victorian Tradition Strange Victorian Remedies Gertrude Jekyll Battle of Isandlwana, 22 January 1879

Twentieth Century

Downton Abbey and the Fight for Irish Freedom The Lost Houses of England Ellis Island and British Immigrants to the USA A Prince, a Prophet, and a Peer: Sir Samuel Hoare The Men Are Away at War

Historical Tidbits Across the Ages

The Royal Coat of Arms An Englishman and His Dog... The Isle of Anglesey Mottisfont: The Evolution of an English House The Lost Palace of Richmond Faversham, Kent The Grosvenors Time: A Timeline of Clocks September in British History Twelfth Night Be My Valentine! The Origins of April Fools’ Day MayDay, MayDay, Mayday! 800 Years of Christmas in England

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