childhood

Did we children ever find buried treasure….?

Apr 10, 2019

archaeology, buildings

British Museum, childhood, Cuerdale Hoard, Germany, Hoards, Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, Ribble

Hoards of buried treasure are found fairly regularly, or so it seems, and when I recently saw a photograph of the Cuerdale hoard of Viking silver, dug from the bank of the River Ribble near Preston, Lancashire, it struck me that many of the items are so small and seemingly insignificant that if they had…
Loyalty Binds Me reviewed

Feb 2, 2019

anniversaries, battles, Book Reviews

Barrie Williams, biographies, childhood, Duke of Gloucester, Edward IV, Edward V, John Ashdown-Hill, kingship, Matthew Lewis, Paul Murray Kendall, Portuguese marriage plans, pre-contract, primary sources, Richard III, Sarah Bryson, Wars of the Roses

See Sarah Bryson’s review of this biography here . Or, if you would prefer to judge it by our criteria for a post-Kendall biography of Richard, read here. Lewis is already the author of a volume on the “Princes” but approaches the pre-contract and Portuguese marriage negotiations well, thereby scoring highly on the three most important points.
Children’s book treatment for Richard III, thanks to Cross Roads-based woman….

Mar 17, 2018

battles, Book Reviews

Alex Marchant, Battle of Bosworth, books, Carol Fellingham Webb, childhood, Keighley, Richard III

Carol’s support for King Richard has led her to write this book about his childhood. In the spring there will be another book, following his life until the fateful Battle of Bosworth on 22nd August, 1485. I hope both titles do really well for her, and that she will find another aspect of Richard, or…

childhood

Did we children ever find buried treasure….?

Loyalty Binds Me reviewed

Children’s book treatment for Richard III, thanks to Cross Roads-based woman….