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A Strange New Theory on the Death of Edward IV

Dec 11, 2023

anniversaries, archaeology, Book Reviews, Science

blindness, deafness, death, Edward IV, euphemisms, Marylynn Salmon, paralysis. aneurysms, skeletons, syphilis, viral illness

Edward IV was not quite 41 when he died, quickly and unexpectedly. Many theories have been put about over the years from flu to diabetes, to deliberate poisoning. A new theory by Marylynn Salmon, author of the controversial and almost impossible to obtain ‘SECRETS OF THE HOUSE OF YORK has now emerged, and as you…
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Sep 21, 2023

anniversaries, law, sources

coups d’etat, Edward II, Edward III, euphemisms, executions, intimacy, Isabelle de France, Roger Mortimer, Tyburn

… is Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, is often described by modern novelists and “popular historians” as Queen Isabella’s lover, although there seems not to be any evidence for this? A possible explanation is that his forename is now a euphemism for carnal knowledge, although this seems only to have become the case recently.…