John Crowne
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Secret Marriages – Edward IV & his Two Wives, the Novel
Anne Beauchamp, Anne Mowbray, Anne Neville, Barnet, bigamy, Burton Dassett, Carmelite Priory, Christ’s College, coronations, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, fiction, Henry VII, Isabel Neville, Janet Reedman, John Crowne, John Earl of Shrewsbury, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lady Elizabeth Talbot, Norwich, Poor Clare’s convent, Richard of Warwick, royal marriages, St. Erasmus Chapel, Talbot hound, Westminster Abbey, Whitefriars MonasteryOver the years there has been lots of fiction written about Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville and of course Richard III. However, there is one one figure in their story who often gets a mention, but is rarely portrayed as a living person, with the events long after her death in 1468 taking the forefront instead. …
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The Propaganda of Charles II
“Princes”, 1674, Anglo-Dutch Wars, Barbara Villiers, Catholicism, Charles II, Commonwealth, drama, Exclusion Crisis, Great Fire of London, Great Plague, Henry VII, James VII/II, John Crowne, Louise de Kerouaille, Mary of Modena, Nell Gwynne, Oliver Cromwell, propaganda, Puritans, Richard III, Royal Charles, Shakespeare, Sir Christopher Wren, theatres, Tower of LondonGuest author Richard Unwin explains the context behind the discovery of those convenient bones: Charles II came to the throne in 1660 after the period of Commonwealth when England, and particularly its entertainments, had been suppressed by Puritan authority. The security of the new reign was precarious and there were many in the country opposed…
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