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Inside Windsor Castle
ATS, birthplaces, central heating, Channel Five, Charles I, Edward III, Edward VII, Edward VIII, electricity, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth II, English Civil War, Food, George III, George IV, George V, George VI, Henry VIII, House of Windsor, imprisonment, J.J. Chalmers, make-up, Prince Albert, Queen’s Lodge, Raksha Dave, Richard III, security, Stuarts, The Crown Jewels, Victoria, Wallis Simpson, William I, Windsor Castle, Xand van TullekenThis is another new Channel Five series, as they have broadcast about royal palaces before. Xand van Tulleken, Raksha Dave and JJ Chalmers explore the subject well, covering the architecture, health and make-up, but quite a few important monarchs are omitted: William I who conceived it, Edward III who was born there, Richard III who…
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The Earl of Lincoln and the enchanted willows….
“Princes”, Anne Neville, Battle of Stoke, Bestwood Lodge, bigamy, Bosworth, Bridlington Priory, Bruges, caravel, Christmas, Cicely Plantagenet, Edmund of Langley, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth of York, George Duke of Clarence, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, horses, illegitimacy, John Earl of Lincoln, Kirkensea Abbey, Lord Protector of the Realm, Margaret of Burgundy, Middleham Castle, Portuguese marriage plans, relics, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, royal hunting estates, Saint Trumwald, security, Sherwood Forest, white rose, William IIThis is a Yorkist fairy tale for Christmas. There is no proof that John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, fought at Bosworth, or about what really happened to the sons of Edward IV—until the recent amazing discoveries by Philippa Langley. The revelations of her new research came after I’d written this tale, which although…
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Here at this link is the ultimate tease for this already whining, snivelling book-seeker who has been buying books all over recently and whose purse is becoming sadly threadbare. And whose house is running out of space for accommodating my endless lust for more books! This particular volume is expensive (natch, all the books I…
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