Welcome to Just History Posts’ Book Hub! Over the years we have had dozens of historical authors on the blog, answering interview questions and writing fantastic guest posts for us about their rese…

Part One

Join me for the Book Blog Tour in celebration of the release of the King's Mother in paperback.

As part of the investigations into the list of 18 filles d’honneur, I have been searching for the original documents in the hope that they would shed light on the year, and names. You can rea…

Following on from my previous post, I have been pursuing the identities of the women identified in the list of the 18 filles d’honnour in which it has previously been thought Anne Boleyn was …

Recently, Guy and Fox (2023) brought renewed attention to a list in which, a filles d’honneur by the name of Bullan is listed as one of 18 ladies required to eat with Margaret of Austria.1 As seen …

Three Renaissance Queens – Mary, Queen of Scots, Catherine de Medici and Elisabeth de Valois. Three women whose lives were inextricably linked. Countless books have explored the life of Mary,…

The Battle of Bosworth was fought on the 22nd of August, 1485. It ended with the death of King Richard III, the last of the Plantagenet kings, who was slain brutally on the battlefield. After the b…

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When reading about history – whether this may be a non-fiction or historical fiction book – many readers will come across names, places or events that may be unfamiliar to them. We may …