A spy and agent of Cardinal Richelieu, the enigmatic Milady de Winter is a constant shadow working against D’Artagnan and the three musketeers in Alexandre Dumas’ famous fiction. But could she – and t...

The Château de Versailles today announced that it will launch an exhibition celebrating Sofia Coppola’s landmark 2006 film Marie Antoinette to mark its 20th anniversary. From 22 September 2026 to 24 J...

A history blog by Dr Josephine Wilkinson, author of Katherine Howard: The Tragic Story of Henry VIII's Fifth Queen.

In the 1670s, Louis XIV of France was the target of a series of assassination attempts involving poisons and necromancy. But who was the perpetrator? Josephine Wilkinson untangles a conspiracy that sc...

When William Gladstone established his library, he wanted to ensure that anyone who would benefit from a residential period of study at Hawarden should

The musketeers, made famous by Alexandre Dumas and the many films his stories inspired, are the most well-known of the regiments of ancien regime France. Moreover, the heroes of Dumas’s stories – d’Ar...

A spy and agent of Cardinal Richelieu, the enigmatic Milady de Winter is a constant shadow working against D’Artagnan and the three musketeers in Alexandre Dumas’ famous fiction. But could she – and t...

A history blog by Dr Josephine Wilkinson, author of Katherine Howard: The Tragic Story of Henry VIII's Fifth Queen.

A history blog by Dr Josephine Wilkinson, author of Katherine Howard: The Tragic Story of Henry VIII's Fifth Queen.

The possibility of having located the final resting place of one of the most legendary figures in European history is keeping the scientific community and military history enthusiasts in suspense. A s...

D'Artagnan was killed during the Siege of Maastricht in 1673 and later immortalised in the stories of Alexandre Dumas.

A history blog by Dr Josephine Wilkinson, author of Katherine Howard: The Tragic Story of Henry VIII's Fifth Queen.