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… Continue reading A Strange New Theory on the Death of Edward IV
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Royal Autopsy, a documentary series dealing with the recreated post-mortems of Charles II and Elizabeth I….
I confess to having doubts about watching this two-part series on the Sky History channel because I envisaged CGI overkill with odious (but hopefully by then dead) parasites etc., and so I started viewing with the firm intention of stopping the moment it became too horribly wriggly and gory. No wriggles, but the gory… Continue reading Royal Autopsy, a documentary series dealing with the recreated post-mortems of Charles II and Elizabeth I….
Wanted …
Digging for Britain is back, just twenty hours into the New Year, for series 10 (excluding a few specials). Alice Roberts is still the host, with Cat Jarman and Stuart Prior. The first episode included a Roman road in Bishop’s Stortford, an Iron Age matriarchy excavated in Dorset and a Lady of the Mercians (but… Continue reading Wanted …
THE DEATH OF HENRY VIII
UPDATED POST AT sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/14/henry-viiis-death/ Henry VIII, known as the Hamilton Portrait and once owned by the Duke of Hamilton, this portrait used to be at Holyroodhouse. Philip Mould. The deaths of all three Tudor kings were protracted and wretched. Whether this was down to Karma, bad luck (or good luck depending… Continue reading THE DEATH OF HENRY VIII
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