by sue.copsey | Jan 17, 2025 | Ace, English royals, Queen, Sister to Sister
(This is an edited version of an article that appeared in Royals Monthly, December 2024) Picture the scene. It’s 1559, and at Whitehall Palace, England’s newly crowned Queen Elizabeth, the vivacious, redheaded daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, is dancing with...
by sue.copsey | Oct 21, 2024 | book reviews, English royals, King
How well do you know your Henrys? There was the large, bearded one who had six wives and treated them badly. Henry number eight, of course. Seventh? The first Tudor king, killed Richard III in battle. Sixth? I’m guessing a few blank looks, now we’re heading back into...
by sue.copsey | Jan 14, 2024 | Ace, English royals, King
IN IN King Arthur, awoken in QUEEN, KING, ACE January 2024 Hello and Happy New Year! Not long now until I unleash my latest historical (I use the term loosely) retelling, QUEEN, KING, ACE. It’s a stand-alone novel, but if you’ve read my other retellings...
by sue.copsey | Jul 16, 2022 | English royals, King, Notorious
. Think you know about Richard III? Think again! In this interview with historian Matthew Lewis, we gain some fascinating insights into this intriguing medieval king. Read on, keep an open mind, and enjoy! . What three words would you use to describe...
by sue.copsey | Dec 4, 2021 | English royals, King, Notorious
. Olivia: So – what do we know about King Richard III? Ah! The hunchback king! . Nope. What? But they found his skeleton and that proved it! . No. The skeleton proved Richard had scoliosis – sideways curvature of the spine. Not kyphosis, which results in a hump....
by sue.copsey | Feb 6, 2021 | English royals, Queen, Sister to Sister, Wife After Wife
queen mary I (bloody mary) Bloody Mary – one of the most notorious rulers in English history. The clue is in the name. Mary Tudor (1516–1588) is the character on whom the elder of the two sisters in Sister to Sister, Maria Rose, is based. She was the first English...
