Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

Firstly an apology, for giving my reincarnated Robert Dudley the surname Studley in Sister to Sister. I see you wince. But I couldn’t help it. When I look at those portraits of Elizabeth’s favourite, the love of her life, I see a man a little bit in love with himself....
Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe

  I was invited by The Spinoff to write about how I brought rakehell Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe into the 21st century. (More time writing about Kit? Well, yes I can do that!) Here’s the result (make yourself a cuppa, it’s quite long …)...
Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary)

Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary)

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...
Elizabeth – The Virgin Queen (?)

Elizabeth – The Virgin Queen (?)

Elizabeth – the virgin queen (?) Elizabeth (recreated in Sister to Sister as Eliza Rose) was famous for her virginity, while her father, Henry VIII … wasn’t. Nevertheless, she was a chip off the old block. Like Henry, Elizabeth morphed from a beautiful,...