I recently heard someone describe Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, as "just a schemer." Nothing else. Just a schemer. He would turn in his grave if he still had one. Henry VIII destroyed that too. Contemporary sources tell a different story. Jean de Wavrin, who actually lived in the same period, wrote of a man who was generous, who was loved by the common people, whose household hospitality was legendary. The chroniclers record that "the Earl of Warwick was very generous to

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After Eleanor Butler’s forgotten claim, it is time to meet a man who never stopped scheming for a crown of his own. George, Duke of Clarence, was Edward IV’s younger brother — charming, ambitious, and utterly unreliable. His fate was sealed in a barrel of wine, but what would his Tinder profile look like?

After Eleanor Butler’s forgotten claim, it is time to meet a man who never stopped scheming for a crown of his own. George, Duke of Clarence, was Edward IV’s younger brother — charming, ambitious, and utterly unreliable. His fate was sealed in a barrel of wine, but what would his Tinder profile look like?

Elizabeth Woodville may have won Edward IV’s crown, but Eleanor Butler had her own claim to his heart. Some said she was secretly married...

About Me: On the hunt for Wife #6. Must love feasts, intrigue, and pretending the Tower of London is just a sightseeing spot. Bonus points if you can give me a son.

After Anne Boleyn’s sharp wit and Henry VIII’s disastrous love life, it is time to roll back a few decades to a king who had no trouble...

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Richard Neville was a hero in his own time. He was very popular, a strategist, a plotter, a winner, and a loser, but he never gave up. He...