by David West | Aug 1, 2025 | News
On the 1st of August 1469, in Amboise, King Louis XI of France founded the chivalric order he named the Order of Saint Michael. This event attracted my attention for today’s post because Amboise features in my work in progress, The Favourite Murder. Leonardo da...
by David West | Jul 31, 2025 | News
I have written about the Eighty Years War because my ancestor, Sir Anthony Standen, was an Elizabethan spy during it. I’ve written about World War II because my father fought in it. But I have written very little about World War I. The Battle of Passchendaele, also...
by David West | Jul 30, 2025 | News
I have written about a number of key players in the reformation, such as Martin Luther and John Wycliffe. The event which strikes me for 30th of July from history is another key event in the reformation. The First Defenestration of Prague, a pivotal event in European...
by David West | Jul 29, 2025 | News
On the 29th of July, 1565, the widowed Mary Queen of Scots married Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley at Holyrood Palace. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, was born on 7 December 1545 at Temple Newsam in Leeds, Yorkshire. He was a significant figure in 16th-century British history,...
by David West | Jul 28, 2025 | News
I am working on the second draft of The Favourite Murder, the fifth book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. It is set in Paris around 1612 to 1614, and the Estates-General of 1614 features. Perhaps that is why the execution of Robespierre by guillotine on the 28th...
