by David West | Jul 20, 2023 | News
I shall write about World War Two today. I can’t find anything that happened on this day to connect with Sir Anthony Standen. However, on this day in 1944 my father was experiencing stormy weather and heavy fighting for Caen in Normandy. Caen is on the right of Dad’s...
by David West | Jul 18, 2023 | News
I will get to propaganda, but first a progress update. I’ve carried out a lot of research, but I feel I should actually be writing book 5 of the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. I have read biographies of Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu and Marie de Medici. The term...
by David West | Jul 17, 2023 | News
Mary Queen of Scots sent a coded reply, on this day in 1586, to a letter she had received from Anthony Babington a week earlier. In her reply she ordered Babington and his co-conspirators to assassinate her cousin Queen Elizabeth I. Unfortunately for her, Francis...
by David West | Jul 16, 2023 | News
Martin Luther debated with Johann Eck at Pleissenburg Castle in Leipzig on this day in 1519. During the debate Luther denied the divine right of the pope. Luther challenged the teachings and practices of the Catholic Church, particularly its sale of indulgences. He...
by David West | Jul 15, 2023 | News
Yesterday I posted about John Le Carré. Today I turned the final page of A Legacy of Spies. What a wonderful book it is, I doff my cap to the master. I also mentioned the author’s pro-European, anti-Brexit views. He expresses his pro Europe belief through George...
