by David West | Jan 1, 2025 | News
I have posted about our trip this year to South America. Rio de Janeiro and the Amazon Rainforest were the highlights if Brazil. It was on the 1st of January 1502, that the area now known as Rio de Janeiro was discovered by a Portuguese expedition led by Gonçalo...
by David West | Dec 31, 2024 | News
I have written about Romans before, Cicero for example. But the story of Commodus needs telling. On 31st December 192 A.D. the Roman Emperor Commodus survived an attempted poisoning by his mistress only to be strangled in his bath. Emperor Commodus, born on August...
by David West | Dec 30, 2024 | News
On 30th December 1460, during the War of the Roses, the Duke of York was killed and his army defeated by King Henry VI at the Battle of Wakefield. I’ve written about the final battle in the War of the Roses, Bosworth Field, so here is another. The Battle of Wakefield...
by David West | Dec 29, 2024 | News
On 29th December 1170 Archbishop Thomas Becket was slain at the High Alter of Canturbury Cathedral by four knights. His is a story that would have been well known to my ancestor, Sir Anthony Standen, Elizabethan spy and the hero of my book, The Spy who Sank the...
by David West | Dec 28, 2024 | News
On 28th December 1065 Westminster Abbey was consecrated. Westminster Abbey, one of the most iconic religious structures in the United Kingdom, has a rich history that spans over a thousand years. Located in the City of Westminster, it has been a site of Christian...
