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...
by David West | Jul 14, 2023 | News
I am reading A Legacy of Spies by John Le Carré. Viking published it in 2017 and then Penguin published it in 2018. This book is gripping. I’m only putting it down to write my blog, it’s been a few days since my last post. It is written in the first person, with Peter...
by David West | Jul 9, 2023 | News
On this day in 1572 Admiral William de la Marck ordered the execution of nineteen Catholic priests in the Dutch town of Brielle. Prince William of Orange had issued an order that priests were not to be molested, but de la Marck ignored this instruction. They became...
