Tag: Elizabeth I

A very Happy St Patrick’s Day to all of our Irish visitors! Hope you have a great day and please…

Today, we have a guest post from C W Gorner, author of “The Last Queen”, “The Confessions of Catherine de…

Historian and author, Dominic Sandbrook, has written a very interesting article for the UK’s “Daily Mail” entitled Why we should…

This post continues from The Anne Boleyn Files post “Henry VIII’s England” which is an article on last night’s episode…

On this day in history, the 8th February 1587, Elizabeth I’s arch enemy, cousin (once removed) and fellow queen, Mary…

Just a quick post to thank you for all the Christmas messages you have sent me, to thank you for…

Today we have a guest post by Leanda de Lisle, historian and author of “The Sisters Who Would Be Queen”,…

Today, we are lucky enough to have another guest post by Robert Parry, author of one of my favourite historical…

This is part three of my series on Elizabeth I and Mary I and the relationship they had as half-sisters….

If you watched “The Tudors”, you may have been surprised by the scenes of the teenage Mary sharing a bed…

Today’s post is the first about two sisters (or rather half-sisters): Mary and Elizabeth, their relationship as children and what…

Today’s article has been written exclusively for The Elizabeth Files by novelist Jeane Westin, writer of “The Virgin’s Daughters: In…

I’ve just been listening to a BBC History Magazine interview with Tracy Borman, writer of “Elizabeth’s Women: The Hidden Story…

I love David Starkey’s “Elizabeth”, particularly the introduction, because it really helps us to understand what drove this monarch, what…

Welcome to The Elizabeth Files, a website and blog which has actually sprung out of my initial fascination and obsession…