We reach the end of our run-through of the real-life characters in Mercia’s adventures with the top spot going to John Winthrop, Jr, early Puritan pioneer and long-time Governor of Connecticut, a man of learning,…
Second spot in our journey through the top ten real-life characters in Mercia’s adventures goes to her scheming patron in Traitor, Lady Castlemaine, the King’s principal mistress in the early years of his reign, and…
We’ve arrived at the top three in my list of real-life characters from the Mercia Blakewood novels, and so we reach the Restoration King himself, Charles II, whose reputation as a frivolous merrymaker hid a…
The number four slot in my top ten characters list goes to the third of the regicides to flee to America, where despite his wanted status he was able to live openly under an assumed…
The next real-life character we examine in my historical blog series is the stubborn last Governor of Dutch New Amsterdam: war hero to some, authoritarian despot to many. 5: Pieter Stuyvesant (1610 – 1672) ‘Why…
This time in my series looking into the real-life characters from the Mercia Blakewood novels, we turn to the reviled Duke of York, who as James II was one of the shortest reigning monarchs in…
Next in my series touching on the real-life characters from the Mercia Blakewood novels we look at two men, the father-in-law and son-in-law regicides who fled England to escape death, only to end up living…
After a short break for summer, it’s time to get back to my series looking at the real-life characters from the Mercia Blakewood trilogy. This time we delve into her third adventure, Traitor, to discover…
Continuing my series looking at the real-life characters from the Mercia Blakewood stories, this week I look at a man at the heart of royal government who became the first British Governor of New York.…
Welcome to my new series looking at the enthralling lives of the real-life characters in the Mercia Blakewood trilogy! The novels may be fiction, but they’re set in a real historical context featuring some of…