Tag: Royal

• Saturday Snapshots In A ‘Royal’ Village

  This week’s Saturday Snaphots were taken in Newton Regis, which claims to be the most northerly village in Warwickshire, and if you think they don’t look very seasonal that’s because they were taken back in April, when my elder daughter and I were testing her SatNav by deliberately getting lost… I love stumbling across places…

  chrisharding53

  May 26, 2012

  Church, duck pond, History, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Newton Regis, Royal, SatNav, thistles, Travel, Warwickshire

• Love and Secrets of a King and his Mistress

  Sex, love, murder, revenge, betrayal, ambition and hidden secrets are key components of all good sagas about feuding families – and England’s Plantagenet Kings provide enough drama for an entire library of such books. So here’s a round-up of three, which I haven’t got round to writing about before now.  All are set in the…

  chrisharding53

  March 20, 2012

  Edward III, Emma Campion, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, love, Royal, secrets, Susan Howatch, Vanora Bennett