Ladies-in-waiting's political engagement was in no sense a part of their office, but was how Elizabeth managed the business of her court.

Cor Rotto: A Novel of Catherine Carey Knollys 2nd edition including foreword by moi now available.

Sounds sad. But quite an historical treasure! When I first started researching the Carey-Knollys family, my doctoral supervisor asked me wh

Robert Carey claimed he married his cousin Elizabeth more for her worth than her wealth. The queen was furious.

Katherine was the daughter of Mary Boleyn, and therefore the queen's cousin if not her half sister.

Monarchs who let their hearts rule their heads tend to court disaster, be they male or female; and there have been plenty of both examples.

At 16 and married for almost 5 months, she convinced her father, the Lord Admiral, to make her new husband the Vice-Admiral of Ireland . .

How I became an historian. I met Karen in a community seminar titled "If Rousseau were a woman".

What if Mary was not a complacent door mat but a skilled courtesan in the French tradition?

This is an experiment in story-telling. It starts with the mother, Mary. She was from a well-known, and increasingly prominent family.