Nicolaaaa de la Haye, Y’all!
Say hey to Nicolaa de la Haye! Both tough as nails and submissive henchwoman to King John, she challenged cultural norms and cut an interesting figure.
Mouthy Matilda
Red Wedding? It was more like an Abstemious Banquet for the likes of Matilda de Braose when she chose to cross the merciless King John.
Alys: Countess of the Vexin and Village Bicycle
Join me on my exploration of tipsy film research, cuckolding cats, and poor Countess Alys’s Medieval marriage market plight.
Eleanor & Rosamund: Rivals Shmivals
Rosamund Clifford and Eleanor of Aquitaine go head-to-head for Henry II’s affection… or do they?
Consumption
Sigh – oh to be consumptive! Just, you know, daydreaming about contracting my favourite disease.
Emma’s Dilemma: A Steamy Romance
In which I take scarce historical facts, personally read into them, and pass off my interpretation as truth. Also in which I continue to apply Game of Thrones characters to historical figures. Oh, and True Blood vampires. Do I watch too much HBO? Wine!
Winter-Maker 