How a farmer's daughter from Derbyshire become a power player in the cutthroat Tudor court and the wealthiest woman in England.
Bess of Hardwick: Her Ambitious Rise From Obscurity To Dominance
Lady Margaret Douglas: The Tudor Cousin Who Refused To Be Cast Aside
Lady Margaret Douglas was a ruthless survivor whose ambition and cleverness changed the course of English monarchy forever.
Margaret Tudor: The Other Queen of Scots
Margaret Tudor loved dancing, music, fashion, and power, and she refused to let two terrible husbands (and one meh husband) stand in the way of getting what she wanted.
Anne Askew: Renegade, Writer, Preacher, Feminist, Martyr
Anne Askew was one of the earliest-known female poets to compose in the English language, the first Englishwoman to demand a divorce, and wound up the only recorded woman to be tortured in the Tower of London, then burned at the stake.
Astrology, Treason, Witchcraft, and the Downfall of Eleanor Cobham and Margery Jourdemayne
Eleanor Cobham and Margery Jourdemayne came from different worlds. But a shared interet in the occult brought them together, and ruined them forever.
The Murder of Thomas Overbury by the Notorious Frances Howard
Nothing would stop Frances Howard from marrying the love of her life. Not the fact she was already married, and certainly not having to murder her lover's best friend.
Margaret Beaufort: Part Two: The King’s Mother
Margaret Beaufort was single-minded in her quest to allow her son Henry to become King. Even after he was crowned, she continued to work behind the scenes to ensure his success.
Margaret Beaufort: Part One: Young, Scrappy, and Hungry (For Power)
Margaret Beaufort arrived at royal court for the first time at age nine, and nothing was ever the same again.
Mary Shelley: Out Of The Shadows And Into The Spotlight
What we forget about Mary Shelley.
Elizabeth Woodville: More Than Just A Pretty Face
Elizabeth Woodville was a commoner whose stunning beauty and strength of character proved irresistable to King Edward IV. But winning over the rest of the royal court was more challenging.