The Reign of Henry IV
During the troublous reign that began when he dethroned his cousin Richard, Henry IV encountered a long series of exhausting crises. He met his troubles, writes A.L. Rowse, with resilience and courage.
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The Slate Figures of Cornwall
What should we know beyond our own memory without history? A.L. Rowse finds much local history in the series of fine slate-carved monuments that, wherever slate is quarried, enrich so many Cornish churches.
Eminent Henrician, Part II: Thomas Wriothesley, First Earl of Southampton
It was Wriothesley, as Lord Chancellor, who tearfully announced to Parliament the death of King Henry VIII; under the Protectorate that followed, his career was chequered. By A.L. Rowse.
Eminent Henrician, Part I: Thomas Wriothesley, First Earl of Southampton
A.L. Rowse meets the grandfather of Shakespeare’s beloved patron, a characteristic Henrician, and a man to whom the English Reformation brought unrivalled opportunities.
Leicester's Millennium
A.L. Rowse looks at the growth of the East Midlands city from ancient times.
Queen Elizabeth and the Historians
A.L. Rowse charts how three centuries of British historians have produced many different interpretations of the great Queen’s character.
Sir Richard Hawkins: Last of a Dynasty
The epic voyage of this Elizabethan adventurer to Peru and his subsequent capture by its Spanish masters inspired Charles Kingsley's Westward Ho! An article by A.L. Rowse.
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth
On 15 January 1559, England’s 25-year-old sovereign left Whitehall to be crowned Queen.