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Next time time you're tempted to whine about your crappy year, spare a thought for Marie Cooke of London in 1617. First her husband was robbed of £600 by Turkish pirates, then her son was 'taken prisoner by the Turkes and carried to Argiers where he is detained in slaverie'. 🤐 #earlymodern

It's particularly fitting that Jane Whittle is this year's lecturer since she is another distinguished Professor of #EarlyModern Britain at University of Exeter. Jane recently celebrated 30 years of service at Exeter, and published the co-authored: The Experience of Work in Early Modern England.

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I’m thrilled to find a new 5🌟review for Hunter’s Force. It’s great when readers enjoy my books! ‘The pace doesn’t let up from start to finish.’ #crimefiction #crimethrillers #thrillers #policeprocedurals #dihunterwilsoncrimethrillers

Well, I wasn't expecting that... No 5 in European History on Amazon UK 😮🥳 Still on a publisher deal for a while, so grab it while you can! www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Roundhe...

Guest Interview with Kim Lengling, Author of 15 Ways Pets Teach Us Kindness: More Nuggets of Hope tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/01/gues... #Booksky 💙📚

⚓Discover the story of Sir Francis Drake — sailor, privateer, survivor, in Drake – Tudor Corsair 🇺🇸https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCTYQF4 🇬🇧https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FCTYQF4 #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistFic #HistoricalFiction

Niedersachsen, 22. Jan 1626 Mansfelder Kriegsvolk im Gebiet Lübeck übel gehaust ... s.o. Tilly und Wallenstein rücken mit 40.000 auf Wolfenbüttel (alle Dörfer herum geplündert). Halberstätter mit 10.000+30.000 zuvor dahin gekommen. Auch der Dänemarker im Anzug auf Tilly und Wallenstein ... 1/2

London, 23. Jan 1626 Venedigs Botschafter Pesaro: der Botschafter bemüht sich um die Einigung von England und Frankreich. "Alle erkennen Eure Hoheit Eifer und Klugheit an." Die Hugenotten würde sich unterwerfen und Frieden geben. Der Botschafter von Savoyen ist nach Frankreich abgereist, ... 1/4

Tilly attempt to bring the Danes to battle, but they don't want to. Instead there is a high level meeting. Our reporter observes that this could be a long war...

East India Company, 13./23. Jan 1626 Ordered that Giles James be paid the moneys due to him. ... Joseph Bottone, a black, to be recommended as interpreter at Lagundy. A gunstock maker entertained. more: www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-pa...

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The Royalists March on Nantwich ⚔️ We’re ready and waiting for Holly Holy Day at Nantwich this Saturday, but how did the battle of 1644 come about? 📷: Joanne Garland

To defy her elder brother King Henry VIII means risking everything, so can Mary navigate the perilous waters of duty and desire, confronting a king who bends to no one’s will? mybook.to/MaryTudor #Tudors #HistoricalFiction

In 1624, plunged into blood-soaked chaos in 17th-century Europe's brutal wars, Philip Lord flees a traitor's fate… 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 "…a cracking tale, beautifully written" “Kept me hooked!” “Filled with spell-binding action” Kindle, paperback, or audio—narrated by Andrea Zuvich! mybook.to/TheFugitivesSword

Book Review: The Alchemist's Daughter (Bianca Goddard Mystery Book 1) by Mary Lawrence "If you like your historical mysteries dark, detailed, and rooted in real-world logic, this book is well worth picking up." tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/01/book... #Tudor #HistoricalFiction #BookReview

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Henry – Book Three of the Tudor Trilogy: "A fascinating look at the life of Henry VII, the first Tudor king. Highly recommended." (Amazon review) mybook.to/HENRY-Book-T... #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #audiobook

Rumour in Amsterdam says the English looted a lot in Spain...

Claude de Beauvilliers de Saint-Aignan, 52, stirbt am 20. Januar 1626 in der Abtei Pont-aux-Dames. Sie war eine französische Nonne, Äbtissin von Montmartre (mit 16 J.) und Pont-aux-Dames, sowie 1590 einige Monate lang die Geliebte des frz. Königs Heinrich IV. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_...

John Dowland, engl. Lautenist und Komponist, bewegte Biografie, seit 1612 "Musician for the lute" am königl. Hof, nun ~62 Jahre. Am 20. Jan 1626 erhält er die letzte Zahlung und stirbt (genaues Datum unbekannt) de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Do... Sting mit seinen Songs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nntr...

In Vienna the news is that no foreign troops are to be recruited - except Wallenstein may recruit who he pleases from where ever!

In Paris word is that King Louis is displeased to learn his sister is not being well respected by her new husband, Charles I. French lords are denied right of worship and there is a new persecution of Catholics in England!

Rom. Am 19. Jan 1626 macht Papst Urban 15 Männer zu Kardinälen: Luigi Caetani Denis-Simon de Marquemont Ernst Adalbert von Harrach (Erzbischof von Prag) Bernardino Spada Laudivio Zacchia Berlinghiero Gessi Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro ... 1/3 de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_d...

In The Hague there is news that the English King is sending 6000 men to Mansfeld and that the French King has dismissed all his Huguenot financiers and replaced them with Catholic ones...

Between Vice and Virtue: The Earl of Rochester’s Private World - What family letters and curative recipes reveal about the man behind the libertine, by Elizabeth St.John elizabethstjohn.substack.com/p/between-vi... @elizabethstjohn.bsky.social #writing #HistoricalFiction

Where Did Soldiers Camp? 🏕️ The reality of camping on the march in the civil wars was usually far from the sight of orderly rows of tents and banners often seen in TV and films. 📷: Michael Molcher

Crimes Against the Crown is a unique blend of intrigue and suspense, adding several Outrageous Personalities, Murder, Mayhem, Intrigue, a bit of Humour and Romance. #HistoricalFiction #BookSky KOBO: www.kobo.com/search?query... Amazon: author.to/WendyBayne-on-Amazon

The Secret Diary of Eleanor Cobham: A young duchess is found guilty of sorcery and witchcraft. Centuries later her secret diary is discovered hidden under floorboards in Beaumaris Castle and her true story can be told. mybook.to/SecretDiary #HistoricalFiction #audiobooks

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“Richly researched and beautifully told, Bess – Tudor Gentlewoman captures the hidden lives of the Elizabethan world.” mybook.to/BESS #Elizabethan #Tudors #TudorHistory #HistFic #HistoricalFiction #Audiobooks

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The Battle of Wallhof was fought between Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on 17 January 1626. Swedish forces (4,900 men, half cavalry) under Gustavus II Adolphus ambushed and took by surprise a Polish-Lithuanian force of 2,000–7,000 men under Jan Stanisław Sapieha ...

die Geschichte von seiner spektakulären Flucht aus seinem Gefängnis 1621 hatte ich damals ausführlich erzählt - seitdem lebt er im Exil in Paris, korrespondiert fleißig. Seine mögliche Rückkehr in die Niederlande war zuletzt im Gespräch.

zum Thema hier "wem gehören die Meere" kurze Erinnerung an "unseren" Hugo Grotius und sein Mare Liberum („Das freie Meer“), 1609: "an den Meeren könne niemand Eigentum begründen (res extra commercium). Sie dürften als internationale Gewässer von allen Nationen zur Handelsschifffahrt genutzt werden."

Those who do not convert must leave Prague - all who refuse will be deprived of the right to trade or earn a living...

Recruitment for Wallenstein steps up in Prague - and Protestant marriages are effectively banned!

Mansfeld secures his grip on the Elbe and the crossing at Dessau... Spoiler: there will be trouble ahead for him!

* seit dem Frankenburger Würfelspiel im Mai 1625 sind die Leute Ob der Ens noch rebellischer als sonst schon ... bsky.app/profile/vor4...

The Venetian Senate tells it's ambassador that it deeply refrets the ongoing misunderstandings between England and France as that would certainly affect both Italy and Germany...

King Charles is back in London, plague or no plague - mostly no plague, but 8 cases still reported this last week...

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