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Anne Askew was burnt at the stake along with John Lascelles (a lawyer and Gentleman of the King’s Privy Chamber), John Hadlam (a tailor from Essex) and John Hemsley (a former Franciscan friar), on 16 July 1546. A great stage was built at Smithfield for the convenience of Chancellor Wriothesley, other members of the Privy…
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David Aaronovitch in The Times “This gruesomely entertaining book examines the Tudor zeal for burning people in the name of religion, says David Aaronovitch.” Steve Tomkins in The Church Times Reviews at Goodreads.com Bob Duffy in The Washington Independent Review of Books “An authoritative chronicle of the gruesome era when religious dissenters met their end at the…
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I was first elected to the Court of Common Council as a member for Farringdon Within in a by-election in March 2011, and was re-elected for a four-year term in March 2013. I am now seeking re-election for a further four-year term. There are 8 seats in Farringdon Within (it’s a large Ward), and 15…
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I’ve just responded to an aspiring author on this topic, and thought it was worth sharing my advice (such as it is) more widely. Here’s what I told him: Here are a few thoughts based on my own experience of getting publishers/agents to be interested in my work. It’s always a struggle, as you have…
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Brompton Oratory, a hot lunch-time in July, a baby being received into the Catholic Church and Catholic upper-crust society; dressed-up, a group stands round the font. Otherwise the building’s almost empty, save a scattering of oddballs dotted round the nave, the occasional stray tourist fleeing from the sun. A little girl in blue and…
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Subtitle: The Passion of the Last Tsar and Tsarina Rating: **** (4/5) Published: St. Martin’s Press, 2011 Format: Hardcover Genre: Nonfiction Source: Personal Collection I have read a number … Source: Alix and Nicky by Virginia Rounding
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When I was working on my last book Alix and Nicky: The Passion of the Last Tsar and Tsarina, I initiated a form of “crowd-funding” to help me finish it, and was fortunate that this met with a good reception from a number of friends who, in return for a contribution of £50, received the…
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When Anna came down for breakfast on Tuesday 12th May, she found the room more crowded than was usual for half past eight. She showed her card marked ‘Buffet’ to the woman on duty, helped herself to fruit juice and looked for an empty table. She had to go right over by the wall to…
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“Try and think about the absence of God, and do realise that before you can knock at the door – and remember that it is not only at the door of the Kingdom understood in the general way, but that Christ really says ‘I am the door’ – before you knock at the door, you…
Virginia Rounding: Author, editor, proofreader, indexer 