Author: Jeffrey James

Few English monarchs had to fight harder for the right to rule than King Edward IV Shakespeares glorious son of York. Cast in the Plantagenet moul...

Irelands history has been shaped by the many invaders who have set foot on the countrys shores. For centuries conflict raged amongst the native Iri...

William the Conquerors intellect is said to have remained clear right up to his death. He would have questioned whether any of his three sons indiv...

After more than 200 years of menacing Viking attacks, England finally fell under Danish control in 1016. While earlier kings of Wessex had pushed b...