Killing Cousins
On 16 January 1572, Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk and cousin of Queen Elizabeth, went on trial for his part in the Ridolfi Plot, a scheme to overthrow the...
The Allied Martyr
Since we’re spending so much time in World War I land with Downton Abbey, I thought it might be fitting to mention this: On October 12, 1915 the Allies got...