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mary-tudor · 3 years

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Selected documented sources concerning Henry VII, King of England (1485-1509), part II: the battle of Bosworth(²).

(a) Continuation of the Crowland Chronicle.

“With Henry Tudor and his men advancing towards him, King Richard felt it necessary “to move the army, though its numbers were not yet fully made up, from Nottingham, and to come to Leicester.

Here was found ready to fight for the king a greater number of soldiers than had ever been seen before in England assembled on one side. On the Sunday before the feast of Bartholomew the Apostle, the king proceeded on his way, amid the greatest pomp, and wearing the crown on his head; being attended by John Howard, duke of Norfolk, and Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland, and other mighty lords, knights and esquires, together with a countless multitude of the common people.

On leaving Leicester, he was informed by scouts where the enemy most probably intended to spend the next night; upon which, he encamped near the abbey of Merevale, at a distance of about eight miles from town.

‘The chief men of the opposing army were: in the first place, Henry, earl of Richmond, whom they called their King Henry VII; John Vere, earl of Oxford; John, Lord Welles, of Welles, uncle to Henry VII; Thomas, Lord Stanley and William his brother; Edward Woodville, brother of Queen Elizabeth, a most valiant knight; John Cheney, John Savage, Robert Willoughby, William Berkeley, James Blount, Thomas Arundel, Richard Edgecombe, Edward Poynings, Richard Guilford, and many others who had been raised to knighthood, both before the present troubles and at the beginning of this campaign. Of churchmen present as counsellors, who likewise had suffered exile, there were the venerable father, Peter, bishop of Exeter, the flower of the knighthood of his country, Master Robert Morton, clerk of the roll of the chancery, Christopher Urswick, and Richard Fox, who were subsequently appointed almoner and secretary, respectively, together with many others.

‘At day-break on Monday morning there were no chaplains on King Richard’s side ready to celebrate mass, nor any breakfast prepared to restore his flagging spirits. For he had seen dreadful visions in the night, in which he was surrounded by a multitude of demons, as he himself testified in the morning.

He consequently presented a countenance which, always drawn, was on this occasion more livid and ghastly than ususal, and asserted that the issue of this day’s battle, to whichever side the victory was granted, would be the utter destruction of the kingdom of England.

He declared that it was his intention, if he proved the victor, to crush all the traitors on the opposing side; and at the same time he predicted that his adversary would do the same to the supporters of his party, if victory should fall to him.

At length with the enemy commander and his soldiers approaching at a fair pace, the king ordered that Lord Strange should be instantly beheaded. The persons to whom this duty was entrusted, however, seeing that the issue was doubtful in the extreme, and that a matter of more weight than the destruction of one man was in hand, deferred performance of the king’s cruel order, left the man to his own disposal and returned to the thickest of the fight.

‘A most fierce battle thus began between the two sides. The earl of Richmond with his men proceeded directly against King Richard. For his part, the earl of Oxford, the next in rank in the army and a most valiant soldier, drew up his forces, consisting of a large body of French and English troops, opposite the wing in which the duke of Norfolk had taken up his position.

In the place where the earl of Northumberland was posted, with a large company of reasonably good men, no engagement could be discerned, and no battle blows given or received. In the end a glorious victory was given by heaven to the earl of Richmond, now sole king, along with a most precious crown, which King Richard had previously worn on his head.

For in the thick of the fight, and not in the act of flight, King Richard fell in the field, struck by many mortal wounds, as a bold and most valiant p rince. Then the duke of Norfolk, Sir Richard Radcliffe, Sir Robert Brackenbury, keeper of the Tower of London, John Kendal, secretary, Sir Robert Percy, controller of the king’s household, Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers, and many others were slain in this fierce battle, and many, especially northerners, in whom the king so greatly trusted, took flight without engaging; and there was left no part of the opposing army of sufficient significance or substance for the glorious victor Henry VII to engage, and so add to his experience in battle.

‘Thus through this battle peace was obtained for the whole of the realm. King Richard’s body was found among the other slain. * * * Many other insults were heaped on it, and not very humanely, a halter was thrown around the neck, and it was carried to Leicester.

The new king, graced with the crown he won with such distinction, proceeded to the same place. Meanwhile, many nobles and others were taken into captivity, most notably, Henry, earl of Northumberland, and Thomas Howard, earl of Surrey, first-born of the deceased duke of Norfolk.

There was also taken prisoner William Catesby, who was pre-eminent among all the counsellors of the late king, and whose head was cut off at Leicester, as a last reward for his excellent service. Also, two yeomen from the West Country, named Bracher, who fell into the hands of the victors, were hanged.

Moreover, there has been no word, nor has it been written or remembered, that any other persons, after the end of the fighting, were dealt with in this fashion, but that, on the contrary, the new prince showed mercy to all.

He began to receive the praises of all, as if he were an angel sent from heaven, through whom God had deigned to visit His people, and to deliver them from the evils with which it had been previously and immoderately afflicted.

‘And thus concluding this history … (we) have brought the narrative down to this battle, which was fought near Merevale, and which took place on 22 August, 1485″

(b) A Castilian Report.

“Entering England by way of Wales, and conquering all before him, Henry Tudor ‘crossed as far as a town called Coventry, near which King Richard stood in the field with as many as 70,000 combatants. But … previous to his entry into England, he had the assurance that my Lord “Tamerlant”, one of the principal nobles of England, and sundry other leading men, who had given him their oath and seals, would give him assistance when they came to battle and would fight against King Richard, and so they did.

Though his people came with faint heart, as not knowing the secret but fully aware of the multitude of King Richard’s army, he greatly heartened them to come to the battlefield.

‘When King Richard was certified of the near approach of Earl Henry in battle array, he ordered his lines and entrusted the van to his grand chamberlain with 7,000 fighting men. My Lord “Tamerlant” with King Richard’s left wing left his position and passed in front of the king’s vanguard with 10,000 men, then, turning his back on Earl Henry, he began to fight fiercely against the king’s van, and so did all the others who had plighted their faith to Earl Henry.

Now when Salazar, your little vassal, who was there in King Richard’s service, saw the treason of the king’s people, he went up to him and said: “Sire, take steps to put your pers on in safety, without expecting to have the victory in today’s battle, owing to the manifest treason in your following”.

But the king replied: “Salazar, God forbid I yield one step. This day I will die as king or win”. Then he placed over his head-armour the crown royal, which they declare be worth 120,000 crowns, and having donned his coat-of-arms began to fight with much vigour, putting heart into those that remained loyal, so that by his sole effort he upheld the battle for a long time.

But in the end the king’s army was beaten and he himself was killed, and in this battle above 10,000 are said to have perished, on both sides. Salazar fought bravely, but for all this was able to escape. There died most of those who loyally served the king, and there was lost all the king’s treasure, which he brought with him into the field.

After winning this victory Earl Henry was at once acclaimed king by all parties. He ordered the dead king to be placed in a little hermitage near the place of battle, and had him covered from the waist downward with a black rag of poor quality, ordering him to be exposed there for three days to the universal gaze.’

“After gaining military assistance from the king of France, Henry Tudor lands in Wales, with the earl of Oxford and Lord Chandée as his commanders. King Richard reacts furiously, ordering his retainers to destroy the rebels with fire and sword. He summons the armed might of the kingdom, but Lord Stanley and his kinsmen go over to the pretender. On the battle itself, André simply notes:

‘I have learned somewhat of this battle from oral sources, but in this matter the eye is a more reliable witness than the ear. Rather than affirm anything rashly, therefore, I pass over the date, place and order of battle, for as I have said I lack the illumination of eye-witnesses. Until I am more fully instructed, for this field of battle, I shall leave blank a space as broad * * * * *’

He then records the celebrations and speech of thanksgiving, noting the presence among the victorious troops of his clerical colleagues the bishop of Winchester, the bishop of St. Asaph and the dean of Windsor, namely Richard Fox, Michael Deacon and Christopher Urswick. More gaps are left for details of the burial of Richard III and the names of the captives. Saturday is given as the day of the battle.”

Link: http://www.r3.org/richard-iii/the-battle-of-bosworth/bosworth-contemporary-tudor-accounts/

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richmond-rex · 3 years

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☠ and ♥ for margaret beaufort, ♥ elizabeth of york, ☾ and ★ henry vii, ★ margaret tudor

🌹 Hey there, thank you so much for your ask! Under the cut because it got long! ask me a headcanon

Margaret Beaufort

☠ - angry/violent headcanon: This is the thing, though. I don’t think Margaret was an angry or violent person! She’s earned a reputation as a demanding and somewhat strict mistress but all of her household servants were fond of her. Fisher said that ‘of marvellous gentleness she was unto all folks, but specially unto her own, whom she trusted and loved right tenderly. Unkind she would be unto no creature, or forgetful of any kindness or service done to her before’. Likewise, sometime later, a former servant of hers, Henry Parker, referred to her as ‘my godly mistress the Lady Margaret’. There were always fun pastimes at her house though eventually she would pull out her bible lol There’s the time she was visiting one of the colleges she founded in Cambridge, Christ’s College, and a dean was beating one of his pupils and Margaret saw it from a window and shouted: lente, lente! (gently, gently!).

I’d say that one thing that made her blood boil, though, if there was any, was her sense of justice. Fisher commented that ‘it is not unknown how studiously she procured justice to be administered by a long season so long as she was suffered’. We saw her unwavering determination in trying to get her son’s lands back to him, but we also see this trait in the fact that she was authorised to settle disputes and administer justice on the king’s behalf in the midlands. Apparently, the jail in her house of Collyweston was occasionally in use (*eye emoji*). She also tried to make the king of France pay her the debt that was owed to her family since before she was born, and for that reason she travelled to France in 1502 when she was 57 years old!

♥ - family headcanon: Maggie B loved a full house! Even before she was the king’s mother her house had always been full of people visiting, notably her half-siblings, the St Johns, and her half-brother, Sir John Welles. She sought the advancement of her nieces and nephews: one of her nephews, Sir Richard Pole, married Margaret of Clarence, for example, and her nieces Elizabeth and Eleanor St John were raised in her household. The king paid for the festivities of Elizabeth St John’s wedding. It seems Margaret was greatly interested in the future of children, including her royal grandchildren: she constantly brought them presents, and it seems she rewarded the queen’s midwives after each birth. We know that she paid for servants to go to Queen Margaret in Scotland so as to bring her news about her granddaughter. All-in-all she was the biggest gemini who liked being surrounded by company and knowing all that was going on with her family.

Elizabeth of York

♥ - family headcanon: We know Elizabeth was very close to her children, but she was also very close to her sisters (she paid them pensions even after they were married and even looked after their children, Katherine’s in particular) and that’s why I think Princess Katherine was named after her sister Katherine of York, rather than after Princess Catalina. Katherine of York was the chief mourner at Elizabeth’s funeral which implies she was with Elizabeth when she died and possibly with her sister during her niece’s birth. That she was attending the queen is also possible given that her husband was imprisoned at the time under suspicion of plotting with Edmund de la Pole. So, most likely Katherine of York was princess Katherine’s godmother, and we know that according to tradition the godparents were the ones to name the child during the baptism/christening. Elizabeth of York had known her sister Katherine all her life. In comparison, Elizabeth of York knew Princess Catalina for a total of two weeks at most. Also, compared to Katherine of York, it is unlikely that Catherine of Aragon attended the princess’s baptism at the Tower.

Henry VII

☾ - sleep headcanon: In my modern AU Henry VII goes to sleep very late and wakes up very early and is borderline insomniac lelel Ok, this is largely based on his reputation to be a workaholic but I’m not pulling this headcanon out of my arse: Henry VII was greatly relieved when they finally captured Perkin Warbeck because he had not been able to sleep very well (and was probably suffering from some sort of anxiety disorder). After Warbeck surrendered, Henry claimed that at last he had been ‘cured of those privy stitches which ... had long [been] about his heart and had sometimes broken his sleep’.

★ - sad headcanon: Whyyy would you ask for a sad headcanon hhh almost all of Henry’s life was sad! That’s the thing about him, though, he is a tragic figure, especially because there was a moment in her life where he finally got to be the hero and then everything started slowly crumbling down. We know how miserable he was after the deaths of Prince Arthur and Elizabeth (and presumably, Jasper), but many people don’t realise that starting in 1499 Henry lost many friends and loyal supporters who had been following him since his days in exile. Cardinal Morton, arguably a father figure, died in 1499; Reginald Bray, a friend and the head of the king’s fiscal policies so far, died in 1503, not long after Elizabeth of York. Daubeney, which people have called to be the equivalent of what William Hastings was to Edward IV, Henry’s Lord Chamberlain, fell ill whilst travelling with the king and died shortly after in 1508. Richard Pole, the king’s cousin and who had also served as his chamberlain for some time, died in 1504 (if I’m not mistaken). In short, Henry VII progressively lost all of his friends at the same time when he was also losing many members of his family. Henry VII’s last years were nothing short of tragic; I think he had always been a lonely child, and then as he got to the end of his life he must have felt like that lonely child again.

Margaret Tudor

★ - sad headcanon: I headcanon Margaret as the biggest daddy’s girl hh and from what we got from her letters as soon as she went to Scotland, she was homesick, but above all missing her father! I think losing her mother must have been a terrible blow to her (from Elizabeth’s accounts it seems they were constantly together by the time of her mother’s death), and then she had to be separated from the one parent that was left to her. From her letters it seems she was also saddened by what she perceived as James’s lack of interest in her: she goes on to say something along the lines of the king doesn’t pay attention to me as he should, that is, she was used to seeing her father the king paying a great deal of attention to her mother the queen, and thought that was how marriage looked like. Many people think that Henry VIII sought in his successive marriages what his parents had but I think that Margaret (and Mary) also wanted to have a marriage similar to her parents’.

Thanks for sending your ask! ❤️️🤍

#sanssremovyr #headcanon meme #margaret beaufort #elizabeth of york #henry vii #margaret tudor

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disneyprincessbuffyannesummers · 3 years

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❛THE CORONATION of Elizabeth of York is one of only two in the fifteenth century for which we have good documentation, the other is of course that of Richard III.l In this year of the quincentenary of the latter coronation it was thought that a brief comparison of the two would be of interest, concentrating particularly on those attending, since the ceremonies themselves were very similar. This is possible because Elizabeth of York’s is the only other fifteenth century coronation for which we have lists of those who were there. Two accounts of this coronation have been available in print for many years, and there are at least two others still in manuscript.2 These give much more detail than any one manuscript from the coronation of Richard III, and cover events from the announcement of the date by Henry VII, through the Court of Claims, the preliminary processions, the coronation itself and the banquet following, ending with the lists of names referred to above.

In the introductory matter we have, as well as the commission of the Duke of Bedford to act as Lord Steward for the coronation and to hold the Court of Claims, some of the claims themselves, very unusual for this date. They include that of the Earl of Oxford to act as Chamberlain to the Queen, and that of the Duke of Suffolk to carry the Queen’s sceptre. In this he unblushingly claims to have carried that of ‘Dame Anne late Queene of England’.3 This he certainly did not do, a fact within the memories of most of his peers, he carried that of Richard in 1483. However his claim was allowed and he did carry the Queen’s sceptre. He in fact carried a sceptre at all four coronations between 1465 and 1487, and quite possibly at Edward IV’s in 1461 too. It is of interest here that Anne Neville is referred to in so public a document as ‘late Queene’, Richard himself was of course usually referred to officially as ‘King late in deed and not in right’. The description of events leading to the coronation includes a description of the preparations made by the City of London to receive the Queen, and a list of the knights of the Bath made beforehand.‘ In the description of the processions quite considerable detail is given of the costumes worn by the Queen, and (of course) of the order of the processions, particularly ‘who carried what’ in them. The rota of the knights who carried the canopy over the Queen in the procession to the Tower of London on the day before the coronation is given in detail. There were twelve of them, and no iess than five had been knighted by Henry at Stoke a few months earlier. These included Sir Richard Pole, later to marry Clarence’s daughter Margaret.’ Three more had been knighted at Bosworth by Henry and another, Sir William Stonor, was made a banneret at Stoke. Obviously all were receiving further (and cheap) rewards for their services. Interestingly in the ecclesiastical part of the procession to the Abbey on coronation day itself the Archbishop . of Canterbury (John Morton) does not seem to have taken part, but awaited the Queen in the Abbey. One of the bishops supporting the Queen was Peter Courtenay, now Bisho of Winchester, who as Bishcs of Exeter had similarly supported Anne Nevil e. The Queen’s train was'hel by her sister Cicely and her crown was borne by Jasper Tudor, the Duke of Bedford. The procession, consisting of bishops, abbots, peers and knights, was brought to an end by the Queen’s ladies, whose order was ‘much broken and distroubled’ by the crowd.6 The spectators had crowded in to cut up the ray cloth on which the procession walked, this was traditionally distributed to them afterwards, but they had obviously decided to take it immediately. The press of people was so great that some were killed. - The coronation ceremony followed the same version of the Liber Regalis as did Anne Neville’s. The coronation mass then took place. The ceremony was watched by the King and his mother from a special latticed ‘stage’, as was the banquet following. It is interesting to note that Elizabeth Woodville was not apparently present, nor was Cecily Neville. The traditional banquet followed the coronation mass, a menu is given in the manuscripts, not as elaborate as that for Richard III’s banquet.7 The Queen was supported by her - sister Cicely and the Duchess of Bedford (Katharine Woodville, widow of the Duke of Buckingham) throughout the coronation and banquet. The cloth of estate shielding the Queen at the banquet was held by the Countess Rivers, presumably the widow of Anthony Woodville and a Beaufort descendant, and the Countess of Oxford, sister of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, and thus Elizabeth’s great-aunt. The King thus neatly divided these duties between the two families, his and his wife’s. The Duchess of Suffolk, the Queen’s aunt and sister to Richard and Edward IV, was resent, but did not play so prominent a role as at the coronation of Richar and Anne. _ Coming now to the lists of those who attended the coronation it must first be said that the numbers there surpass those who attended Richard’s. This point is worth reiterating because it has often been said that Richard’s was the best attended of the medieval period.“ The most that can be said is that it was as well attended as any. Examining the names sonic interesting oints emerge. The majority of the peerage attended both Coronations alt ough there were some new names at Elizabeth’s: the Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Oxford, Earl Rivers, Viscount Welles and Lord Hastings, for instance, who were not in a position to attend Richard’s, and other peers were missing, for example the Duke of Norfolk, Viscount Lovell, Lord Zouche and Lord Ferrets, who had supported Richard. One wonders what went through the minds of the others who had attended both coronations as well as that of Henry VII. One conspicuous absentee was the Marquis of Dorset. An oddity in the list of peers is a separate list of the earls who were widowers, from which, since the Earl of Huntingdon’s name is included, we assume that his wife, Richard’s illegitimate daughter, was dead by 1487. There are also full lists of the abbots and bishops present, which are completely omitted from the surviving documents of Richard’s coronation. When the list of knights is examined some interesting facts are seen. Directly comparing the total numbers present, there were approximately 185 knights at Elizabeth of York’s coronation (approximately because some names are apparently duplicated) and 105 at Richard’s. About 85 of the former (or nearly 46 per cent) had been knighted since 1485, and of the remaining 100, 37 had also attended Richard’s coronation. One prominent such person was Sir James Tyrell, and several others had fought for Richard at Bosworth, for example Sir John Bourchier, Sir James Harrington and Sir Robert Middleton. Two of Sir John Bourchier’s cousins were also present at Elizabeth’s coronation, both named Sir Thomas. One of them, we are not sure which, was also at Richard’s, and one, Sir Thomas of Berners, fought for Henry at Bosworth. Sir William Stanley and John Cheyne were at both coronations, and also at Bosworth for Henry. Other early Tudor adherents present at Elizabeth’s coronation, Sir John Savage and Sir Gilbert Talbot, commanded the wings at Bosworth. In all it can be said that the attendance at the coronation of Elizabeth of York does seem to show how the new King was attempting to weld together the different parties in his realm❞

The Coronation of Elizabeth of York P. W. HAMMOND

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Thomas More: Humanist, Legal Scholar, Catholic Martyr & a Enemy of the new religious state.

On the 7th of February 1478, Sir Thomas More was born. His parents were Sir John More and Agnes Grainer. Thomas followed in his father's foosteps, pursuing a law career. He became a successful lawyer and renowned intellectual, as well as one of the leading members of the English Renaissance during the first years of Henry VIII.

As with every figure of this time however, there are less than savory details about his life that will not sit well with our modern perceptions. Some of these are thoroughly discussed in an objective light in A Daughter's Love by John Guy, The Life of Thomas More by Peter Ackroyd & Wicked Women of Tudor England: Queens. Aristocrats. Commoners by Retha Warnicke. One of the subjects discussed by the latter is his second wife, Alice Middleton. While Thomas doesn't take the center stage here, the author highlights how unusual his family was by sixteenth century standards and lays some of his prejudices flaws in appropriate context - while still managing to dispel many of the nonsensical rumors that gave rise to a negative image of Alice as the shrew wife.

While Thomas More is best known for his refusal to take the Oath of Supremacy, his staunch defense of the Catholic Church, his serious condemnation against all heresies, and of course, his most celebrated work, Utopia; he did and wrote plenty of other things that also got many people's attention. Among these are a satire in which he alludes to the Duke of Buckingham's innocense, a Tudor propagandist history of Richard III, a praise for Cardinal Morton against the aforementioned Plantagenet King, a Treatise against Luther and corruption within the Catholic Church as well as a defense of Erasmus against his critics. This last one was followed by a separate one written by his eldest (and favorite) daughter, Margaret Roper.

While Thomas believed in female education, he was not keen to the idea of women authoring their own works. Yet, as most philosophers, his rhetoric often contradicted his actions and praise when he congratulated his daughter on her works (although she rarely took any credit for these). The encouragement and tutors that Thomas gave to his daughters, including his wards, was an invaluable gift that ended saving his life. Before Wolsey's arrest, he became seriously ill. His physician was unsure of what ailed him so his foster daughter, Margaret Giggs, looked on some of Galen's medical texts then compared some of the symptons Thomas had with those described by the Roman philosopher and physician, to work out what was happening and find a better solution. Long story short, she was right and thanks to her better judgment, Thomas More recovered.

Besides being somewhat of a jester and ardent critic, Thomas was a master of rhetoric. From the time he was summoned to answer for his refusal to take the Oath to days before his execution, Thomas artfully defended his case, citing that he could accept Princess Elizabeth and any other heir by Anne and Henry VIII, as the King's heir because that was a parliamentary matter, not a religious one but he would not abide to the rest, namely acknowledging Henry as the Head of his new church, for that same reason. Some of Thomas' detractors, including his estranged brother-in-law (who had converted to Protestantism at this point) urged Cromwell to convince the King to accept this as it sounded reasonable. But Cromwell gave them the same response the King had given him, that there was no middle ground. It was all or nothing.

Defiant to the end, Thomas went to his execution declaring that he was the King's servant but died God's first.

Images: The first portrait is a recreation of the original by Hans Holbein which is lost to us now. This shows Thomas and his family, including his adoptive daughter, Margaret Giggs who, together with his eldest, he showed special favor. More was described as a caring father and deeply religious. He schooled all of his daughters in subjects that were reserved for boys, and never touched them with so much -according to one contemporary- "as a feather". The second is a much later one that combines elements from the original to include Thomas More's descendants during the Elizabethan era (who are on the far left, easily identifiable by their fashions).

#thomas more #history #renaissance #dailytudors #Catholicism #protestantism

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where-our-stories-start · 4 years

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Tortall Fancast Series - Alanna the Lioness

As children, Thom and Alanna were so much alike in face and body shape as to be mistaken for each other, if dressed alike. The only distinguishing feature of the twins at that time was the length of their hair.

Alanna has fiery red hair in the color of copper and bright violet, amethyst colored eyes, the same as the color of her magical Gift. She is quite short, only five feet four inches and has a stocky build. Her heraldic insignia is a lioness rampant, earning her the nickname "Lioness".

By 462 HE fine lines frame her eyes and mouth. Her then shoulder long hair shows strands of grey. She is slightly limping from a wound to the thigh which hasn't completely healed. (x)

Alanna’s age:

10-14 - Alanna: The First Adventure

14-18 - In the Hand of the Goddess

18-19 - The Woman Who Rides Like a Man

19-20 - Lioness Rampant

29-33 - The Immortals Quartet

33-41 - Protector of the Small Quartet

42-43 - Trickster Duology

NIAMH WALTER - YOUNG SARA (THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR)

I can’t find an exact age for Niamh Walter, but she looks to be between 10 and 14, making her within the appropriate range for Page Alan. She wears medieval fighting clothing and very much has an attitude in all the footage I can find. The only hangup is her long hair.

ALICIA MORTON - ANNIE (ANNIE)

Alicia Morton was roughly 12 when filming Annie (1999). The movie’s set in the 1930s, so basically no usable clothing for Alanna, but Alicia has exactly the hair that was on my cover of Alanna: The First Adventure, so I can’t help seeing her as Page Alan.

DAKOTA BLUE RICHARDS - FRANKY FITZGERALD (SKINS)

I like Dakota Blue Richards a lot for Alanna, particularly in this character. She was 15-16 while she was on Skins, and while yet again the setting doesn’t lend itself to period-appropriate clothing, she’s one of the few young redheaded actors I can find who’s playing an androgynous teenager. Perfect for Squire Alan.

SOPHIE TURNER - SANSA STARK (GAME OF THRONES, SEASONS 7-8)

Most of Sophie Turner's Game of Thrones material isn’t a good fit for Alanna, but I was surprised by how well she fits as the newly-made King’s Champion. She was 20-22 during filming for the last two seasons, and she wears heavily armored dresses, as well as heavy cloaks (we all know how Alanna likes to stay warm).

VIRGINIA HANKINS - ACTOR AND MODEL

Virginia Hankins is an actor and a model (as well as many other things, based on her website!) who I love as young Sir Alanna as well. She has a lot of material in armor and on horseback, as well as a few images in medieval gowns (I’m a big fan of making content that acknowledges Alanna’s more feminine side). I don’t know her exact age, but she appears 25-35 in the pictures.

SOPHIA BUZAKOVA - MODEL

I have no idea who this woman is, except that her name appears to be Sophia Buzakova (it’s also possible that her name is Oksana and that Sophia Buzakova is the photographer) and that she makes an unbelievably perfect adult Alanna. More photos from this series can be found here.

JESSICA CHASTAIN - SARA (THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR)

As the older counterpart to Niamh Walter’s character (38/39 during filming), Jessica Chastain makes an fancast for Alanna in the Protector of the Small era. One of the things I love about Alanna as a character is that she is a young adult protagonist who is allowed to get old while maintaining her arc. I love that we see her as a middle-aged woman with a career and a family and a personality that is both more mature and consistent with who she was at 11 or 15 or 18. Jessica Chastain wears medieval clothing and fights primarily with a bow in the film.

CATE BLANCHETT - ELIZABETH (ELIZABETH AND ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE)

Another excellent older Alanna. Cate Blanchett was roughly 38 while filming Elizabeth: The Golden Age, in which she wears a very cool suit of armor. There’s also Renaissance-style footage of her in the film’s prequel, Elizabeth, during which she was in her late 20s. I always love fancasting actors who have material from multiple years, especially for characters who grow and age so much over the course of the books.

If you’ve got favorite fancasts for Alanna, feel free to add them! The full series can be found here. If you have requests for particular characters, send those my way as well!

#tamora pierce #tortall #alanna the lioness #alanna fancast #tortall fancast series #niamh walter #alicia morton #dakota blue richards #sophie turner #virginia hankins #sophia buzakova #jessica chastain #cate blanchett

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oscarwetnwilde · 7 months

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James Wilby Kissing Scenes: Murder In Mind. (2003)

#James Wilby #Murder In Mind #Sir Richard Morton #Kate Magowan #Eloise Duvall #James Wilby Kiss Scenes #Echoes

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kwebtv · 4 years

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The Spanish Princess - Starz - May 5, 2019 - June 23, 2019

Period Drama (8 episodes)

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

Alicia Borrachero as Queen Isabella

Laura Carmichael as Margaret "Maggie" Pole

Daniel Cerqueira as De Fuensalida

Aaron Cobham as Oviedo

Elliot Cowan as Henry VII, King of England

Philip Cumbus as Thomas Wolsey

Georgie Henley as Margaret "Meg" Tudor

Charlotte Hope as Catherine of Aragon

Angus Imrie as Arthur, Prince of Wales

Stephanie Levi-John as Lina de Cardonnes, Lady-in-Waiting to Catherine of Aragon

Alan McKenna as Sir Richard Pole

Alexandra Moen as Elizabeth of York

Ruairi O'Connor as Harry, Duke of York

Nadia Parkes as Rosa de Vargas

Richard Pepper as Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire

Jordan Renzo as Charles "Charlie" Brandon

Olly Rix as Edward Stafford

Harriet Walter as Margaret Beaufort

Recurring

Mamadou Doumbia as John Blanke

Isla Merrick-Lawless as Princess Mary

Guest

Patrick Gibson as Richard of York

Kenneth Cranham as Bishop John Morton

Luka Perros as Christopher Columbus

Norman Bowman as William Dunbar

#The Spanish Princess #TV #Period Drama #Starz #2000's #Alicia Borrachero #Laura Carmichael #Daniel Cerqueira #Aaron Co #Elliot Cowam #Philip Cumbus #George Henley #Charlotte Hope #Angue Imrie #Stephanie Levi-John #Alan McKenna #Alexandra Moen #Ruairi O'Connor

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socialshakespeare · 4 years

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Reading 1: Friday, May 15

The first read-through of Henry IV, Part 2

(Most of you are double or triple cast, so double check which lines you have to read.) You can look up the lines of the characters here. The names listed below all go with the Folger Edition. If you’re in any doubt, or would like to be an understudy for this reading, please ask.

Times and time zones:

EDT (US): 8:00 PM CDT (US): 7:00 PM MDT (US): 6:00 PM PDT (US): 5:00 PM BST (UK): 1:00 AM (Saturday, May 16) AEST (AU): 10:00 AM (Saturday, May 16)

Leader: @purplemuskrat

Cast:

Sir John Falstaff: @bestnoncannonship King Henry IV, Firsts, Snare: @sphinxyvic Prince Hal, Bullcalf, Porter: @kneelbeforeclefairy Justice Shallow, Poins, Travers, Messenger: @skeleton-richard Hostess (Mistress Quickly), Mouldy, Hastings, Harcourt: @actorinfluence Archbishop Scroop, Lady Percy, Seconds, Davy: @trashprinceofdenmark Lord Chief Justice, Will, Feeble, Colevile, Lady N: @sayyestothejess Westmoreland, Pistol, Wart, Fang, Porter: @purplemuskrat John of Lancaster, Falstaff's Page, Shadow, Morton: @wildechild Northumberland, Peto, Warwick, Gower, Epilogue: @kitkaterawr Lord Bardolph, Bardolph, Humphrey, Servant, Beadle: @newlywebb722 Doll Tearsheet, Justice Silence, Thomas, Mowbray, Rumor: @tigerkat24 Understudy: @normallyparenthetical

Please send an ask to confirm - liking/reblogging this post does not count!

Read the Guidelines. To avoid the differences between editions that make for confusion and missed cues, please use the Folger edition of Henry IV, Part 2 during the read-through.

Be on time, be prepared, and make sure you know which lines to read. Good luck!

#social shakespeare #henry iv part 2 #2h4 #2 henry iv #cast list

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scotianostra · 4 years

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Happy 59th Birthday to the Scottish actor Iain Glen, born June 24th 1961.

Ian was born in Edinburgh and was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and University of Aberdeen. He then attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Following his graduation, where he won the Bancroft medal, he appeared on stage performing in such plays as Macbeth, and Henry V.

Iain immediately rose to prominence in 1988 with his acclaimed performance as a charismatic gang leader in The Fear for Euston Films. Followed by his multi award winning tour de force as imprisoned Scottish poet Larry Winters in Silent Scream In 1990. Since then Glen has hardly been off our screens some of his roles include, Hamlet, in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Damon Morton, the murderer in Trial and Retribution, which also starred the great David Hayman, and Sports reporter, Stuart Morrison in Glasgow with Sharon Small, who he would later join up with in Christmas at Downton Abbey. One of my favourite role of Glen's is that of Father Octavian in Doctor Who, and yes I'm a fan!

In 1998 he returned to stage to star opposite Nicole Kidman in The Blue Room, which opened to rave reviews. Three years later he found himself back on the big screen in the eyes of viewers on both sides of the pond with performances in Beautiful Creatures and Tomb Raider playing Angelina Jolie’s arch villain, Powell.

Another favourite series and role for Iain was that of the enigmatic Vaughan Edwards in spooks in 2010, since then he has appeared as Jack Taylor in the self titled crime series set in Ireland, Sir Richard Carlisle in the aforementioned Downton Abbey and Inspector Ronald Mulligan in another crime series, Breathless. Of course those who are fans of Game of Thrones will know his best, as Jorah Mormont, one of the longer lasting characters in the series which regularly bumps off the major characters.

Glenn lives in England with his wife, actress Charlotte Emmerson, in an interview in 2017 Iain says “My parents are still in Scotland, though they’re more fragile and less mobile than they were, so we tend to go to them more often than we did 10 years ago,” he says.

“I love returning to Edinburgh as it’s a great, quality life up there and I’m bombarded with memories from childhood.”

Iain has a recurring role in The DC Franchised web TV Series Titan as Bruce Wayne "A billionaire who moonlights as a feared vigilante in Gotham City" I don't know who they mean . He has three projects on the go at the moment among them a remake of the popular story about the horse, Black Beauty.

#Scotland #scottish #actor #GOT #game of thrones #birthday

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weirdesplinder · 4 years

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Lista di libri dedicati a furti e ladri

Sull’onda della visione del telefilm La casa di carta on #Netflix ho deciso di proporvi una lista di romanzi che parlino appunto di ladri e furti. Un argomento che ha sempre interessato molto la letteratura. Naturalmenet non è una lista esaustiva, i titoli sono così tanti, ma ho cercato di darvi più titoli in ogni nicchia del genere e tutti reperibili in italiano.

Partiamo dai classici naturalmente:

- L' eredità misteriosa. Rocambole. Vol. 1 (1857) di Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail

Primo volume del ciclo dedicato al ladro Rocambole

1812, mentre le truppe di Napoleone si ritirano dalla Russia, si compie una sanguinosa vendetta tra due ufficiali della Grande Armata francese. Molti anni dopo, a Parigi, gli eredi di quella faida danno vita a una lotta senza esclusione di colpi tra il Bene e il Male. Da una parte il conte Armand de Kergaz, che impiega le sue risorse a favore dei più deboli, dall'altra il fratellastro Andréa, alias sir Williams, vero e proprio genio del crimine, mentore del futuro protagonista: Rocambole. Sullo sfondo di una città affascinante quanto pericolosa, inizia così uno dei capisaldi del romanzo d'appendice, dove non mancano amori, passioni e cruenti delitti.

- Raffles: il ladro gentiluomo (1898) di Ernest William Hornung

Primo libro della serie sul ladro gentiluomo Raffles

È mezzanotte sull’Albany Street londinese. Harry “Bunny” Manders ha perso tutto al gioco. Negli ultimi tempi la sfortuna lo perseguita. Il suo lavoro come giornalista non rende e l’unica cosa sensata da fare sembra quella di introdursi nell’appartamento di uno dei creditori. A.J. Raffles è un suo vecchio compagno di scuola, forse a lui può confessare l’inutilità degli assegni che ha firmato, il suo conto in rosso. Raffles lo guarda con i suoi occhi azzurri taglienti, accende una Sullivan e prepara due whisky e soda. Ma Bunny non ha voglia di bere, Bunny ha una pistola nella tasca del suo cappotto e se la punta dritta sulla tempia. Intravedere una via d’uscita dalla situazione è quasi impossibile, eppure Raffles, carezzandosi il suo curato pizzetto, propone un piano. Forse un suo amico può aiutarli entrambi; ma quale amico si va a trovare nel cuore della notte, alla luce dei fiammiferi, in un appartamento abbandonato che guarda caso sta proprio sopra la famosa gioielleria dell’amico in questione?

- Arsenio Lupin (1905) di Maurice Leblanc

Anche questa è una serie di libri, ma Newton Compton ha raccolto tutti i vari racconti in un unico volume nel caso vi interessi intitolato Tutte le avventure di Arsenio Lupin

Arsenio Lupin è un raffinato ladro gentiluomo, amante delle donne, del gioco d'azzardo e dotato di uno spiccato sense of humor. Per questo personaggio pare che Maurice Leblanc si sia ispirato a Marius Jacob, anarchico francese e ladro inafferrabile.

- La primula rossa (1905) di Emma Orczy

Primo libro di un ciclo dedicato alla Primula Rossa

Parigi, anno di grazia 1792. Il Regime del Terrore semina il caos. I “maledetti aristos”, sventurati discendenti delle famiglie aristocratiche francesi, vengono mandati a morte dall'implacabile tribunale del popolo: ogni giorno le teste di uomini, donne e bambini cadono sotto la lama della ghigliottina. Ma in loro aiuto interviene un personaggio inafferrabile e misterioso, il quale, attraverso rocambolesche e ingegnose fughe, riesce a portare oltremanica i perseguitati del regime, nella libera Inghilterra. Dietro di sé non lascia tracce, se non il proprio marchio: un piccolo fiore scarlatto, che gli varrà il soprannome di Primula Rossa. Ma quale identità si cela dietro questo pseudonimo? Chi è l'audace salvatore, disposto a rischiare la propria vita in nome della nobile causa? L'incognita ossessiona l'astuto e crudele funzionario del governo francese Chauvelin e affascina l'alta società inglese: ma la soluzione del mistero si rivelerà tanto insospettabile quanto geniale. romance e romanzo d'avventura, il ciclo della "Primula Rossa" viene qui presentato in una nuova traduzione.

- Simon Templar, alias il Santo (1928) di Leslie Charteris

Serie di più di 50 romanzi

Simon Templar è un Robin Hood moderno, un giustiziere che agisce ai margini della legge e che, almeno nelle apparizioni iniziali, non disdegna l'omicidio a fini di giustizia. Di lui si sa poco: è probabilmente di umili origini, è dotato di uno spiccato sense of humour e ha una nutrita serie di identità fasulle. Il suo segno di riconoscimento è una stilizzata figura umana con un'aureola sui bigliettini che lascia a mo' di firma sul luogo delle sue imprese per lo scorno dei rappresentanti della legge, abitualmente beffati: l'ispettore Teal di Scotland Yard e l'ispettore John Fernack della polizia di New York.

- Il barone fa il poliziotto (The Baron), di John Creasey sotto pseudonimo Anthony Morton

Anche questa è una lunga serie di libri brevi

Protagonista delle storie è John Mannering, un antiquario inglese con negozi a Washington, Parigi e Londra; in realtà è un agente segreto ex ladro di gioielli che sta indagando su casi di spionaggio internazionale con l'aiuto del suo collaboratore David Marlowee.

- Il ladro che credeva di essere Bogart (1977) di Lawrence Block

Un ladro, una città, un mistero. Il ladro è Bernie Rodhenbarr, disincantato libraio con l'hobby del furto e una netta inclinazione a ficcare il naso in faccende pericolose. La città è New York, una categoria dello spirito più che una metropoli, con i suoi cinemini d'essai dove è ancora possibile scambiare la realtà per un sogno in bianco e nero. Il mistero è quello di un cadavere in cerca d'autore

Romanzi più Contemporanei:

- La grande rapina di Nizza di Ken Follett

Il libro è una ricostruzione delle vicende connesse con la grande rapina di Nizza, portata a termine ai danni della filiale nizzarda della banca Société Générale da una banda di malviventi capeggiati da Alberto Spaggiari. La "grande rapina" fu definita tale per l'ammontare del maltolto (circa cento milioni di franchi dell'epoca) e per le modalità, dal momento che i ladri penetrarono nel caveau della banca tramite una galleria scavata a partire da alcuni cunicoli fognari cittadini.

- Vuoto di luna di Michael Connelly

Cassie Black ha passato sei anni in prigione per un furto al casinò dove ha perso la vita il suo compagno. Durante la libertà vigilata progetta di riprendersi la figlia, in adozione, arraffare un sacco di soldi e scomparire nel nulla. Ma qualcuno le sta alle costole...

- Il principe dei ladri di Chuck Hogan

Claire Keesey, direttrice di filiale di un istituto di credito di Boston, viene presa in ostaggio durante una rapina. I banditi sono quattro: Doug, Jem, Gloansy e Dez. "Fanno banda" sin dai tempi della scuola, e oggi sono rapinatori affiatati, precisi, spregiudicati e inafferrabili. Sono cresciuti insieme a Charlestown, un quartiere di Boston dove "guadagnarsi il pane" equivale a svaligiare una banca. Ma Doug, il cervello della banda, non aveva messo in conto che, insieme con una montagna di quattrini, dal colpo in banca si sarebbe portato a casa anche un cuore ferito. Gli sono bastati pochi attimi per innamorarsi di Claire. Continua a pensarla, dopo la rapina: sa dove abita, la segue, fa in modo di incontrarla, di sedurla.

- La modista, un romanzo con guardia e ladri di Andrea Vitali

Nella notte hanno tentato un furto in comune, ma la guardia Firmato Bicicli non ha visto nulla. Invece, quando al gruppetto dei curiosi accorsi davanti al municipio s'avvicina Anna Montani, il maresciallo Accadi la vede, eccome: un vestito di cotonina leggera e lì sotto pienezze e avvallamenti da far venire l'acquolina in bocca. Da quel giorno Bicicli avrà un solo pensiero: acciuffare i ladri che l'hanno messo in ridicolo e che continuano a colpire indisturbati. Anche il maresciallo Accadi, da poco comandante della locale stazione dei carabinieri, da quel momento ha un'idea fissa. Ma intorno alla bella modista e al suo segreto ronzano altri mosconi: per primo Romeo Gargassa, che ha fatto i soldi con il mercato nero durante la guerra e ora continua i suoi loschi traffici; e anche il giovane Eugenio Pochezza, erede della benestante signora Eutrice nonché corrispondente locale della "Provincia"

- La falsaria di B.A. Shapiro

Sono circa tre anni che per il mondo dell’arte Claire Roth è un paria, una grande millantatrice. Dopo uno scandalo che la ha coinvolta sia sul piano personale che su quello professionale, Claire si è ridotta a lavorare per un’azienda che vende online «repliche perfette» di capolavori della storia dell’arte. Un giorno riceve l’inaspettata visita di Aiden Markel, il proprietario della famosa Markel G, una delle gallerie più in vista di Boston e New York. Markel irrompe nel suo loft con una singolare proposta: una mostra, nella sua galleria, delle opere originali di Claire in cambio della realizzazione di un falso da parte sua. Non una replica à la Roth, ma un vero e proprio falso da dipingere su una tela d’epoca. Una mostra tutta sua è qualcosa di irrinunciabile per Claire. Quando, però, Markel si ripresenta al loft con l’opera originale da falsificare, il cuore di Claire Roth sobbalza. Il quadro, uno dei grandi capolavori di Degas, fu staccato, infatti, in una notte di pioggia, dalle pareti dell’Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum e la tela strappata alla sua cornice da una coppia di ladri maldestri, impegnati nel più grande furto d’arte ancora irrisolto della storia.

Romanzi più leggeri e rosa:

Un sentimento pericolo di Suzanne Enoch

Samantha Jellicoe è una ladra e ne è orgogliosa. Amante delle cose belle, non esita a procurarsele rubando ai ricchi le loro opere d’arte. Tutto cambia, però, la notte in cui tenta un furto in una villa a Palm Beach: l’esplosione di una bomba uccide una guardia e lei finisce per salvare la vita del padrone di casa, il playboy miliardario Richard Addison. Samantha è una ladra, è vero, ma se qualcuno pensa di farla passare per un’assassina si sbaglia di grosso. E se Richard è abituato a essere assediato dalle donne, quella che ha trovato in casa sua non sembra affatto interessata a lui. Però è vivo solo grazie a lei, l’unica a potergli dare le risposte che cerca. Così, fra gli intrighi del mondo dorato di Palm Beach, la seducente Samantha e l’affascinante Richard seguiranno gli indizi per scoprire anche il mistero di ciò che li unisce.

Ladro lui, ladra lei di Dani Sinclair

Brenna ama l'avventura, ma deve ammettere che introdursi in casa d'altri per sottrarre un dipinto sia un tantino eccessivo. Eppure non ha scelta: la reputazione del nonno, famoso pittore, dipende da lei. Ma quando Brenna, invece di mettere le mani sulla preziosa tela, un sensualissimo nudo femminile, si trova tra le braccia del ladro più sexy che abbia mai visto, il suo stupore è alle stelle. In realtà Spencer Griffen è un onesto cittadino, costretto a dare la caccia al fantomatico quadro per... comune senso del pudore! Insieme...

Una ladra tra le lenzuola di KRISTIN GABRIEL

Michael Wolff è giovane, scapolo e carino. In più è miliardario. Perciò è normale che le donne lo cerchino e mirino al suo denaro. Quello che Michael proprio non si aspetta è di trovarne una addirittura che sta aprendo la sua cassaforte! Sarah Hewitt, questo il nome della presunta ladra, in realtà ha un ottimo motivo per avere... le mani nel sacco. Il difficile sarà convincere Michael delle sue buone ragioni. Così, quando lui le fa una proposta che non si può rifiutare...

Il ladro di cuori di KRISTIN GABRIEL

Maddie Griffin è decisa a dimostrare al padre che ha tutte le carte in regola per far parte dell'agenzia investigativa di famiglia. Così, quando sulle pagine di una rivista riconosce la foto del famigerato Bandito Casanova, alias Tanner Blackburn, decide che deve essere lei a consegnare il fuggiasco alla giustizia. In realtà Tanner non ha mai nemmeno preso una multa per eccesso di velocità, ma prima di riuscire a spiegarlo a Maddie... è già in manette!

Una pericolosa rubacuori di TORI CARRINGTON

Nicole Bennett, flessuosa e sensuale come un gatto, sa anche tirare fuori gli artigli e, poiché è una inafferrabile ladra di gioielli, questa dote le è molto utile. Spera che lo sarà ancora di più quando cercherà di rubare il cuore di Alex Cassevetis.

All’interno del Genere fantasy:

Sei di corvi di Leigh Bardugo

A Ketterdam, vivace centro di scambi commerciali internazionali, non c'è niente che non possa essere comprato e nessuno lo sa meglio di Kaz Brekker, cresciuto nei vicoli bui e dannati del Barile, la zona più malfamata della città, un ricettacolo di sporcizia, vizi e violenza. Kaz, detto anche Manisporche, è un ladro spietato, bugiardo e senza un grammo di coscienza che si muove con disinvoltura tra bische clandestine, traffici illeciti e bordelli, con indosso gli immancabili guanti di pelle nera e un bastone decorato con una testa di corvo. Uno che, nonostante la giovane età, tutti hanno imparato a temere e rispettare. Un giorno Brekker viene avvicinato da uno dei più ricchi e potenti mercanti della città e gli viene offerta una ricompensa esorbitante a patto che riesca a liberare lo scienziato Bo Yul-Bayur dalla leggendaria Corte di Ghiaccio, una fortezza considerata da tutti inespugnabile. Una missione impossibile che Kaz non è in grado di affrontare da solo. Assoldati i cinque compagni di avventura – un detenuto con sete di vendetta, un tiratore scelto col vizio del gioco, uno scappato di casa con un passato da privilegiato, una spia che tutti chiamano lo "Spettro", una ragazza dotata di poteri magici –, ladri e delinquenti con capacità fuori dal comune e così disperati da non tirarsi indietro nemmeno davanti alla possibilità concreta di non fare più ritorno a casa, Kaz è pronto a tentare l'ambizioso quanto azzardato colpo. Per riuscirci, però, lui e i suoi compagni dovranno imparare a lavorare in squadra e a fidarsi l'uno dell'altro, perché il loro potenziale può sì condurli a compiere grandi cose, ma anche provocare grossi danni...

Gli inganni di Locke Lamora di Scott Lynch

Piccolo di statura, deboluccio e un po' imbranato con la spada, Locke Lamora ha però un grande punto di forza: nessuno lo può battere quanto ad astuzia e abilità truffaldina. E benché sia vero che ruba ai ricchi nessun povero ha mai visto un soldo bucato dei suoi furti. Tutto ciò su cui mette le mani lo tiene per sé e per i Bastardi Galantuomini, la sua banda. A suo modo, Locke è il re di Camorr, una città che sembra nata dall'acqua, ornata di migliaia di ponti e di sontuosi palazzi barocchi e popolata da mercanti, soldati, accattoni e, ovviamente, ladri. In realtà, Camorr è il dominio di Capa Barsavi, perversa mente criminale, che da qualche tempo è impegnato in una lotta senza quartiere con il Re Grigio, altro personaggio decisamente poco raccomandabile. Impiccione per natura, Locke si ritrova suo malgrado in mezzo a questo scontro di titani e rischia di lasciarci le penne. Anche perché il suo misterioso passato nasconde un segreto che può mettere in pericolo l'intera nazione camorrana...

Ladri di spade di Micheal J. Sullivan

Royce Melborn, ladro matricolato, e il suo degno compare, il mercenario Hadrian Blackwater, si guadagnano comodamente da vivere portando a termine imprese rischiose per conto di nobili di dubbia moralità, finché non vengono ingaggiati per sgraffignare una spada leggendaria. Questa volta, però, si troveranno coinvolti nell'assassinio di un re e intrappolati in una trama oscura che va ben oltre l'assassinio di un sovrano. Riusciranno i nostri eroi - l'ambizioso furfante e lo spadaccino idealista - a dipanare un antico mistero che ha rovesciato re e distrutto potenti imperi? Inizia così la nostra storia, densa di avventure, tradimenti, duelli, magia e leggende.

Harold il ladro di Aleksej Pechov

Un'immensa armata si sta radunando: migliaia di giganti, ogre e altre creature stanno unendo le forze da tutte le Terre Desolate, unite, per la prima volta nella storia, sotto un solo vessillo nero. Entro la primavera, forse anche prima, colui che è conosciuto come il Senza Nome raggiungerà con il suo esercito le mura della grande città di Avendoom. A meno che Harold l'Ombra, uno dei ladri più abili al mondo, non trovi un modo di fermarlo. Un romanzo che porta ai vertici la epic fantasy, il primo di una trilogia che segue le imprese di Harold l'Ombra, leggendario ladro di Siala, alla ricerca di un corno magico in grado di riportare la pace nel suo regno. Compagni d'avventura nel suo viaggio saranno una principessa elfica, Miralissa, la sua scorta, dieci Cuori Selvaggi, i guerrieri più esperti e mortali del mondo... e il giullare di corte del re (che potrebbe essere molto più - o molto meno - di quanto sembra).

#Suzanne Enoch #dani sinclair #lista di libri con ladri e furti

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hms-chill · 4 years

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Today’s @rwrb-social-isolation prompt is to talk about something from history we love, so I did a deep, deep dive into a near-utopian colony headed by a man who was, truly, an icon. A Byronic hero two hundred years before Byron himself. It got rambly, but at this point, who’s surprised. Please enjoy.

All us good little American drones know the story of how white people came to America. They settled at Plymouth, and they struggled and struggled for years, but with the help of friendly natives, they finally succeeded and murdered millions with biowarfare and also guns built the great country we live in today.

Were there other, non-Plymouth colonies? Jamestown, of course, the Macho Dream that men who are really into WWII love to talk about. Boring. Let’s talk about a fun colony.

Let’s talk about Merrymount, a town founded on a distrust of Christian Puritanism, the abolition of slavery, popular revolt, equality with natives, a pagan beliefs. Sound fake? See attached bibliography.

History, huh? Let’s get into it.

To talk about Merrymount, we have to talk about Thomas Morton, the Lord of Misrule. He was born in 1579 in Devon, England, a region despised by the more religious parts of the country for still hanging onto some of England’s traditional pagan practices. It was particularly known for celebrating the land and its guiding principles of neighborliness and quietness (the belief that keeping peace was more important than nearly anything else). We don’t know much about his family, but we’re pretty sure he was the second son to a middle-class family, largely because he went to law school in London (something that wouldn’t have been affordable for lower class folks, but that an older son wouldn’t have had to do under the laws of primogeniture).

The London Morton arrived in was overcrowded, and bouts of plague were not uncommon. The population was booming, and tensions were rising between the deeply Christian Reform movement and the more Pagan Renaissance. In particular, we saw the rise of Puritanism and Separatism, both of which were extreme versions of Christianity (a la those pilgrims we all cosplayed every Thanksgiving in elementary school), and both of which Morton hated. From what we can tell, he was first an observer, and his coursework would have taught him to question what he was told and to argue his own points and beliefs.

Following his time in school and his general disillusionment with established Christian society, he became a traveling lawyer for a time. In his late 30s, Morton began working for Sir Ferdinando Gorges, a major investor in Plymouth, founder of Maine, and “Father of English Colonization in North America”. He first traveled to America in 1622, and in his book, he declared “The more I looked, the more I liked it. And when I had more seriously considered of the beauty of the place, with all her fair endowments, I did not think that in all the known world it could be paralleled”. However, he was back in England in 1623, complaining of Puritan intolerance.

Following a dissolved engagement, Morton once again set sail for America in 1624, aboard the ship Unity under command of his friend Captain Richard Wollaston and accompanied by 30 indentured servants. They eventually were given land by and began trading with the Algonquin tribes, who were native to the region and whom Morton found more civilized than the Puritans in Plymouth. They named their town, which is now Quincy, MA, “Mount Wollaston”.

From Morton’s book, we can see that he got to know native culture relatively well. He attended Algonquin dinners and funerals. He learned at least some of the language, and he celebrated their respect for their elders and general family structure. During this time he also had his first interaction with Plymouth, which went much less well than his interactions with Algonquin tribes. He declared that he “found the Massachusetts Indians more full of humanity than the Christians”, and it is after this meeting that he began to furnish native tribes with powder and shot for their guns, often when English colonists couldn’t get any. Needless to say, he doesn’t come off particularly well in Plymouth’s writing about him.

By 1626, Mount Wollaston was booming. Colonists tired of Plymouth’s harsh rules were flocking to the more liberal town when Morton found out that Wollaston had been selling indentured servants as slaves. Outraged, he encouraged them to rebel, and Wollaston fled, leaving Morton the sole leader (or “host”, the term he prefered) of the newly renamed Merrymount (or “Ma-re Mount, which is a pun on the Latin for “ocean”).

(That’s right, this man got control of a town, declared himself just a host, and then renamed it based on a nerdy pun. an icon.)

Merrymount was, generally, from most sources I can find, a pretty chill place to be. People were declared equal, and there was a pretty high degree of integration with Algonquin tribes. Though Morton did do what he could to encourage the Algonquin peoples to settle into a more English lifestyle, he did so not by force, but by providing them with free salt to use in preserving food, therefore negating the need for a nomadic lifestyle. Which... pressuring people to give up their way of life isn’t great. But doing it this way is a lot better than the way that pretty much every other colonizer was doing it.

The real pinacle of the integration of English and Algonquin peoples was a May Day Celebration. Pretty much everyone celebrated the start of spring, as it meant that you’d survived the winter and life in general would likely start to improve with the warmer weather. May Day was both a celebration of springtime and a unifying holiday, a time when the different cultures came together and often a time when English men would begin to woo Algonquin women. The Puritans of Plymouth called it Bacchic and evil, so I can only assume it was a generally good time.

However, by 1628, it was all too much for Plymouth. Morton’s general chill vibe, his trading with natives (and the threat it posed to Plymouth’s monopoly), Merrymount’s integration with Algonquin tribes, and just generally the disregard for Puritan ways all exploded when, in celebration of May Day, Merrymount erected an eighty-foot maypole.

Now, I know eighty feet is hard to visualize. Especially if you’re from somewhere that uses the metric system. But an average story of a building is about ten feet. So just... think of an eight story building. This thing was MASSIVE. It’s as tall as my freshman year dorm. It was clearly visible from Plymouth, and it was the final straw. Morton was arrested and left to die on a rock that could only generously be called an island.

He was back by fall of 1629, but found Merrymount in ruins and a particularly harsh winter greeted him that year, and he was shipped back to England in 1630, a voyage that almost killed him.

By 1631, he was back in the game suing the Massachusetts Bay Company, the political and financial backers of the Plymouth Puritans. He won in 1635, cutting off much of Plymouth’s English support and causing many to leave it for settlements in Connecticut.

His book, New English Canaan published in 1637, launched him into celebrity. In 1643, he tried to return to Massachusetts, but was turned away upon arrival. He was exiled to Maine, where he passed away at the age of 71.

And that’s Thomas Morton! I first heard about his story in A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski, but I couldn’t remember enough/didn’t find anything in other sources to establish the queer context for Merrymount other than its rejection of Puritanism.

Attached bibliography (not formatted correctly, because fuck the MLA and the APA).

General overview of his life

Morton’s book, New English Canaan

Spunky bio largely focused on Merrymount/the maypole

Spunky bio two: Maypole boogaloo

His wikipedia, which is just nice and readable

#rwrb social isolation #not fic #history huh?#Hannah's History Lessons

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