Author: dickshistory

England is turning into a police state. Short and ugly Alencon will pop on in to woo our Betty but it will all go unhappy when Robert Dudley has a top secret marriage with Lettice Knollys and Betty finds out. Oh dear.

Picking this story back up from a long time ago. It started with John Cabot and Henry 7. Henry 8 was just interested in big warships to show off to the girls. Teen king Ted’s man John Dudley got the idea of exploration so we’re off and we’ve got a bit of science on the team.

Our humans still can’t get along with the catholic vs protestant stuff. In England we’re getting the puritans looking to be in charge of policy. It’s also time to meet the mysterious Dr John Dee.

We’ll be having a nice royal wedding – Catholic Princess Margot to Huguenot King Henri of Navarre to unite our two religions so that peace can descend on France. Then it will be out with sharp pointy weapons to kill, kill, kill.

We’re going to have a look at the life of Bess of Hardwicke because we can. She’s a smart operator but can she overcome the burden of being female in the Tudor world is the question.

Well, not really. Sir Francis was in France when the Ridolphi plot was uncovered but it’s a nice title. Some people want Betty off the big chair so we have to stop that nonsense. We’ll also meet a couple of courtiers and over in France, we can get Margot married off to Henri of Navarre. Will they live unhappily ever after? Here’s a picture of Betty and Francis showing they are both Australians.

The Scottie Queen is certainly causing headaches for Betty. It’s all a bit of a guessing game as to whether catholic France or catholic Spain may try an invasion to make Mary great again. Fortunately both countries are a bit busy with their own people to be thinking about her too much. Meanwhile, Catherine de Medici will come up with a cunning plan to sort everything out nicely in France. Can it go well?

Mary Queen of Scots has been stitched up and is side lined but of course she has a cunning plan which involves Tom Howard. Those Howards always seem to think it’s their bum that should be on the big chair. Betty and Catherine de Medici will have a hoot playing marriage games and we’ll score some nice cash from Spanish Phil. Great. Here’s Tom Howard from the movies but this guy is way harder than the real Tom.

France is slipping into civil war with team Catholic vs team Huguenots deciding to hit each other. Mary will get herself out of the Scottie slammer but will she take the opportunity to get to her relatives in France? And we’ll meet mighty hero Francis Drake.

Very unhappy times for our Queen of the Scots. It’s not going well at all. Here’s a picture of her 3rd and last husband James Hepburn Earl of Bothwell and all round nasty bit of work.