

Ellie Wittle
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@elle_scribbles
Mum of 2 trying to finish a novel. WIP has cavaliers, roundheads, mystery, romance & a castle under siege.












Casual elegance of royalty: Queen Mary II, painted in 1685 by Jan Verkolje. It's his day.

22 Feb 1643: Queen Henrietta Maria lands at Bridlington Bay #otd with arms for royalists, escorted to #York by the Duke of #Newcastle (NT Penrhyn/BM/NPG)

Books of the Year Our authors pick their Books of the Year. aspectsofhistory.com/books-of-2023-… Featuring @petertonkin50 @ScrutinEye @BardosAlan @Feud_writer @alistair_tosh @coloursofunison #booktwitter #historybooks #histfic



📢 Early bird bookings have opened for our #HistoricalFiction conference in Sept 2024 in Devon, UK. Bernard Cornwell and Diana Gabaldon are just two of the speakers. PS HNS members get a special discount! historicalnovelsocietyuk.regfox.com/hns-uk-2024



The 2023 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition longlist 1: A Pact Fulfilled: Eleanor Swift-Hook And an Axe: Hilary Orme Annie's Sacred Pilgrimage: Sue du Feu Ayla the Apothecary: Chris Cottom Black Christ: Judith Wilson #HWADDSS23 2/9

#TheRestlessRepublic is out today in the USA! Story of the British revolution of 1649 & the republic that followed, why it rose (& fell). Radicals & royalists, journalists & visionaries. Giving the lie to idea of the continuity of monarchy. Pls share! amazon.co.uk/Restless-Repub…






Some wine, some tobacco, and somebody's already asleep. Evening gathering in 1643 by the Le Nain brothers, whose day was today.