Researching for book on kings and queens of England, so I am trying to liven it up a bit with stuff from Ian Crofton’s History without the Boring Bits and Ian Mortimer’s terrific Time Traveller’s Guides. Lisbon – mum and dad used to live near it. Italy – all of it – taught in Reggio Emilia, Bologna and Milan. Just a pity about the waiters and bar-tenders. Paris – all is walkable, and far, far cleaner than London. Vancouver and Washington – gave talks there on Wales. Charleston, South Carolina and Seattle – gave talks there on multinationals. Venice – stayed there eight times between the ages of 17 and 61. What are your favourite holiday destinations? Paint something other than walls, ceilings, gates, fences and sheds. Play guitar or sax to rock band standards. What three new skills would you like to learn? It gives you an overview like no other – not just events, but the nature of people, literature, beliefs – and it is incredibly interesting – there’s always new stuff to find out.ĥ. That bureaucratic monster the EU is also doomed to split apart, thank Heaven. That old saying that ‘ without a knowledge of history we are condemned to repeat the mistakes of the past’. His story of loyalty, courage and never being betrayed needed telling.
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The son of a queen, his life was full of danger with battles, escapes and exiles for three decades. He was a wonderful, unknown man, more important that Warwick, the ‘Kingmaker’. Jasper was there at the first battle, at St Albans, and commanding at the last battle, 32 years later at Stoke Field. I asked Amberley if they were interested, after researching Henry Tudor. Tell us about your latest book, Jasper Tudor: The Man Who Made the Tudor Dynasty. And I discovered that Mary wasn’t as ‘bloody’ as painted, and that Henry VIII was never ‘Bluff King Hal’ but a really nasty piece of work.ģ. It solidified institutions, began the Empire, put England and Wales on the European stage and saw the beginnings of the Scientific Revolution, the Renaissance and that incredible flowering of literature. The most important thing about the Tudor dynasty is its very importance, if that makes sense. Writing that book, I realised the incredible importance of Henry’s uncle Jasper in the Wars of the Roses. By comparing Henry VII to Richard III, I think I made a pretty good case for him being a regicide, which makes the attempt to get a ‘royal’ to come to his ceremony in Leicester Cathedral rather problematic. Luckily, I wanted to knock back all the groundswell of opinion that he did not kill Edward V and Prince Richard. With Richard III – The King in the Car Park, they wanted to gain from the recent publicity. It is much, much more difficult than when you can write as much as you want. Unfortunately, I am always given a word limit. It’s difficult to get published, but Amberley use me as I’m quick and not ‘precious’ about any changes they want to make. I used to be able to submit ideas to Quercus, but they’re hardly doing non-fiction now. To be honest, the Angevins, Plantagenets et al are all interesting. What sparked your interest in the Tudors? I’m pretty happy with my work – I keep finding out unknown characters or happenings and like to bring them out into the open, hopefully for others to research even further.Ģ. It’s like consultancy – sometimes people don’t like your findings, but you write what you want to leave behind you. Basically I love finding out new things, checking if they’re ‘right’ and getting to the heart of the matter. I was a management consultant for many years, and you get a ‘feel’ for research. I found it pretty easy to write articles and conference papers – they were in the business area, but the research skills are the same when writing history books. Probably when I left business to enter acadaemia. When did you realise that you wanted to become a writer? Good luck! 20 Questions with Terry Brevertonġ.
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