I have already commented on several occasions that works of historical fiction cannot be required to be absolutely faithful to the events in which their narration is set. Neither do they intend it nor is it their objective, since they are not essays or historical documentaries. Therefore, what I am
When we talk about epidemics in medieval Europe or at the beginning of the Modern Age, it is inevitable that one word comes to mind:the black plague. And although it was the cause of one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, it was not the only one. English sweat, anthrax or leprosy were othe
Today we will talk about one of the most reviled villains of his time, perhaps because the little we really know about him comes from his most bitter adversary, Gaius Julius Caesar , whose Comments on the Gallic Wars they served as a basis for later classical historians such as Livy, Plutarch or D
Ruins of the original Sudeley Castle building (photo:authors archives) When, after crossing the beautiful village of Winchombe and walking five hundred meters along a beautiful path in the English countryside, you arrive at Sudeley Castle, you cannot imagine the unfortunate fate that the successive