Well, there is a saying 'Publish & be Damned'. The final PDF proof looks good, images all submitted, corrections all good, the true story of Charles II's Secret Queen from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social is finished!
Just need to send the 'publish' message back to my wonderful editor.
#SecretQueen
Just need to send the 'publish' message back to my wonderful editor.
#SecretQueen
July 2, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Well, there is a saying 'Publish & be Damned'. The final PDF proof looks good, images all submitted, corrections all good, the true story of Charles II's Secret Queen from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social is finished!
Just need to send the 'publish' message back to my wonderful editor.
#SecretQueen
Just need to send the 'publish' message back to my wonderful editor.
#SecretQueen
February 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
My first time to the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Excited to uncover some more new manuscripts for my Lucy Walter biography! #SecretQueen #17thC
November 21, 2024 at 9:32 AM
My first time to the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Excited to uncover some more new manuscripts for my Lucy Walter biography! #SecretQueen #17thC
11/21 November 1667 Samual Pepys visited the Council-chamber at White Hall to look upon books of heraldry by Sir Edward Walker & observed that the Duke of Monmouth's title was 'The most noble and high-born Prince, James Scott, Duke Monmouth...'
#SecretQueen #MonmouthRebellion #17thCentury
#SecretQueen #MonmouthRebellion #17thCentury
November 20, 2024 at 6:15 AM
11/21 November 1667 Samual Pepys visited the Council-chamber at White Hall to look upon books of heraldry by Sir Edward Walker & observed that the Duke of Monmouth's title was 'The most noble and high-born Prince, James Scott, Duke Monmouth...'
#SecretQueen #MonmouthRebellion #17thCentury
#SecretQueen #MonmouthRebellion #17thCentury
Hi, I'm moving from the other place with Lucy. As I work & complete her true story, I'll share my findings, research & some secret history. I hope I can find some of my followers and friend in this place.
I'll also post from my other books and future projects.
#SecretQueen #17thCentury #amwriting
I'll also post from my other books and future projects.
#SecretQueen #17thCentury #amwriting
November 15, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Hi, I'm moving from the other place with Lucy. As I work & complete her true story, I'll share my findings, research & some secret history. I hope I can find some of my followers and friend in this place.
I'll also post from my other books and future projects.
#SecretQueen #17thCentury #amwriting
I'll also post from my other books and future projects.
#SecretQueen #17thCentury #amwriting
Sometimes when you're researching you touch a manuscript and history shivers through your bones. Well I have one of those earlier at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The future Queen Anne's wrote a letter the was in my hands. Amazing!
#SecretQueen #17thC
#SecretQueen #17thC
November 22, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Sometimes when you're researching you touch a manuscript and history shivers through your bones. Well I have one of those earlier at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The future Queen Anne's wrote a letter the was in my hands. Amazing!
#SecretQueen #17thC
#SecretQueen #17thC
Wishing all my followers & friends a wonderful Christmas & New Year 2025.
It's time for an update on my progress. Unfortunately, Secret Queen it's taking longer than planned but it will be worth the wait - I promise. Finding Lucy is becoming the story of my life, as well as hers!
#SecretQueen
It's time for an update on my progress. Unfortunately, Secret Queen it's taking longer than planned but it will be worth the wait - I promise. Finding Lucy is becoming the story of my life, as well as hers!
#SecretQueen
December 24, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Wishing all my followers & friends a wonderful Christmas & New Year 2025.
It's time for an update on my progress. Unfortunately, Secret Queen it's taking longer than planned but it will be worth the wait - I promise. Finding Lucy is becoming the story of my life, as well as hers!
#SecretQueen
It's time for an update on my progress. Unfortunately, Secret Queen it's taking longer than planned but it will be worth the wait - I promise. Finding Lucy is becoming the story of my life, as well as hers!
#SecretQueen
After more than 5 years of research, including never referenced before documents... Soon you'll know the truth about Lucy Walter!
Watch out for the tag #LucyTuesday as I publish sneaky snippets of her life and travels.
#SecretQueen #17thCentury #StuartSaturday @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
Watch out for the tag #LucyTuesday as I publish sneaky snippets of her life and travels.
#SecretQueen #17thCentury #StuartSaturday @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
February 28, 2026 at 12:08 PM
After more than 5 years of research, including never referenced before documents... Soon you'll know the truth about Lucy Walter!
Watch out for the tag #LucyTuesday as I publish sneaky snippets of her life and travels.
#SecretQueen #17thCentury #StuartSaturday @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
Watch out for the tag #LucyTuesday as I publish sneaky snippets of her life and travels.
#SecretQueen #17thCentury #StuartSaturday @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
So who was Mrs Sambourne & why would she know about a marriage between the King & the mother of the Duke of Monmouth?
You'll need to wait for my biography of Lucy Walter to get the full story.
p.s. this document has never been referenced before!
#amwriting
#17thC #TheStuarts
#SecretQueen
You'll need to wait for my biography of Lucy Walter to get the full story.
p.s. this document has never been referenced before!
#amwriting
#17thC #TheStuarts
#SecretQueen
November 20, 2024 at 12:43 PM
So who was Mrs Sambourne & why would she know about a marriage between the King & the mother of the Duke of Monmouth?
You'll need to wait for my biography of Lucy Walter to get the full story.
p.s. this document has never been referenced before!
#amwriting
#17thC #TheStuarts
#SecretQueen
You'll need to wait for my biography of Lucy Walter to get the full story.
p.s. this document has never been referenced before!
#amwriting
#17thC #TheStuarts
#SecretQueen
James Macpherson's Life of James II, published in 1775 is the basis of most works on Lucy Walter. But is this a reliable source or #fakehistory
Discover the truth in Charles IIs #SecretQueen out 30 October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #LucyTuesday
youtube.com/shorts/dAzq6...
Discover the truth in Charles IIs #SecretQueen out 30 October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #LucyTuesday
youtube.com/shorts/dAzq6...
Macpherson is #FakeHistory #history #SecretQueen
YouTube video by WarwalksTV
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April 28, 2026 at 6:18 AM
James Macpherson's Life of James II, published in 1775 is the basis of most works on Lucy Walter. But is this a reliable source or #fakehistory
Discover the truth in Charles IIs #SecretQueen out 30 October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #LucyTuesday
youtube.com/shorts/dAzq6...
Discover the truth in Charles IIs #SecretQueen out 30 October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #LucyTuesday
youtube.com/shorts/dAzq6...
#otd 7 July 1644 Roch Castle falls to Colonel Gerard, but was the family home of Lucy Walter's destroyed?
Learn more in Charles II's #SecretQueen from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#LucyTuesday
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Learn more in Charles II's #SecretQueen from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#LucyTuesday
youtube.com/shorts/Iylx_...
Was the Family Home of Lucy Walter, Roch Castle Destroyed? #17thcentury #history #SecretQueen
YouTube video by WarwalksTV
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July 7, 2026 at 9:24 PM
#otd 7 July 1644 Roch Castle falls to Colonel Gerard, but was the family home of Lucy Walter's destroyed?
Learn more in Charles II's #SecretQueen from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#LucyTuesday
youtube.com/shorts/Iylx_...
Learn more in Charles II's #SecretQueen from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#LucyTuesday
youtube.com/shorts/Iylx_...
On this day in 1685, James Duke of Monmouth was born. His mother was Lucy Walter, his father King Charles II. History will tell you that Lucy was never the wife of the King. Today, I'm sat here writing the final words of my Lucy biography, her true & untold story.
#SecretQueen
#SecretQueen
April 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On this day in 1685, James Duke of Monmouth was born. His mother was Lucy Walter, his father King Charles II. History will tell you that Lucy was never the wife of the King. Today, I'm sat here writing the final words of my Lucy biography, her true & untold story.
#SecretQueen
#SecretQueen
The printers proof is in...so Lucy is one step closer to your bookshelf. I'd better get her finished this weekend!
Out 30 October 2026 from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#SecretQueen
Out 30 October 2026 from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#SecretQueen
March 21, 2026 at 8:34 PM
The printers proof is in...so Lucy is one step closer to your bookshelf. I'd better get her finished this weekend!
Out 30 October 2026 from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#SecretQueen
Out 30 October 2026 from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#SecretQueen
Red Sea sunset, a coffee, and Lucy. Travelling is a privilege, writing is a passion, sunsets are magical... When they all come together the words flow.
#secretqueen
#secretqueen
January 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Red Sea sunset, a coffee, and Lucy. Travelling is a privilege, writing is a passion, sunsets are magical... When they all come together the words flow.
#secretqueen
#secretqueen
In May 1656, Lucy Walter purchased a fine property & land facing 'Pasgelt' near Delft.
She was more than a common whore, discover the truth in Charles IIs #SecretQueen out October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
Map snippet from my collection for #LucyTuesday
She was more than a common whore, discover the truth in Charles IIs #SecretQueen out October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
Map snippet from my collection for #LucyTuesday
May 19, 2026 at 8:52 AM
In May 1656, Lucy Walter purchased a fine property & land facing 'Pasgelt' near Delft.
She was more than a common whore, discover the truth in Charles IIs #SecretQueen out October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
Map snippet from my collection for #LucyTuesday
She was more than a common whore, discover the truth in Charles IIs #SecretQueen out October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
Map snippet from my collection for #LucyTuesday
Wishing all my friends & followers a wonderful holidays & fantastic New Year. Make magical memories!
The 'English' print by Allain Manesson Mallet in my De Werken van Mars of de Konst des Oorlogs 1686.
#17thCentury #KeepitStuart #FightingforLiberty1685 #SecretQueen #OneKing1685 #Christmas2024
The 'English' print by Allain Manesson Mallet in my De Werken van Mars of de Konst des Oorlogs 1686.
#17thCentury #KeepitStuart #FightingforLiberty1685 #SecretQueen #OneKing1685 #Christmas2024
December 23, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Wishing all my friends & followers a wonderful holidays & fantastic New Year. Make magical memories!
The 'English' print by Allain Manesson Mallet in my De Werken van Mars of de Konst des Oorlogs 1686.
#17thCentury #KeepitStuart #FightingforLiberty1685 #SecretQueen #OneKing1685 #Christmas2024
The 'English' print by Allain Manesson Mallet in my De Werken van Mars of de Konst des Oorlogs 1686.
#17thCentury #KeepitStuart #FightingforLiberty1685 #SecretQueen #OneKing1685 #Christmas2024
In 1775 James Macpherson implied that Lucy was in Paris in August 1650, yet 5 eyewitness put her in Holland at the same time.
Who do you believe, the facts or the popular Macpherson myth?
Charles IIs #SecretQueen is out on 30 October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#LucyTuesday
Who do you believe, the facts or the popular Macpherson myth?
Charles IIs #SecretQueen is out on 30 October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#LucyTuesday
March 10, 2026 at 5:46 AM
In 1775 James Macpherson implied that Lucy was in Paris in August 1650, yet 5 eyewitness put her in Holland at the same time.
Who do you believe, the facts or the popular Macpherson myth?
Charles IIs #SecretQueen is out on 30 October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#LucyTuesday
Who do you believe, the facts or the popular Macpherson myth?
Charles IIs #SecretQueen is out on 30 October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#LucyTuesday
#otd 9 April 1649 Lucy's son James is born. In April 1663 Samual Pepys states that his 'arms of England, Scotland, and France, quartered upon some other fields; but what it is that speaks him being a bastard I know not'
Charles II's #SecretQueen is out 30 October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
Charles II's #SecretQueen is out 30 October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
April 9, 2026 at 4:02 AM
#otd 9 April 1649 Lucy's son James is born. In April 1663 Samual Pepys states that his 'arms of England, Scotland, and France, quartered upon some other fields; but what it is that speaks him being a bastard I know not'
Charles II's #SecretQueen is out 30 October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
Charles II's #SecretQueen is out 30 October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
Lucy was living in the village of St Giles (near @foylesforbooks.bsky.social) in March 1647, but not as a whore. So why was she living in London?
Who do you believe, the facts, or the Macpherson Fiction?
Charles IIs #SecretQueen is out on 30 October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #LucyTuesday
Who do you believe, the facts, or the Macpherson Fiction?
Charles IIs #SecretQueen is out on 30 October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #LucyTuesday
March 17, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Lucy was living in the village of St Giles (near @foylesforbooks.bsky.social) in March 1647, but not as a whore. So why was she living in London?
Who do you believe, the facts, or the Macpherson Fiction?
Charles IIs #SecretQueen is out on 30 October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #LucyTuesday
Who do you believe, the facts, or the Macpherson Fiction?
Charles IIs #SecretQueen is out on 30 October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #LucyTuesday
#otd 23 February 1647 Lucy’s mother, Elizabeth Walter sets the precedent of Alimony for a Wife in English law.
In that if a good Wife is set aside by her husband, then he remains liable for all her debts.
Charles II's #SecretQueen #17thCentury
Coming soon from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
In that if a good Wife is set aside by her husband, then he remains liable for all her debts.
Charles II's #SecretQueen #17thCentury
Coming soon from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
February 23, 2026 at 6:48 AM
#otd 23 February 1647 Lucy’s mother, Elizabeth Walter sets the precedent of Alimony for a Wife in English law.
In that if a good Wife is set aside by her husband, then he remains liable for all her debts.
Charles II's #SecretQueen #17thCentury
Coming soon from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
In that if a good Wife is set aside by her husband, then he remains liable for all her debts.
Charles II's #SecretQueen #17thCentury
Coming soon from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#otd 14 July 1656, the life of Lucy Walter and her children's lives hangs in the balance. Will Oliver Cromwell pick Death or Freedom?
Will Charles IIs #secretqueen live or die. Out from
@penandswordbooks.bsky.social in October.
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Will Charles IIs #secretqueen live or die. Out from
@penandswordbooks.bsky.social in October.
youtube.com/shorts/OE7cu...
Death or Freedom for Lucy Walter? #history #onthisdayinhistory #historypodcast #LucyTuesday
YouTube video by WarwalksTV
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July 14, 2026 at 5:35 AM
#otd 14 July 1656, the life of Lucy Walter and her children's lives hangs in the balance. Will Oliver Cromwell pick Death or Freedom?
Will Charles IIs #secretqueen live or die. Out from
@penandswordbooks.bsky.social in October.
youtube.com/shorts/OE7cu...
Will Charles IIs #secretqueen live or die. Out from
@penandswordbooks.bsky.social in October.
youtube.com/shorts/OE7cu...
The story of Charles II's #SecretQueen and Golden Grove.
Discover the magic in October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#LucyTuesday
youtube.com/shorts/76Lxt...
Discover the magic in October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#LucyTuesday
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Golden Grove & Lucy Walter #HistoryFacts #HistoryBlog #Booktok #LucyTuesday #welshhistory
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August 11, 2026 at 6:21 AM
The story of Charles II's #SecretQueen and Golden Grove.
Discover the magic in October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#LucyTuesday
youtube.com/shorts/76Lxt...
Discover the magic in October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#LucyTuesday
youtube.com/shorts/76Lxt...
Did the Earl of Essex commit self-murder or was he helped?
What secrets did he take with him and was it enough to be murdered?
Uncover the facts in Charles II's #SecretQueen out October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
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What secrets did he take with him and was it enough to be murdered?
Uncover the facts in Charles II's #SecretQueen out October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/qCH0m...
Murder or Suicide? #MythBuster #historyfacts #HistortyBlog #BloodyHistory #17thcentury
YouTube video by WarwalksTV
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August 4, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Did the Earl of Essex commit self-murder or was he helped?
What secrets did he take with him and was it enough to be murdered?
Uncover the facts in Charles II's #SecretQueen out October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/qCH0m...
What secrets did he take with him and was it enough to be murdered?
Uncover the facts in Charles II's #SecretQueen out October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/qCH0m...
What happens in 17th-Century Spa, doesn't always stay in Spa, especially when King Charles II and Lucy Walter are in town.
Discover the gossip in Charles II's #SecretQueen out October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#LucyTuesday
Discover the gossip in Charles II's #SecretQueen out October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#LucyTuesday
July 28, 2026 at 7:01 AM
What happens in 17th-Century Spa, doesn't always stay in Spa, especially when King Charles II and Lucy Walter are in town.
Discover the gossip in Charles II's #SecretQueen out October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#LucyTuesday
Discover the gossip in Charles II's #SecretQueen out October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
#LucyTuesday
#otd 21 July 1683, William Lord Russell crossed the thin red line between Traitor & Martyr, but what was his connection to Charles II's #SecretQueen?
The truth is coming from
@penandswordbooks.bsky.social
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The truth is coming from
@penandswordbooks.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/tHpLn...
Lord Russell: Traitor or Martyr? #BloodyHistory #historyfacts #17thcentury #execution #historyshorts
YouTube video by WarwalksTV
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July 21, 2026 at 6:12 AM
#otd 21 July 1683, William Lord Russell crossed the thin red line between Traitor & Martyr, but what was his connection to Charles II's #SecretQueen?
The truth is coming from
@penandswordbooks.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/tHpLn...
The truth is coming from
@penandswordbooks.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/tHpLn...