In 1610, Sir William Lower & the 'Young Mr Protheroe' used a Dutch telescope to map the moon for the 1st time. He was Lucy's grandfather.
Charles IIs #SecretQueen is out on 30 October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
Image of the moon in 1683 from my collection.
#LucyTuesday
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
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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
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
With the purchase of the Roche Castle Estate in the early #17thCentury, Lucy’s great-grand parents put the Walter family on the map, but this was not only property & land they owned.
Read the real Lucy Walter story on 30 October from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #SecretQueen #LucyTuesday
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
#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
#otd 5 July 1652, the French Royal Army under the Vicomte de Turenne attacks Paris. After initial success they are defeated outside the Bastille by the rebels under the command of Mademoiselle de Montpensier. Inside the city is Lucy Walter the #SecretQueen #ScienceofArms
Yesterday, I was working my biography of Lucy Walter in the famous Red Room of the Berns' Hotel in Stockholm. This was where the Swedish writer August Strindberg set is award writing book. Amazing!
#SecretQueen
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
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.
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Lucy has been my 2nd love for 10+ years, she is with me when I travel, I find her in coffee shops, airports, pubs & bars. I've discovered her in museums, archives & castles. In 2024, I've been transcribing & drafting Lucy's story. Next year I'll be all alone!
#SecretQueen #17thCentury #KeepitStuart
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
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
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
My first time to the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Excited to uncover some more new manuscripts for my Lucy Walter biography! #SecretQueen #17thC
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
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Back here today for some final dotting the i's and crossing the t's on my Lucy Walter biography. #SecretQueen
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
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
