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'TO THINE OWN SELF': Bonny G Smith Announces the First Book of THE WARS OF THE ROSES SAGA

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Monday, October 16, 2023
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FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bonny G Smith's TO THINE OWN SELF is a historical fiction novel set in turbulent fifteenth century England. This fascinating novel is the first of two books in Ms. Smith's new WARS OF THE ROSES SAGA. This exciting new series tells the story of the dynastic conflict in England known as the Wars of the Roses. This blood-soaked, epic tale is the story of the thirty-year struggle for the English throne between the rival Plantagenet Houses of York and Lancaster. This is the story of the last Plantagenets, and how their three-hundred-year dynasty came to an end at the hands of the Tudors. This impressive new historical fiction series serves as the prequel to the four books of Ms. Smith's popular opus, THE TUDOR CHRONICLES, laying the foundation for the dawn of the Tudor Dynasty. TO THINE OWN SELF is peopled by a fascinating cast of characters, including kings and queens, princesses and peasants, commoners and courtiers, heroes and villains. This is a world dominated by loyalty and treachery, bloody battles and tense sieges, where life was lived against the backdrop of the one of the most captivating and colorful eras in history: The Middle Ages. 

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  • This fascinating novel is the first of two books in Ms. Smith's new WARS OF THE ROSES SAGA.
  • This exciting new series tells the story of the dynastic conflict in England known as the Wars of the Roses.
  • "Bonny G Smith creates superb fictionalized accounts of the lives of the fascinating men and women of the Medieval and Tudor eras.
  • – Dr. Steven Veerapen, PhD, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
    "For those who love the Tudor era, Bonny G Smith's novels are a must-read.

Raise a glass to your cousin, King Charles III

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023
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Millions of people around the world will be watching as Charles is crowned king of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms.

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  • Millions of people around the world will be watching as Charles is crowned king of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms.
  • Celebrity guests on the BBC’s genealogy TV show Who Do You Think You Are often find out they’re descended from royalty.
  • This piece is part of our coverage of King Charles III’s coronation.
  • We know from population growth estimates it’s likely to have been higher than that, but we’re going for a ballpark number.

Crunch the numbers

    • These figures estimate that by about 1600 Edward III would have 20,544 descendants.
    • That means around one in 210 people alive at that time was a direct descendant of Edward III, or 0.5% of the population.
    • You have eight great grandparents, their parents are your 16 great, great grandparents.
    • The chances that not one of your 13-times great grandparents was directly descended from Edward III are tiny.

How to prove your link to royalty

    • This is someone with a documented family tree which links to royalty.
    • For Danny Dyer, it was his five-times great grandfather, James Bullivant who married a woman called Ann Gosnold.
    • It’s fair to ask what it really means to say that someone is a direct descendant of royalty.
    • As a geneticist I would find it fascinating to know how I’m related to royalty, but I’d be equally interested to know about the lives of my other many ancestors.

'Non Fungible Penny' A New Gold Penny of Henry III*

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Saturday, January 22, 2022
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This will also be the first NFT ever issued by Spink, a renowned collectors' auction house dating back to 1600s.

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  • This will also be the first NFT ever issued by Spink, a renowned collectors' auction house dating back to 1600s.
  • And why would our embattled and emboldened King Henry, enthroned for centuries not wish to give us a cheery wink as he is once more exposed to the world?
  • *In 1257 King Henry III of England launched a gold coinage.
  • Henry's coinage was the first minted in gold since the Norman Conquest, all the Norman and Angevin kings having confined themselves to minting silver pennies.