ELIZABETH ST.JOHN
ELIZABETH ST.JOHN

Historical Fiction. Women's Truth.

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Tag: English Civil War

  • A Family at War: Cannonballs, Children, and Courage within Nottingham CastleSeptember 8, 2025
  • The Rebel, The Courtier, The Spymistress: Women and England’s Civil WarAugust 16, 2025
  • A Court of Poverty and Despair: An Exiled English King Trapped in FranceAugust 9, 2024
  • A Woman in Peril | Lucy Hutchinson Defends Nottingham CastleMay 29, 2024

Explore my Books: History’s Hidden Women

The courtier who stole the jewels. The bookseller who discovered them. And a centuries-old secret of love lost and found.

Falling in love should set you free…not send you to the Tower of London.

Amid the chaos of war, she challenges her family’s divided loyalties and love to survive.

The spymistress, the courtier, the rebel. Three women navigate love, ambition, and sacrifice.

If you knew the fate of the Princes in the Tower would you tell? Or forever keep the secret?

One woman’s quest for a truth that could change a nation: the discovery of the Missing Princes.

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Author Chats: Favourites and New Releases

  • The Bonnet Brigade | A Charming Regency Romance by Christy Matheson
  • Learning to Breathe Again | A Heartfelt Novel of Depression-Era Friendship by Tonya Cam
  • The Lark | Enjoy an Excerpt from the Fascinating Backstory to The Wizard of Oz by Laura C. Rader
  • “Enthralling” | My Five-Star Review of What Love E’er Meant | An Elizabeth Tudor Novel by Janet Wertman
  • Beneath David’s Throne | A Coffee Pot Book Club Spotlight on Melissa Alfredson’s Historical Religious Fiction
  • View All Author Chats

Behind the Scenes: Sharing Research Discoveries

 

  • Discovering Family History: How a Forgotten Trunk Unlocked Generations of Hidden Stories
  • A Hidden History of Secrets, Spies and Intelligencers Investigating the Missing Princes
  • A Royal Favourite: The Love Letters Between Queen Mary and Franny Apsley that Inspired “The King’s Intelligencer”
  • Women as Healers of Conflict: Keeping Families Together in a Divided World
  • A Family at War: Cannonballs, Children, and Courage within Nottingham Castle
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