Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter is represented in the linked historical fiction through family, marriage and personal loyalty, court politics and dynastic power, and political […]
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Elizabeth Paston
1 bookElizabeth Paston was a member of the Norfolk gentry family whose correspondence survives in the Paston Letters. Her life, marriage negotiations and family disputes reveal the […]
Elizabeth Raleigh
1 bookElizabeth “Bess” Throckmorton was a lady of the privy chamber to Elizabeth I and the wife of Walter Raleigh. Her secret marriage to Raleigh caused royal […]
Emperor Meiji
1 bookEmperor Meiji is represented in the linked historical fiction and non-fiction through empire, conquest and resistance, military command and battlefield decision-making, and social change and the […]
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
1 bookEmpress Elisabeth of Austria, widely known as Sisi, was the wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I. Celebrated for her beauty and unconventional habits, she resisted court […]
Empress Myeongseong
1 bookEmpress Myeongseong, also called Queen Min, was the wife of King Gojong and an influential figure in late Joseon politics. She sought foreign support to resist […]
Enrico Dandolo
1 bookEnrico Dandolo was doge of Venice from 1192 to 1205 and one of the dominant leaders of the Fourth Crusade. Although elderly and visually impaired, he […]
Eric II of Norway
1 bookEric II of Norway was a medieval king of Norway known as Eric Magnusson. His reign involved disputes with the church, conflict over Scottish and Norwegian […]
Eric Magnusson
1 bookEric Magnusson was a Swedish duke and member of the royal Folkung dynasty. He became a central participant in civil conflict with his brother King Birger, […]
Erling Vidkunsson
1 bookErling Vidkunsson was a powerful Norwegian nobleman and regent in the fourteenth century. He served as guardian and leading councillor during the minority of Magnus Eriksson […]