Here at the Hive, we are obsessed with absurd and downright weird facts of the historical variety. Recently, we regaled you with the tale of the the American town who hung an elephant. We also shared the curious, creepy urban myth of ‘Spring-Heeled Jack’. Our commitment to blow your minds with weird historical facts is…
Day: March 1, 2014
What makes Katherine Swynford such an intriguing subject?
Katherine Swynford lived more than seven hundred years ago. Why is it that, so long after her death, she continues to captivate readers of history and historical fiction? In her own time she was a woman of little importance. Kings and princes, after all, frequently took lovers. Why is is that Katherine has kept such…