Here is the full episode:

I am uploading the fourth episode of the first season of By the Sword Divided to YouTube. Uploading is taking a long time, but part 1 is now at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnUJ7Yp5kRs

I would have started with the first episode, but the DVD is missing.

I have uploaded some clips of By the Sword Divided to YouTube.

Here is my favourite clip, King Charles II returning to Arnescote to thank those who supported him and his father:

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This is a songvid using an old Cavalier song. Hope you like it.

For Thou, O Lord, seest clearly through all the cloudings of humane affaires; Thou judgest without prejudice: Thy Omniscience eternally guides thy unerrable Judgement ( Read more... )

I just found this online at http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/charlesI.htm: "King Charles I was his own worst enemy. Self-righteous, arrogant, and unscrupulous; he had a penchant for making bad decisions. His troubles began the moment he ascended the throne in 1625 ( Read more... )

My Trembling Fingers Played With Yours.
(By the Sword Divided - Edward Ferrar)
Potential spoiler for anyone who hasn't seen up to "A Sea of Dangers" and "Ring of Fire".
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Last night I was reading a biography of Prince Rupert of the Rhine. During the three years he spent as a pirate, the ship he was on began to take on water. Up until that point, the crew had been near to mutiny, but seeing the danger, instead of trying to save themselves, they decided to get the prince off the ship (wherever he went, he inspired ( Read more... )

I've now finished the Susan Protheroe gallery at: http://pics.livejournal.com/ysgawen/gallery/0000fbfd

After Horton's Death.
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