Interesting Places in Great Britain

Interesting Places in Great Britain: Osborne House

In 2013, I visited Osborne House, in East Cowes on the Isle of Wight, a short Red Funnel ferry ride from Portsmouth. I specifically wanted to visit Osborne House to see if I had gotten details correct for it in LADY OF ASHES. I seem to always be visiting places after I’ve written about them…a […]

Interesting Places in Great Britain: Longleat

Longleat is one of the most fascinating places in Wiltshire, England. Actually, you can’t call it a “place,” as it is really three different things:

The House

First and foremost, it is the home of Alexander Thynn, the 7th Marquess of Bath. A very eccentric figure who resembles Richard Branson, the Virgin company tycoon, Thynn […]

Interesting Places in Great Britain: St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle

For those who have read both LADY OF ASHES and STOLEN REMAINS, you know that Windsor Castle is a large royal residence where Prince Albert died on December 14, 1861. Today it is the preferred weekend home of Elizabeth II, but Queen Victoria thought it gloomy, much preferring her seaside retreat of Osborne House on […]

Interesting Places in Great Britain: Old Operating Theatre

I have visited this location twice. It is officially called the Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret, and you must travel a set of tiny, winding stairs inside St. Thomas Church in London to get to it. It was once part of old St. Thomas Hospital, and is the oldest operating theatre in Europe. […]

Interesting Places in Great Britain: The Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace

Mews: a group of stables, typically with rooms above, built around a yard or along an alley.

Originally referring to the royal stables on the site of the hawk mews at Charing Cross, London, the Royal Mews has been located at Buckingham Palace since 1820.

I must confess that having visited England many times, it […]

Located on the Isle of Wight, it was the home of Sir Richard Worsley, the 7th Baronet Worsley. Sir Richard had a most unfortunate marriage, which resulted in a scandalous divorce case […]

Interesting Places in Great Britain: Osborne House

Interesting Places in Great Britain: Longleat

Interesting Places in Great Britain: St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle

Interesting Places in Great Britain: Old Operating Theatre

Interesting Places in Great Britain: The Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace

British Cemetery Monuments

Interesting Places in Great Britain: Weald & Downland Open Air Museum

Interesting Places in Great Britain: Appuldurcombe

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