Which English queen is said to haunt the library at Windsor Castle?
"walk in"". Under both Edward and his sister, Mary I, some limited building work continued at the castle, in many cases using resources recovered from the English abbeys. Water was piped into the Upper Ward to create a fountain. Mary also expanded the buildings used by the Knights of Windsor in the Lower Ward, using stone from Reading Abbey. Elizabeth I spent much of her time at Windsor Castle and used it a safe haven in crises, ""knowing it could stand a siege if need be"". Ten new brass cannons were purchased for the castle's defence. It became one of"
"Herne effortlessly steals every scene in which he appears, much as he steals souls."" Windsor Castle (novel) Windsor Castle is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth serially published in 1842. It is a historical romance with gothic elements that depicts Henry VIII's pursuit of Anne Boleyn. Intertwined with the story are the actions of Herne the Hunter, a legendary ghost that haunts Windsor woods. The first mention of ""Windsor Castle"" comes in a letter to Crossley 17 November 1841: ""I am just now finishing ""Old St. Paul's"" and am consequently very busy [...] I have made all arrangements to start"
"of satanic aspects to his personality. The character of Herne is also connected to Cernunnous, the Celtic god of the hunt, which was an image of nature and also a version of the devil in Christian belief. ""Windsor Castle"" is rooted in the legend of Herne the Hunter. Stories, including those found in Shakespeare's ""Richard II"" describe the supernatural keeper of Windsor forest. The legend appealed to Ainsworth, and a tree that was supposedly haunted by Herne still existed in the forest until 1863 when a storm blew it down. Although the tree was destroyed, Queen Victoria planted a new"
"Windsor Castle (novel) Windsor Castle is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth serially published in 1842. It is a historical romance with gothic elements that depicts Henry VIII's pursuit of Anne Boleyn. Intertwined with the story are the actions of Herne the Hunter, a legendary ghost that haunts Windsor woods. The first mention of ""Windsor Castle"" comes in a letter to Crossley 17 November 1841: ""I am just now finishing ""Old St. Paul's"" and am consequently very busy [...] I have made all arrangements to start my Magazine at Christmas next, and have engaged Tony Johannot (the artist), who is"
"Windsor Castle about west of central London with the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. The Palace had lost much of its staff to the army, and most of the rooms were shut. The windows were shattered by bomb blasts, and had to be boarded up. During the ""Phoney War"" the Queen was given revolver training because of fears of imminent invasion. Adolf Hitler is said to have called her ""the most dangerous woman in Europe"" because he viewed her popularity as a threat to German interests. However, before the war both she and her husband, like most of Parliament and the"
"dishonour. Churches such as the Anglican Catholic Church of St Augustine of Canterbury continue to venerate her. Her case is dealt with in the 2009 historical novel ""Wolf Hall"" by Hilary Mantel, and in its television adaptation, where she is played by Aimee-Ffion Edwards. In ""A Man for all Seasons"", she is referred to in an interrogation of Thomas More, as having been executed (Barton was executed about 15 months before More). Elizabeth Barton Sister Elizabeth Barton (1506 – 20 April 1534), known as ""The Nun of Kent"", ""The Holy Maid of London"", ""The Holy Maid of Kent"" and later"
"autobiography included several recounted sightings of the female ghost ""Green Jean"" at Wemyss Castle; Lady Munster claimed that several members of her family, including Millicent, saw the ghost while staying there. Wilhelmina FitzClarence, Countess of Munster Wilhelmina FitzClarence, Countess of Munster (""née"" Kennedy-Erskine; 27 June 1830 – 9 October 1906) was a British peeress and novelist. Her mother, Lady Augusta FitzClarence, was an illegitimate daughter of William IV of the United Kingdom; Wilhelmina, also known as Mina, was born the day after William's succession as monarch. She travelled as a young girl throughout Europe, visiting the courts of France and"
"of exploiting her client in Caroline Blackwood's ""The Last of the Duchess"", written in 1980 but not published until after Blum's death in 1995. Later, royal biographer Hugo Vickers called Blum a ""Satanic figure ... wearing the mantle of good intention to disguise her inner malevolence"". In 1980, the Duchess lost the power of speech. Toward the end, she was bedridden and did not receive any visitors, apart from her doctor and nurses. The Duchess of Windsor died on 24 April 1986 at her home in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, aged 89. Her funeral was held at St George's"
"been cited as being the most haunted castle in Britain, and has appeared in a BBC ""Timewatch"" documentary ""White Slaves and Pirate Gold"", and the British television show ""Most Haunted"". The castle is said to be haunted by several ghosts. There is a beautiful young lady, most likely a Pomeroy, who is a portent of death. Lady Margaret Pomeroy, who was imprisoned by her sister Lady Eleanor Pomeroy and starved to death in the castle dungeons now attempts to lure the living to her tower, where if they are tempted in they fall to their death. An unidentified woman in"
"novel ""The King's Concubine"" by Anne O'Brien. Alice is also featured in some of Candice Robb's books, in a series known as Medieval Mysteries and also in ""The Traitor's Noose"", the fourth novel in the ""Lions and Lilies"" series by Catherine A Wilson and Catherine T Wilson. Alice Perrers Alice Perrers (1348–1400) was a fourteenth-century English royal mistress whose lover and patron was King Edward III of England. She met him originally in her capacity as a lady-in-waiting to Edward's consort, Philippa of Hainault. She went on to become the wealthiest woman in the land. However, she was despised by"
"Daphne Winkworth Dame Daphne Winkworth is a recurring fictional character from the Blandings Castle and Jeeves stories of English comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being a menacing and scowling woman who is rarely seen to smile. She is an intimate acquaintance of Bertie Wooster's Aunt Agatha, another old harridan character. She is the widow of Sir P. B. Winkworth, the noted historian. She has also been a guest at Blandings Castle, making her, along with Roderick Glossop, one of the links between the worlds of Jeeves and Lord Emsworth. She used to be the headmistress of a girls' school in"
"by cannon fire from the hillside opposite during the Civil War, or that it was destroyed by a huge fire after being struck by lightning. The excavations uncovered no indication of either of these supposed fates, but did show evidence that the buildings were systematically stripped of re-usable materials shortly after demolition. There are a number of legends associated with the castle, and according to the English Heritage guidebook, it ""is reputed to be one of the most haunted castles in Britain."" Two female ghosts are said to haunt the castle: the White Lady, and the Blue Lady. The Blue"
"the Red Queen, and the Mad Hatter; Arthur Balfour is the White Queen and the March Hare; Robert Cecil is the King of Hearts and the Dormouse; Archbishop of Canterbury Frederick Temple is the Duchess; and Redvers Buller is Humpty Dumpty. The Westminster Alice The Westminster Alice is the name of a collection of vignettes written by Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) in 1902 and published by the Westminster Gazette of London. It is a political parody of Lewis Carroll's two books, ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"" and ""Through the Looking-Glass"". The book features 48 drawings after the originals by John Tenniel"
"the effects of witchcraft that they had it inscribed on their monument at Bottesford church. It reads, in part: In 1953, Hilda Lewis published a historical romance, ""The Witch and the Priest"", which consists of a series of conversations between Samuel Fleming, the clergyman who oversaw the Flowers' examinations, and the ghost of Joan Flower. In 2013, historian Tracey Borman suggested that the Flowers women may have been framed by a favourite of King James I, the Lincolnshire born George Villiers, who was created Duke of Buckingham in 1623. Watson's theory is that Villiers had plans to marry the Rutland's"
"the social events. Few visitors found these occasions comfortable, both due to the design of the castle and the excessive royal formality. Prince Albert died in the Blue Room at Windsor Castle in 1861 and was buried in the Royal Mausoleum built at nearby Frogmore, within the Home Park. The prince's rooms were maintained exactly as they had been at the moment of his death and Victoria kept the castle in a state of mourning for many years, becoming known as the ""Widow of Windsor"", a phrase popularised in the famous poem by Rudyard Kipling. The Queen shunned the use"
"Herne the Hunter In English folklore, Herne the Hunter is a ghost associated with Windsor Forest and Great Park in the English county of Berkshire. He is said to naturally have antlers upon his head, ride a horse, torment cattle, and rattle chains. The earliest mention of Herne comes from William Shakespeare's 1597 play ""The Merry Wives of Windsor"", and it is impossible to know how accurately or to what degree Shakespeare may have incorporated a real local legend into his work, though there have been several later attempts to connect Herne to historical figures, pagan deities, or ancient archetypes."
"monarch—the elderly Queen Victoria, who occasionally lodges at the palace—by a known assassin, perhaps in nefarious league with the German Kaiser. En route north, Holmes and Watson are menaced aboard their train by a red-bearded bomb thrower (supposedly a rabid Scots nationalist), only to discover that still greater dangers await them, and others, at Holyroodhouse. The plaintive drone of a weeping woman, cruelly punctured and shattered corpses, a pool of blood ""that never dries"", and a disembodied Italian voice with unexpected musical tastes all imply the wrath of wraiths behind recent atrocities. But Holmes and Watson deduce that greed, rather"
"Henry tries to stop him, but is never able to do so. Eventually, Wyat and Lyndwood are captured by Herne. The two fall in love and try to escape, but Mabel drowns. As the main plot progresses, Catherine accepts her fate but also warns Boleyn that Henry will treat her in the same way. It is revealed that Boleyn was involved with Henry Norris, and Henry uses this as evidence to have Boleyn executed. The story ends with Boleyn being replaced by Jane Seymour. Characters in order of appearance in the shortened version of Windsor Castle by W. Harrison Ainsworth"
"named Tatterhood, because she wore a tattered hood over her unruly hair. One Christmas Eve, when the girls were half grown, there was great noise in the gallery outside the queen's rooms. When Tatterhood demanded to know what was causing the noise, the queen reluctantly reveals that it was a pack of trolls (in some versions, witches) who come to the palace every seven years. Tatterhood, being headstrong, decides to drive the trolls off and instructs her mother keep the door tightly shut. Worried about Tatterhood, Tatterhood's younger sister opens one of the doors during the battle with the trolls."
"now at work for me [...] ""Windsor Castle"", of course, forms the main feature of the design, and I propose commencing the story with Henry the Eighth entering into the Castle on the morning of St. George's Day, 1529, attended by Anne Boleyn and the Cardinals Wosley and Campeggio. I intend making Lord Surrey the hero of the story. what say you?"" Ainsworth wrote ""Windsor Castle"" in 1842 while he was publishing ""The Miser's Daughter"". During this time, he was constantly working to publish the novel by April, and Ainsworth only stopped when his mother, Ann Ainsworth, died on 15"
"The Westminster Alice The Westminster Alice is the name of a collection of vignettes written by Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) in 1902 and published by the Westminster Gazette of London. It is a political parody of Lewis Carroll's two books, ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"" and ""Through the Looking-Glass"". The book features 48 drawings after the originals by John Tenniel which were drawn by Francis Carruthers Gould. It is critical of the politics of the day, of which Alice tries to make sense. A number of notable British politicians are identified in the book. Joseph Chamberlain is the Queen of Hearts,"
"sculptures by Kendra Haste. Anne Boleyn was beheaded in 1536 for treason against Henry VIII; her ghost supposedly haunts the Church of St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower, where she is buried, and has been said to walk around the White Tower carrying her head under her arm. This haunting is commemorated in the 1934 comic song ""With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm"". Other reported ghosts include Henry VI, Lady Jane Grey, Margaret Pole, and the Princes in the Tower. In January 1816, a sentry on guard outside the Jewel House claimed to have witnessed an apparition of"
"version of the book was released in February 2008, with Scarlett Johansson as Mary and Natalie Portman as Anne and Eric Bana as King Henry VIII. In ""Wolf Hall"", Boleyn is portrayed by Charity Wakefield. Mary is also a subject in three non-fiction books: Mary Boleyn Mary Boleyn, also known as Lady Mary (c. 1499/1500 – 19 July 1543), was the sister of English queen Anne Boleyn, whose family enjoyed considerable influence during the reign of King Henry VIII. Mary was one of the mistresses of Henry VIII for an unknown period of time. It has been rumoured that she"
"Haunting Violet Haunting Violet is a paranormal novel by Alyxandra Harvey. It was officially released in UK on July 5, 2011. ""Haunting Violet"" is set in 1872 and the world of Victorian spiritualism. The main character, Violet Willoughby, is the daughter of a fraudulent medium. For years she has taken part in her mother's faked seances, pretending to put the rich and powerful in touch with the dead, and their success has brought them a life of luxury they could only have dreamed of and Violet the prospect of a society marriage. But Violet has a real, unsuspected power to"
"Eliza Parsons Eliza Parsons (née Phelp) (1739 – 5 February 1811) was an English Gothic novelist, best known for ""The Castle of Wolfenbach"" (1793) and ""The Mysterious Warning"" (1796). These are two of the seven Gothic titles recommended as reading by a character in Jane Austen's novel ""Northanger Abbey"". The life of Eliza Parsons has been subject to much speculation, but most researchers agree she was born in 1739. Parsons's baptismal certificate is dated 4 April 1739. Eliza was born in Plymouth, Devon, as the only daughter of John Phelp, a wine merchant, and his wife Roberta Phelp. She spent"
"Queen Enigma, was published a year later, in October 2015. The fourth book, titled The Carnelian Crow, came out in July 2017. Stoker and Holmes Stoker and Holmes is the name of a series of young adult novels by American author Colleen Gleason. The series is set in a steampunk London and features two young women with famous relatives: Alvermina (Mina) Holmes, the niece of Sherlock Holmes, and Evaline Stoker, the sister of Bram Stoker. Evaline is also a descendant of Victoria Gardella of The Gardella Vampire Chronicles. The first book in the series, The Clockwork Scarab, was published by"
"the same parallel on which the key events of ""Luther Arkwright"" occurred. Twenty-three years have passed (putting the date of the events at 2007), and England has emerged from its artificially-prolonged Civil War to become the predominant world power under the autocratic rule of its psychic Queen Anne. The decadent court exhibits a mixture of Elizabethan, Restoration and Victorian styles. Ordinary people randomly ""disappear"" to an unknown fate in St. George's Chapel, Windsor at Windsor Castle. Anne's only heir is Princess Victoria, her daughter by the long-vanished Luther Arkwright, born during the climactic battle twenty-three years earlier. Victoria is an"
"a clairvoyant the previous week who turned over the king of clubs in her pack of cards and said a man threatened danger to her. The prince is afraid that Valerie interpreted this to mean Reedburn, and attacked him. Poirot and Hastings visit the scene of the crime. The library runs the length of one side of the house. At either end are curtained recesses with French windows, one to the garden and the other to the drive. It was in the recess facing the garden that Reedburn was found. The dead man had a female visitor that night that"
"also contains many quotes referring to famous pieces of Victorian literature, for example, Alfred Tennyson's ""The Palace of Art"", Charles Dickens' ""A Tale of Two Cities"", and the works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray, has at last found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head of the Institute. If Charlotte loses her position, Tessa will be out on the street, and easy prey for the mysterious Magister, who wants to use Tessa's powers for his"
"Queene"" in season 1 episode 10 entitled, ""Gloriana."" In the final scene, Queen Elizabeth II, portrayed by Claire Foy, is being photographed. Prompting Her Majesty's poses, Cecil Beaton says:All hail sage Lady, whom a grateful Isle hath blessed. Not moving, not breathing. Our very own goddess. ""Glorious Gloriana"". Forgetting Elizabeth Windsor now. Now only Elizabeth Regina. Yes. The Faerie Queene The Faerie Queene is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. Books I to III were first published in 1590, and then republished in 1596 together with books IV to VI. ""The Faerie Queene"" is notable for its form: it"
"(from the Super Book Of Ghost Stories compiled and edited by Leonard J. Matthews - Hamlyn). Anne Boleyn, Duke of Suffolk, Lord Audley, Lord Cromwell, Herne the Hunter, Henry VIII, Jane Seymour and the Executioner... The illustrations for ""Windsor Castle"" dominate the text. They were started by Tony Johannot, a French illustrator. After producing four illustrations for the ""Ainsworth's Magazine"", he was replaced by Cruikshank as the illustrator for the rest of the work. Cruikshank, during the beginning of the publication of ""Windsor Castle"" was busy producing illustrations for Ainsworth's ""The Miser's Daughter"". In terms of style, Cruikshank's illustrations are"
"Brown Lady of Raynham Hall The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall is a ghost that reportedly haunts Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England. It became one of the most famous hauntings in Great Britain when photographers from ""Country Life"" magazine claimed to have captured its image. The ""Brown Lady"" is so named because of the brown brocade dress it is claimed she wears. According to legend, the ""Brown Lady of Raynham Hall"" is the ghost of Lady Dorothy Walpole (1686–1726), the sister of Robert Walpole, generally regarded as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. She was the second wife of"
"mother, Isabel Neville and her aunt, Anne Neville, and was portrayed by Rebecca Benson in the television adaptation of ""The White Princess"". She will be portrayed by Laura Carmichael in an upcoming series titled ""The Spanish Princess"", a sequel to ""The White Princess"" Margaret is the main character of Samantha Wilcoxson's 2016 novel, ""Faithful Traitor"". Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (14 August 1473 – 27 May 1541), was an English peeress. She was the daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, the brother of kings Edward IV and Richard III. Margaret was one of two women"