People

1500–1558

Reginald Pole was an English cardinal of royal Plantagenet descent who opposed Henry VIII’s annulment and rejection of papal authority. Living in exile, he wrote against […]

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1510–1574

Renée was born in 1510, the younger surviving daughter of Louis XII and Anne of Brittany. After her sister Claude inherited Brittany, Renée was raised within […]

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1670 BCE–1446 BCE

Reuben was the eldest son of Jacob and traditional ancestor of the tribe of Reuben. Biblical narratives portray him as attempting to save Joseph but also […]

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1626–1712

Richard Cromwell was the third surviving son of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier. He succeeded his father as Lord Protector in 1658 but lacked a secure […]

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Richard Guildford is represented in the linked historical fiction through court politics and dynastic power, social change and the pressures of ordinary life, and political ambition […]

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1760–1842

Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley was the governor-general who pursued rapid expansion of British power in India. He promoted subsidiary alliances, directed the war against Tipu […]

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c. 18th century–1810

Robert Corbet was an English landowner and figure connected with the gentry politics of Tudor and early Stuart England. His relevance lies in the local networks […]

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Robert F. Kennedy is represented in the linked historical fiction through military command and battlefield decision-making, political ambition and government, and crime, espionage and covert power. […]

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1765–1815

Robert Fulton was an American engineer and inventor who helped make commercial steam navigation successful. After working as an artist and engineer in Europe, he experimented […]

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1895–1985

Robert Graves was a British poet, soldier, novelist and classical scholar. His experience on the Western Front shaped his memoir Goodbye to All That and much […]

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