Thomas Holland rose through military service in France and Flanders and became one of the founding Knights of the Garter. Before leaving on campaign, he contracted […]
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Thomas Jefferson
1 bookThomas Jefferson was an American revolutionary statesman, principal author of the Declaration of Independence and third president. His administration completed the Louisiana Purchase, but his political […]
Thomas Keith
1 bookThomas Keith was a Scottish soldier captured in Egypt who entered Muhammad Ali’s service, converted to Islam and rose in the Egyptian army. His career connected […]
Thomas Kyd
1 bookThomas Kyd was an English dramatist of the Elizabethan period, best known for The Spanish Tragedy. His work helped shape revenge tragedy and the theatrical world […]
Thomas le Despenser was an English nobleman and supporter of Richard II who was created earl of Gloucester in 1397. After Henry IV’s accession he joined […]
Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence, was the second surviving son of Henry IV and a younger brother of Henry V. He served as a military […]
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby is represented in the linked historical fiction through family, marriage and personal loyalty, court politics and dynastic power, and military […]
Thomas Wyatt the Younger
1 bookThomas Wyatt the Younger was the son of the poet and diplomat Thomas Wyatt. In 1554 he led a rebellion against Mary I, driven by opposition […]
Thorfinn of Hamar
1 bookThorfinn of Hamar was a medieval Norwegian churchman associated with the bishopric of Hamar. He belongs to the ecclesiastical world in which bishops acted as landholders, […]
Thrasybulus
1 bookThrasybulus was an Athenian general and democratic leader who helped overthrow the Thirty Tyrants after the Peloponnesian War. His actions restored democracy in Athens after a […]