The Top Ten Real-Life Characters from the Mercia Blakewood Novels: 5. Pieter Stuyvesant

December 18, 2019June 10, 2020 davidhingley

The next real-life character we examine in my historical blog series is the stubborn last Governor of Dutch New Amsterdam: war hero to some, authoritarian despot to many. 5: Pieter Stuyvesant (1610 – 1672) ‘Why…

The Top Ten Real-Life Characters from the Mercia Blakewood Novels: 9. Colonel Richard Nicolls

July 25, 2019June 10, 2020 davidhingley

Continuing my series looking at the real-life characters from the Mercia Blakewood stories, this week I look at a man at the heart of royal government who became the first British Governor of New York.…