Holdenby House: From Royal Vision to Forgotten Ruins
Holdenby House: An Elizabethan palace built for Queen Elizabeth I, but it bankrupted Sir Christopher Hatton and became a prison for King Charles I.
From Country Gentleman to Tudor Power Broker: The Remarkable Rise of Sir Christopher Hatton
In Tudor England’s ruthless political arena, Sir Christopher Hatton’s ascent defied convention—trading battlefield glory for emotional intelligence, wooing a queen not with lineage but loyalty, transforming a galliard into the ultimate power move.