Profile: Janet Walkinshaw

Tudor England: Marjorie Bowes, the daughter of a rich and powerful family, grows up in a time of civil turmoil caused by the religious reforms of King Henry VIII. She meets John Knox, a renegade Scottish preacher in exile from his own country, who has bee....

Margaret Erskine, mistress of James, King of Scots and reluctant chatelaine of Lochleven Castle, will let nothing stand in the way of her ambitions for her son Lord James Stewart. Surviving through the turmoil of the 16th century Reformation in Scotland, ....

A grandmother runs away from home and finds freedom, an actress dons a frothy hat, a poet searches for Bohemia. There are some clergymen, some nuns, and more than a few criminals. Journeys, real or metaphorical, are a common theme. Some stories are funny,....

The year is 1537. Mary of Guise, young, beautiful and widowed, is the reluctant bride of James V, King of Scots. The marriage is arranged to strengthen the alliance between France and Scotland. On the border Henry VIII seeks a reason to invade. The Reform....