Bloody Mary – The Tragic Reign of England’s First Queen

Andrew McAlindon on Instagram: "Throwback Thursday! Did you know Oliver Cromwell was ‘executed’ two years AFTER his death? He died on 3 September 1658, aged 59 due to complications from a form of malaria. 2 years later, he was exhumed and executed. His body thrown into a common grave and his head placed on a spike outside Westminster Abbey where it would stay for nearly 20 years. That’s the level of loathing that Cromwell inspired in his 17th-century enemies, and that his name still provokes in