Steve Carter
@warwalks.bsky.social
Late #17thCentury Historian & author of Fighting for Liberty & One King the story of the #MonmouthRebellion plus Science of Arms series covering the skills you need to be a General.
Now writing the biography & true story of Lucy Walter #SecretQueen
Now writing the biography & true story of Lucy Walter #SecretQueen
#otd 5 July 1652, the French Royal Army under the Vicomte de Turenne attacks Paris. After initial success they are defeated outside the Bastille by the rebels under the command of Mademoiselle de Montpensier. Inside the city is Lucy Walter the #SecretQueen #ScienceofArms
July 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
#otd 5 July 1652, the French Royal Army under the Vicomte de Turenne attacks Paris. After initial success they are defeated outside the Bastille by the rebels under the command of Mademoiselle de Montpensier. Inside the city is Lucy Walter the #SecretQueen #ScienceofArms
News Flash!
I'm delighted to announce I'll be doing a talk on the Battle at Norton St Philip on 27 June 1685... opps 2025.
I'll be explaining the importance of the Battle at its part in shaping World History!
#MonmouthRebellion
I'm delighted to announce I'll be doing a talk on the Battle at Norton St Philip on 27 June 1685... opps 2025.
I'll be explaining the importance of the Battle at its part in shaping World History!
#MonmouthRebellion
June 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
News Flash!
I'm delighted to announce I'll be doing a talk on the Battle at Norton St Philip on 27 June 1685... opps 2025.
I'll be explaining the importance of the Battle at its part in shaping World History!
#MonmouthRebellion
I'm delighted to announce I'll be doing a talk on the Battle at Norton St Philip on 27 June 1685... opps 2025.
I'll be explaining the importance of the Battle at its part in shaping World History!
#MonmouthRebellion
#OTD 340 years ago, Monmouth advances to Axminster narrowly avoiding encirclement by the Militia. After a skirmish his forces secure the town.
On hearing this news Lord Churchill complains to the King of the poor performance of the Militia.
#FightingforLiberty1685 #OneKing1685
On hearing this news Lord Churchill complains to the King of the poor performance of the Militia.
#FightingforLiberty1685 #OneKing1685
June 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
#OTD 340 years ago, Monmouth advances to Axminster narrowly avoiding encirclement by the Militia. After a skirmish his forces secure the town.
On hearing this news Lord Churchill complains to the King of the poor performance of the Militia.
#FightingforLiberty1685 #OneKing1685
On hearing this news Lord Churchill complains to the King of the poor performance of the Militia.
#FightingforLiberty1685 #OneKing1685
#otd 340 years ago was the skirmish at Bridport. The outcome was indecisive; Monmouth's new recruits achieved their objective.
This dispels the myth that Monmouth had an army armed with pitchforks but soldiers with the latest weapons.
#FightingforLiberty1685 #OneKing1685
This dispels the myth that Monmouth had an army armed with pitchforks but soldiers with the latest weapons.
#FightingforLiberty1685 #OneKing1685
June 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
#otd 340 years ago was the skirmish at Bridport. The outcome was indecisive; Monmouth's new recruits achieved their objective.
This dispels the myth that Monmouth had an army armed with pitchforks but soldiers with the latest weapons.
#FightingforLiberty1685 #OneKing1685
This dispels the myth that Monmouth had an army armed with pitchforks but soldiers with the latest weapons.
#FightingforLiberty1685 #OneKing1685
340 years ago, Whitehall receives news that Monmouth has landed. The Army is mobilised & an advance force is ordered to Salisbury, under Lord Churchill.
This image made me realise everything I knew about Lord Churchill was fiction! Why?
#FightingforLiberty1685 #OneKing1685
This image made me realise everything I knew about Lord Churchill was fiction! Why?
#FightingforLiberty1685 #OneKing1685
June 13, 2025 at 8:28 AM
340 years ago, Whitehall receives news that Monmouth has landed. The Army is mobilised & an advance force is ordered to Salisbury, under Lord Churchill.
This image made me realise everything I knew about Lord Churchill was fiction! Why?
#FightingforLiberty1685 #OneKing1685
This image made me realise everything I knew about Lord Churchill was fiction! Why?
#FightingforLiberty1685 #OneKing1685
340 years ago today, the invasion it begins. All dressed in Purple.
Follow the story true story of Monmouth's invasion.
#FightingforLiberty1685
Follow the story true story of Monmouth's invasion.
#FightingforLiberty1685
June 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
340 years ago today, the invasion it begins. All dressed in Purple.
Follow the story true story of Monmouth's invasion.
#FightingforLiberty1685
Follow the story true story of Monmouth's invasion.
#FightingforLiberty1685
Today's Battlefield is New Orleans, 8 January 1815. The British soldier fresh from defeating the French face off against the Americans.
#BattleofChalmette
#BattleofChalmette
May 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Today's Battlefield is New Orleans, 8 January 1815. The British soldier fresh from defeating the French face off against the Americans.
#BattleofChalmette
#BattleofChalmette
Yesterday, I was working my biography of Lucy Walter in the famous Red Room of the Berns' Hotel in Stockholm. This was where the Swedish writer August Strindberg set is award writing book. Amazing!
#SecretQueen
#SecretQueen
April 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Yesterday, I was working my biography of Lucy Walter in the famous Red Room of the Berns' Hotel in Stockholm. This was where the Swedish writer August Strindberg set is award writing book. Amazing!
#SecretQueen
#SecretQueen
King Charles XII of Sweden looking a bit weathered like me, but still one of the greatest 17th Century generals. Definitely a master of the #ScienceofArms
April 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
King Charles XII of Sweden looking a bit weathered like me, but still one of the greatest 17th Century generals. Definitely a master of the #ScienceofArms
On this day in 1685, James Duke of Monmouth was born. His mother was Lucy Walter, his father King Charles II. History will tell you that Lucy was never the wife of the King. Today, I'm sat here writing the final words of my Lucy biography, her true & untold story.
#SecretQueen
#SecretQueen
April 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On this day in 1685, James Duke of Monmouth was born. His mother was Lucy Walter, his father King Charles II. History will tell you that Lucy was never the wife of the King. Today, I'm sat here writing the final words of my Lucy biography, her true & untold story.
#SecretQueen
#SecretQueen
Me, Lucy and Masala Tea...and a view!
The Jama Masjid Mosque in Old Delhi.
The Jama Masjid Mosque in Old Delhi.
March 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Me, Lucy and Masala Tea...and a view!
The Jama Masjid Mosque in Old Delhi.
The Jama Masjid Mosque in Old Delhi.
February 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
On this day 6 February 1685 King Charles II dies in Whitehall. After this the rumour is quickly spread that he was murdered.
Was he really murdered?
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Was he really murdered?
warwalks.com/monmouth-reb...
February 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
On this day 6 February 1685 King Charles II dies in Whitehall. After this the rumour is quickly spread that he was murdered.
Was he really murdered?
warwalks.com/monmouth-reb...
Was he really murdered?
warwalks.com/monmouth-reb...
I've found my perfect #ScienceofArms clock
February 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I've found my perfect #ScienceofArms clock
Red Sea sunset, a coffee, and Lucy. Travelling is a privilege, writing is a passion, sunsets are magical... When they all come together the words flow.
#secretqueen
#secretqueen
January 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Red Sea sunset, a coffee, and Lucy. Travelling is a privilege, writing is a passion, sunsets are magical... When they all come together the words flow.
#secretqueen
#secretqueen
Lucy has been my 2nd love for 10+ years, she is with me when I travel, I find her in coffee shops, airports, pubs & bars. I've discovered her in museums, archives & castles. In 2024, I've been transcribing & drafting Lucy's story. Next year I'll be all alone!
#SecretQueen #17thCentury #KeepitStuart
#SecretQueen #17thCentury #KeepitStuart
December 31, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Lucy has been my 2nd love for 10+ years, she is with me when I travel, I find her in coffee shops, airports, pubs & bars. I've discovered her in museums, archives & castles. In 2024, I've been transcribing & drafting Lucy's story. Next year I'll be all alone!
#SecretQueen #17thCentury #KeepitStuart
#SecretQueen #17thCentury #KeepitStuart
Wishing all my followers & friends a wonderful Christmas & New Year 2025.
It's time for an update on my progress. Unfortunately, Secret Queen it's taking longer than planned but it will be worth the wait - I promise. Finding Lucy is becoming the story of my life, as well as hers!
#SecretQueen
It's time for an update on my progress. Unfortunately, Secret Queen it's taking longer than planned but it will be worth the wait - I promise. Finding Lucy is becoming the story of my life, as well as hers!
#SecretQueen
December 24, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Wishing all my followers & friends a wonderful Christmas & New Year 2025.
It's time for an update on my progress. Unfortunately, Secret Queen it's taking longer than planned but it will be worth the wait - I promise. Finding Lucy is becoming the story of my life, as well as hers!
#SecretQueen
It's time for an update on my progress. Unfortunately, Secret Queen it's taking longer than planned but it will be worth the wait - I promise. Finding Lucy is becoming the story of my life, as well as hers!
#SecretQueen
Wishing all my friends & followers a wonderful holidays & fantastic New Year. Make magical memories!
The 'English' print by Allain Manesson Mallet in my De Werken van Mars of de Konst des Oorlogs 1686.
#17thCentury #KeepitStuart #FightingforLiberty1685 #SecretQueen #OneKing1685 #Christmas2024
The 'English' print by Allain Manesson Mallet in my De Werken van Mars of de Konst des Oorlogs 1686.
#17thCentury #KeepitStuart #FightingforLiberty1685 #SecretQueen #OneKing1685 #Christmas2024
December 23, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Wishing all my friends & followers a wonderful holidays & fantastic New Year. Make magical memories!
The 'English' print by Allain Manesson Mallet in my De Werken van Mars of de Konst des Oorlogs 1686.
#17thCentury #KeepitStuart #FightingforLiberty1685 #SecretQueen #OneKing1685 #Christmas2024
The 'English' print by Allain Manesson Mallet in my De Werken van Mars of de Konst des Oorlogs 1686.
#17thCentury #KeepitStuart #FightingforLiberty1685 #SecretQueen #OneKing1685 #Christmas2024
I wish all my friends and followers in the New World Colonies a wonderful turkey-filled Thanksgiving.
(Obviously, you all know that Jamestown in Virginia was actually the first British settlement dating from June 1607 😊 - but that's another story!)
(Obviously, you all know that Jamestown in Virginia was actually the first British settlement dating from June 1607 😊 - but that's another story!)
November 28, 2024 at 12:53 PM
I wish all my friends and followers in the New World Colonies a wonderful turkey-filled Thanksgiving.
(Obviously, you all know that Jamestown in Virginia was actually the first British settlement dating from June 1607 😊 - but that's another story!)
(Obviously, you all know that Jamestown in Virginia was actually the first British settlement dating from June 1607 😊 - but that's another story!)
Sometimes when you're researching you touch a manuscript and history shivers through your bones. Well I have one of those earlier at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The future Queen Anne's wrote a letter the was in my hands. Amazing!
#SecretQueen #17thC
#SecretQueen #17thC
November 22, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Sometimes when you're researching you touch a manuscript and history shivers through your bones. Well I have one of those earlier at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The future Queen Anne's wrote a letter the was in my hands. Amazing!
#SecretQueen #17thC
#SecretQueen #17thC
My first time to the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Excited to uncover some more new manuscripts for my Lucy Walter biography! #SecretQueen #17thC
November 21, 2024 at 9:32 AM
My first time to the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Excited to uncover some more new manuscripts for my Lucy Walter biography! #SecretQueen #17thC
So who was Mrs Sambourne & why would she know about a marriage between the King & the mother of the Duke of Monmouth?
You'll need to wait for my biography of Lucy Walter to get the full story.
p.s. this document has never been referenced before!
#amwriting
#17thC #TheStuarts
#SecretQueen
You'll need to wait for my biography of Lucy Walter to get the full story.
p.s. this document has never been referenced before!
#amwriting
#17thC #TheStuarts
#SecretQueen
November 20, 2024 at 12:43 PM
So who was Mrs Sambourne & why would she know about a marriage between the King & the mother of the Duke of Monmouth?
You'll need to wait for my biography of Lucy Walter to get the full story.
p.s. this document has never been referenced before!
#amwriting
#17thC #TheStuarts
#SecretQueen
You'll need to wait for my biography of Lucy Walter to get the full story.
p.s. this document has never been referenced before!
#amwriting
#17thC #TheStuarts
#SecretQueen
Back here today for some final dotting the i's and crossing the t's on my Lucy Walter biography. #SecretQueen
November 20, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Back here today for some final dotting the i's and crossing the t's on my Lucy Walter biography. #SecretQueen
11/21 November 1667 Samual Pepys visited the Council-chamber at White Hall to look upon books of heraldry by Sir Edward Walker & observed that the Duke of Monmouth's title was 'The most noble and high-born Prince, James Scott, Duke Monmouth...'
#SecretQueen #MonmouthRebellion #17thCentury
#SecretQueen #MonmouthRebellion #17thCentury
November 20, 2024 at 6:15 AM
11/21 November 1667 Samual Pepys visited the Council-chamber at White Hall to look upon books of heraldry by Sir Edward Walker & observed that the Duke of Monmouth's title was 'The most noble and high-born Prince, James Scott, Duke Monmouth...'
#SecretQueen #MonmouthRebellion #17thCentury
#SecretQueen #MonmouthRebellion #17thCentury
I'm not sure how this works, but I've created a space for the #MonmouthRebellion and all things the Duke of Monmouth. I'll start to share some of my research and original prints.
#FightingforLiberty #OneKing #MilitaryHistory #17thC
#FightingforLiberty #OneKing #MilitaryHistory #17thC
November 17, 2024 at 10:54 AM
I'm not sure how this works, but I've created a space for the #MonmouthRebellion and all things the Duke of Monmouth. I'll start to share some of my research and original prints.
#FightingforLiberty #OneKing #MilitaryHistory #17thC
#FightingforLiberty #OneKing #MilitaryHistory #17thC