Yesterday Carly, Emily, and I made one last trip to Camden Town. And today we hit up the Tower of London, which is famous for its horrible torture sessions and bloody executions.
So good story about James Scott Duke of Monmouth. Don't recognize the name do you? Well that's because he was the bastard son of Charles II. Some how his connection to the crown proved to be liable. He started a rebellion. He declared himself king and then proceeded with 4,000 troops to make it so.... accept the Monmouth Rebellion didn't work. And here is the best part. He was soon taken to the Tower of London to be executed and on his day the executioner decided to be drunk. It is said that it took 5 blows to sever his head and even then the butcher had to take out a knife to cut the remaining pieces of flesh. (hang on a minute my story gets better...)
After they sever the head they take it and put it on a pike at the Tower bridge (behold the head of a traitor!) and the body is sent for a hasty burial the Tower graves. But the Duke didn't have a current portrait before his death. So they exhumed the body, retrieved the head and sewed it back together. And painted his picture... needless to say he didn't look very life like. Cheers see you tomorrow night!!
3 comments:
ooohhhh! Tower of London! What a gory story, but very English I think. Do you know there is a movie coming out about Ann Boleyn? Only it is based off of the novel The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory. It is staring Scarlett Johansen and Natalie Portman. It looks really good. See you soon, love you.
Great history lesson Whit. And Kiera Knightly is starring in "The Duchess" of Devonshire...it looks wonderful. We all agree it feels like you have been gone ages...can't wait to see you. Be sure to check your flight and the connecting one in Chicago as they have had a lot of delays and cancellations due to the weather. Love you see you soon.
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Gruesome english!! I wish you a safe journey home to your family!
Love Aunt Dee
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