Oliver Robert Ford Davies (born 12 August 1939) is an English actor and writer, best known for his role as Sio Bibble in Star Wars Episodes I to III.He is also known for his role as Maester Cressen in HBO series Game of Thrones.
Guy covers in long strides the standard milestones of Henry’s life: the mollycoddled upbringing, the cockfights with France, the torturous divorce from Katherine of Aragon, the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell (perhaps predictably, he throws in a reference to Wolf Hall, home of the Seymour family), the spoliation of the monasteries and the decline into obesity and paranoia. This familiar.
The real-life game of thrones I met a young Australian fellow on St Michael’s Mount. I don’t know how we got onto the subject of royalty, but he was telling me how some of his countrymen were keen to abolish the monarchy. “Not me,” he said, “I look at the buggers that want the job of president and I figure we’re better off staying as we are.”.
After having killed Charles I back in England, Oliver Cromwell turned his greedy gaze to Ireland, which teemed with the Catholics he despised, and which he wanted to bring to heel. And so he set off with his army, cutting a bloody swathe through the country, ruthlessly slaughtering soldiers and innocent civilians alike. Take the bloody siege of Drogheda, for example. Soldiers seeking refuge in.
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Elizabeth Cromwell, nee Bourchier, was born during the year 1598 to Sir James Bourchier and Frances Crane. 1620 (August) Elizabeth Bourchier married Oliver Cromwell at St Giles’ Church in Cripplegate, London. They made their home in Huntingdon. 1621 (during) A son, Robert, was born to Elizabeth and Oliver. 1623 (during) A son, Oliver, was born to Elizabeth and Oliver. 1624 (during) A.
Oliver Cromwell is a controversial figure. Should he be seen as the Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, who saved them from Charles’ tyranny or as a cruel and harsh dictator?
There are some obvious Targaryen history parallels. Aegon I to William I. Aegon II and Rhaenyra to Stephen and Matilda. Aegon the conqueror is supposed to be based on multiple historical figures, starting with the first being William the conqueror.