The Death Of The King

“The King’s Fifth” is historical adventure novel, that brings us back to the 16th century. This novel shows us the Spanish Conquest over the Aztec Empire, and Spanish exploration of the as current Southwestern part of the United States. The story begins in San Jose De Ulloa (Spanish Fort, in Veracruz) here, Esteba de Sandoval is being held for defrauding the King of his rightful fifth. As he awaits his trial, he writes down all the events that occurred during his journey into the North American Wilds in search for the Golden Cities. Esteban then tells us his story that began two years prior to his arrest, on Captain Alarcon’s Fleet. Esteban was an educated boy that got his degree in cartography from Casa de la Contratación. In the beginning

The Once and Future King, or King Arthur, is a legend that is, despite its age, known by all. Everyone has heard of King Arthur and his loyal knights that make up the Round Table, but the rest of the famous legend is less known. If asked about Arthur’s parentage or birthplace, most people would not know. How many people can name off Arthur’s knights? Everyone knows Arthur’s name, but the details are less defined. Arthurian legend has many parts, the first being how Arthur came into being, then the most well-known part of the legend, but there is also his famous knights, the possibility of a historical Arthur, and how the legend has evolved over the ages.

In June 1791, King Louis XVI and his family snuck out of Paris during the night, hoping to escape from the French Revolution and its violence. He planned to escape the country and return with foreign assistance to reclaim control of France, but the people of Varennes stopped and detained him until authorities arrived and sent him back to Paris. Louis’ attempted escape, in addition to the letter he left behind denouncing the Revolution, “profoundly influenced the political and social climate of France” (223). His escape outraged many people and left the administration in shambles, and this caused tensions to break out. To control the situation, the people of France quickly organized

Mr. P is thinking about eating him. At this instance Wart has enough time to turn around and swim away just in the nick-of-time to escape from Mr. P.

If the defeat at the hands of a rag-tag militia damaged the pride of the world’s most powerful military, perhaps they would have taken some solitude in knowing just how chaotic the early days of this country were. Hip-hip hooray!! The King is gone, now what? I imagine many early Americans probably thinking something along those lines in those early days of independence. Like any good revolution, the colonists had achieved their objective, expel the British and establish a new country; done and done. Next came the hard part, establishing a new government and country, something easier said than done. Fresh of the rule despotic rule of King George III, newly minted Americans were faced with a dilemma. They could either create a new system of government completely devoid of anything previously seen in the Colonies (now States) or create something similar in principle but ideologically dissimilar government which consolidated power. Thus begins the rise of the Federalists, supporters of a strong, centralized government to protect and defend the right of all; and then there were the Anti-Federalists, those who believed a weak federal government kept in check by strong state government to be the true intent of our founding.

The saying goes, Politics will be the death of you. But could this actually be a dark secret of Governor Hall’s death?

Anne knew she had to produce a son but had two miscarriages shortly after Elizabeth's birth. Anne's enemies in the court began to plot against her, using the fact that the King still did not have a male heir to the thrown and the fact that the King had turned his attentions to Jane Seymour, one of Anne's ladies in waiting. Anne and her brother, George, as well as many other people were brought up on charges of treason and adultery (on Anne's part). They were sentenced to death. Shortly after Anne's death the marriage was dissolved and declared invalid. The curious question here was how could Anne of committed adultery if she had never been married to the King?

Tutankhamun’s tomb is the only royal tomb in Egypt to have escaped the discovery of looters and was discovered by archeologist Howard Carter. The death of Tutankhamun was a sudden tragedy that til this day has yet to be solved. The cause of the famous teenage king’s death has been a long drawn out mystery with a range of theories as to how he met his end. There are no historical records explaining the cause or circumstances of his death, nor is there no positive evidence to suggest how he died. However, there are several theories and many of which have changed over the years.

The Pope is outraged by Henry’s move to break with the Catholic church and he is excommunicated for breaking with Papal authority. King Henry and Queen Anne produce a daughter shortly after their secret marriage. Their daughter Elizabeth would be their only surviving child. Once again, there was an issue with the failure to produce a male heir. He soon grew tired of Anne. In 1536, she was accused of adultery and executed. In 1537, Henry took a third wife, Jane Seymour. With Jane, Henry finally produces a male heir, Arthur. Unfortunately, Jane dies shortly after the baby’s birth due to complications with the birth.

Anne Boleyn married Henry on january 25, 1533. Anne Boleyn was born around 1501 in Norfolk. Anne Boleyn is remembered for being arrested for adultery and incest, taken to the tower of London ,and later executed. Anne's enemies at court began to plot against her using the King's attentions to Jane

There are many events that happened in history that makes the world how it is today. Many people don’t realize that society has changed dramatically from the 17th century to now. In those days they dealt with a different type of government system, (monarchy) in which the king is in control of the government. Some kings are great in which they run their country well and have the respect of those around them and beneath them in society, and you also have those who don’t have the respect or the authority to the people.

One of the reasons it can be said that Anne Boleyn was charged with adultery was the miscarriage she suffered in January 1536 where it was said the baby was a male child and around three and a half months old (Bernard, 2010 p131). The fact that the baby was seen to be a boy in the court rumours though there was no way to tell in the Tudor period when the miscarriage was that early, had a devastating effect on Henry VIII as it was said he claimed ‘I see that God will not give me male children’ (Queens of England Podcast, 2017) which shows how he had in a way almost given up on Anne giving him a male heir to succeed his dynasty. If he claimed she committed adultery it was a way for him to get rid of her so he could move on to the next object

Modern-day murderers smile to their prey with a knife behind their back, masquerading trust as the Grim Reaper. In Charles Spencer’s historical nonfiction novel, Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I published in 2014, a bloodhound prince chases eighty conspirators who commit regicide: murdering the king.

If the king had found three people who wanted him to live and then visited his wife, I do not believe that the king would have chosen to live. I believe that the king would not have chosen to live because the people he cares for the most have betrayed him. It does not matter if a stranger loves you, but it does matter if your wife loves you.

In 1536, Anne Boleyn was charged with adultery. Thomas Wyatt, along with four others accused of being romantically linked to the queen, were imprisoned. It was widely believed that Wyatt was indeed her lover. Another lyricist, Mark Smeaton, was among the accused in the same year so this suggests “that the queen had a circle of lyrists close enough to her to make a king claim that her intimacy with these men was sexual” (Burrows). However, Wyatt was released shortly after while the other accused lovers along with the queen were executed.