Making history come alive

I love history and have really been enjoying the BBC drama series ‘The White Queen’ based on Philippa Gregory’s Cousins War novels. Watching a series like this or reading novels based on historical figures always makes me want to go away and do some more research to try and discover more about the facts on which the TV series/books were based. Somehow I can soak up information so much better when I can link it to a real person and be able to imagine the scenario – it makes all those dates and historical facts really come alive for me then.