Mystery of History: The Princes in the Tower
19th Century Pre-Raphaelite depiction of the Princes in the Tower by John Everett Millais I started writing my review of Sandra Worth’s Pale Rose of England with what I had intended as a “brief”...
View ArticleThe Sunday Salon: Week in Review, and Unwinding with The Tudors Tonight
Happy Sunday everyone! I’ve had a busy weekend so today is more of a “week in review” Salon. If any of you missed the Stephanie Cowell event hosted by myself and my partners in crime over at the HFBRT,...
View ArticleThe Scandal Sheet: Did Elizabeth I’s lover Robert Dudley have his wife killed...
I saw this article from The Daily Mail posted by Michelle Moran on her blog History Buff. I have always been curious about the background surrounding Amy Robsart’s death and whether or not Dudley had a...
View ArticleThe Tudors Season 4 on Showtime
Henry’s run out of wives! As many of us have heard, this will be the fourth and final season of Showtime’s entertaining period romp, The Tudors. I reviewed the series and posted about Jolie Richardson...
View ArticleGiveaway for Book Bloggers: The Boleyn Wife by Brandy Purdy
Giveaway The Boleyn Wifeby Brandy Purdy **Note: This giveaway is open to book bloggers only. This ARC giveaway is in exchange for a review on your blog. If you win this giveaway, you will be expected...
View ArticleReview | Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Hardcover: 560 pages Publisher: Henry Holt Release Date: October 13th, 2009 Source: I received this book from the publisher for review. It’s the story we’ve all heard before, told in such a way that it...
View ArticleThe Sunday Salon: Back to Tudor England With A Booker Prize Winner!
Today I’ve been reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. I gave up reading novels of Tudor England for a while, not because I don’t love them (I do!), but just because the subject was starting to get a bit...
View ArticleAmazing Giveaway!
I am just too excited for words!! Susie Tudor Daughter over at All Things Royal is hosting a very exciting giveaway. I’ll give you one hint…it involves my most favorite royal damsel: the witty and...
View ArticleJoely Richardson To Play Catherine Parr on Showtime’s The Tudors
Joely Richardson was recently cast as Henry VIII’s sixth wife, Catherine Parr, on the fourth and final season of Showtime’s The Tudors. The series, which is currently filming in Dublin, Ireland, has...
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