Claire | August 16, 2010
A few weeks ago, I did a post about recent and upcoming historical fiction books and today I’m going to focus on non-fiction history books and biographies of historical characters within the Tudor and Elizabethan periods:-
Margaret Beaufort: The Mother of the Tudor Dynasty by Elizabeth Norton - Due to be released in the UK [...]
Claire | November 17, 2009
I was very excited when I heard about the release of this book just a few weeks after Alison Weir’s “The Lady in the Tower”, October was a really great month for Anne Boleyn fans! However, I must admit to being rather put off by the publisher’s blurb on Amazon, which said:
“The story of Anne [...]
Claire | July 1, 2009
I was so excited to receive a copy of Amberley Publishing’s “Mary Boleyn: The True Story of Henry VIII’s Favourite Mistress” by Josephine Wilkinson that I sat and read it in a day - ignoring work, the family and the housework!
I’ve always wanted to know more about Anne Boleyn’s sister, and Henry’s mistress, and this [...]
