Book Review: Mary Boleyn by Alison Weir

When I first turned the opening pages of Alison Weir’s[ … ]

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Wildcard: Did Margaret Beaufort protect the virginity of a teenage Katherine?

A #WildCard post is an opportunity to have fun by[ … ]

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Was Edward IV a usurper?

I stumbled across something interesting the other day.  For some[ … ]

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Review: A few thoughts on episode 1 of ‘Victoria’

Wanted to bash out some #QuickFireThoughts on the first episode[ … ]

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Who would win ‘Tudor Big Brother?’

As I was watching the Celebrity Big Brother Final on[ … ]

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Book review – Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen – by Alison Weir

When I first held my copy of ‘Katherine of Aragon,[ … ]

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Was Henry VIII trying to establish Fitzroy as ‘quasi-Royalty’ with the Richmond title?

Lately I’ve been diving into a wealth of books about[ … ]

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Was Henry VIII unfaithful within a year of his first marriage?

A few weeks ago, I blogged some #QuickFireThoughts on the[ … ]

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How ‘experienced’ was Henry VIII before his first marriage?

Henry VIII has gone down in history as a great[ … ]

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