Book review: The Tudor Brandons by Sarah-Beth Watkins

Ever since becoming a super-cool Tudor fan (which as you[ … ]

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Which of his wives, was Henry VIII actually in love with?

This week we’re going to have a post about the[ … ]

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In defence of Henry VI

Been thinking lately about good King Henry.  No not that[ … ]

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How the ‘White Queen’ got Margaret Beaufort so, so wrong…

As I trawled through my Google analytics the other day,[ … ]

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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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