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Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

Hunting the Falcon, (release dates Bloomsbury UK 14th September: Harper Collins USA 24th October 2023) the latest book by eminent historians, John Guy and Julia Fox, takes the unusual step of beginning with Queen Anne climbing the scaffold on the morning of 19th May 1536. This is an insightful study of the backstories of the…

Tudor Weekend Conference to celebrate the late Dame Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall Trilogy

June 23rd and 24th 2024The Tudor Manor at Cadhay House, Exeter, Devon, Englandwolfhallweekend.com Tickets Here Fans of all things Tudor will be thrilled to know that a weekend conference dedicated to the late Dame Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall Trilogy will be held next summer at one of the best-preserved private Tudor manor houses…

Anna and Henry: Turns Out They Did!

by Heather R. Darsie, JD For decades, if not centuries, it has been assumed that Henry VIII of England and Anna of Cleves never consummated their marriage. The Secret Council that met to devise a way for Henry to have an annulment of his marriage to Anna, rather than a divorce, knew that they had…

False Anna (Guest Post)

by Heather R. Darsie Anna of Cleves died in July 1557, having reached her forty-second birthday weeks before. Curiously, in 1558, a woman who possessed Anna’s signet ring showed up at the court of Anna’s nephew, John Frederick the Middle. She had an interesting story for the young man, “In December 1558, John Frederick received…

Anne Gainsford Informant Who Never Was

Written by Sylvia Barbara Soberton George Wyatt wrote the first ever biography of Anne Boleyn, entitled The Life of the Virtuous Christian and Renowned Queen Anne Boleigne. George was the grandson of poet Thomas Wyatt, who is believed to have had a romantic relationship with Anne before she caught Henry VIII’s eye. George Wyatt claimed…

Lady Jane Grey: Who Served the Nine Days Queen?

Written by Dr. James Taffe Edward VI died on 6 July 1553. In his will, the boy king nominated Lady Jane Grey as his successor. A few days later, on 10 July, Jane ‘was convayed by water to the Tower of London, and there received as queene’. In the royal barge, it was observed, there…

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Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

Tudor Weekend Conference to celebrate the late Dame Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall Trilogy

Anna and Henry: Turns Out They Did!

False Anna (Guest Post)

Anne Gainsford Informant Who Never Was

Lady Jane Grey: Who Served the Nine Days Queen?

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