Attractive, wealthy and influential, Katherine Willoughby is one of the most unusual ladies of the Tudor court. A favourite of King Henry VIII, Katherine knows all his six wives, his daughters Mary and Elizabeth, and his son Edward, as well as being related by marriage to Lady Jane Grey. She marries Tudor knight, Sir Charles [...]
Last year I read all three books in the trilogy by author Tony Riches about the Tudor dynasty. Book One was about a Owen Tudor, second husband of Catherine of Valois and stepfather to King Henry VI. Book Two was about Jasper Tudor, half-brother of King Henry VI and uncle of the future Henry VII. [...]
King Henry VII - a miser, a usurper, a man with many enemies...but he was so much more than those things. Author Tony Riches delves deeper into a side of Henry VII that we usually don't hear about. In this book we get a glimpse at the softer side of Henry VII, a side of [...]
Today we welcome best-selling author, Tony Riches, whose newest book, "Henry" (from his Tudor Trilogy) has reached #1 on Amazon. Congratulations to Tony! Researching the Tudor Trilogy – Tony Riches The idea for the Tudor Trilogy came to me when I began looking into the life of Owen Tudor, the Welsh servant who married a [...]
In recent years I've recognized that my favorite books are ones that are written in the first person. It allows me to imagine that I'm that character meandering through the story. This book does not disappoint. Until reading "Owen" by Tony Riches I previously only read Tudor period historical fiction books written by women. The [...]
