Showing posts with label Catherine Howard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Catherine Howard. Show all posts
Friday, 21 April 2017

My new book: a biography of Queen Catherine Howard

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As readers of this blog will know, for the last few years I have been working on a biography of Henry VIII's fifth wife, Queen Cath...
Sunday, 14 June 2015

Edits, writing, research and trips

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Beautiful Portballintrae on the Northern Irish coast, where I've been doing a lot of my writing I have just returned from a flying...
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Saturday, 31 January 2015

A few days in Oxford

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Good morning! This was my view as I emerged from work yesterday afternoon. I am back in Oxford, carrying out some research for my biogr...
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Monday, 3 November 2014

My new book and a year of life with Catherine Howard

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I am absolutely delighted to be say that my biography of Catherine Howard, Young and Damned and Fair: The Life and Tragedy of Catherine...
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Thursday, 26 May 2011

Cameo Consorts

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After yesterday's post on Britain's longest-serving royal consorts , it seemed only fair to include the top ten shortest servin...
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011

The Sixth Catherine

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On Friday, Catherine Middleton will be marrying into the British Royal Family and one day, God willing, becoming our country's queen co...
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Monday, 28 February 2011

Defending Catherine Howard

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Above: British actress Tamzin Merchant as Catherine Howard in Series 4 of The Tudors . It has been some time since I posted here, because...
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Friday, 11 February 2011

February 10th, 1542: Catherine Howard goes to the Tower

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It had been two months to the day since her two lovers had been publicly executed for their intimacy with her - one before her marriage, o...
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Friday, 10 December 2010

December 10th, 1541: The Execution of the Queen's lovers

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Above: Torrance Coombs and Tamazin Merchant as the doomed lovers, Sir Thomas Culpepper and Queen Catherine Howard in Season 4 of the Showtim...
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