Showing posts with label The Fall of Anne Boleyn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Fall of Anne Boleyn. Show all posts
Tuesday, 1 December 2015

December edition of "Tudor Life"

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Keith Michell as Henry VIII and Jane Asher as Queen Jane Seymour (1972) The December edition of Tudor Life magazine, for members of t...
Sunday, 8 June 2014

The death of George Boleyn: A guest post and blog tour

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It's been quite the start to summer for fans of Tudor biographies, with studies on the lives of those usually defined by their relat...
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Sunday, 25 August 2013

Two reviews from the archives

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From the archives of History Today, two reviews of biographies of two of history's unluckiest queens - Anne Boleyn and Marie-Antoine...
Monday, 19 August 2013

Anne Boleyn's last secret

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Leanda de Lisle, whose biography of the Grey sisters is one of my favourite reads, along with her wonderful account of the final years ...
Monday, 1 October 2012

Obituary: Professor Eric W. Ives (1931 - 2012)

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Meeting people who are gifted, bright and talented is always a pleasure and one I had always wanted to hear was Eric Ives - or Professo...
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Thursday, 19 May 2011

The Fall of Anne Boleyn (Day 19): The Last Curtsey

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Above: A later woodcut showing Anne Boleyn's execution in the French style. In the corner, the artist depicts the betrothal of Henry VI...
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Wednesday, 18 May 2011

The Fall of Anne Boleyn (Day 18): Preparing to die

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Above: British actress Merle Oberon in the role of Anne Boleyn in the Oscar winning The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933.) "... As Lo...
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Monday, 16 May 2011

The Fall of Anne Boleyn (Day 16): Preparing for the Queen's Murder

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"On the morning of May 16th 1536, Sir William Kingston, Constable of the Tower of London, arrived at the Palace of Whitehall for an a...
Sunday, 15 May 2011

The Fall of Anne Boleyn (Day 15): The Queen's Trial

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"On May 15th 1536, twenty-six peers of the realm congregated in the King’s Hall of the Tower of London to serve as judges in the trial...
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The Fall of Anne Boleyn (Day 13): The Disbanding of the Queen's Household

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"She had surrounded herself with socialites and priests, poets and philosophers, rogues and prudes. Evangelicals had knelt as she pas...
Friday, 13 May 2011

The Fall of Anne Boleyn (Day 12): The Trial of Anne Boleyn's "lovers"

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Above: A portrait that may be a representation of Sir Francis Weston, a twenty-five year-old knight accused of being one of Queen Anne Bole...
Wednesday, 11 May 2011

The Fall of Anne Boleyn (Day 11): An attempt to bully the Queen

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May 11th marks the day, I think, when Henry ordered the Privy Council to visit Anne in prison to try and intimidate her. "Escorted int...
Tuesday, 10 May 2011

The Fall of Anne Boleyn (Day 10): The Queen's Brother

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"32 year-old George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, currently being held in the Martin Tower of His Majesty’s Tower of London, on a charge ...
Monday, 9 May 2011

The Fall of Anne Boleyn (Day 9): The Blame Game

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Historians still continue to debate about how far Henry VIII was involved in his second wife's murder. It may surprise many who are not...
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